What is the purpose?

"To find it."

One answer!

Random Marshall Rosenberg Notes

Paolo Freire - regarding his efforts to teach literacy to Brazilian populace

Alfie Kohn - "Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes" (Houghton Mifflin, 1993/1999)

O.J. Harvey - Research on the relationship between language and violence

Stimulus notebook, for later review

Dan Greenburg - "How to Make Yourself Miserable: Another Vital Training Manual" (1966)

Herb Gardner's play, "A Thousand Clowns" (1962)

Manfred Max Neef - "...urged a change towards "Human Scale Development" of local economies based on the satisfaction of nine fundamental human needs: subsistence, protection, affection, understanding, participation, leisure, creation, identity and freedom. He measured the success of a development plan by how well it satisfied these nine needs for the community in question." (via)

Safety comes from how we respond to people, not how they respond.

Carl Rogers

Martin Buber

Choppy energy of people in the most need of empathy express it most violently. (Disk 4, Track 2)

Example of husband who denies own needs. (Disk 5, Track 3)

Dr. M.R. recommends making a list of things afraid to say and then think about why afraid to say it. If honest, others are ok (Disk 4, Track 10)

Santa Cruz Sunday

Walked from our apartment to the Seymour Marine Discovery Center / Long Marine Laboratory.

Smells of dill as we passed the Homeless Garden Project, the non-profit which currently operates the Natural Bridges Farm location, at 30 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz.

Watched two surfers floating and waiting for sizable waves, a few of which they caught and rode, for a short distance.

From there, we took the coastal path a short distance to the Seymour Marine Discovery Center. An interpretive sign mentioned how the facilities use a coastal water intake to service their operations with sea water, which they return to the sea. A passing docent talked a bit about the gray whale skeleton (for example, she mentioned they favor one side when diving into the mud, at the bottom; also, they have not protected the bones with a cast, yet). We saw Ms. Blue, then headed to the Ocean Discovery Shop. At the gift shop, we saw the following:

• Starfish bracelet, vendor = (?)
• Coastal Classics technical long-sleeve running shirt (CC-172), with nautical map of Santa Cruz harbor, from vendor Altered Latitudes, out of Charleston, South Carolina
• Turtle purse, vendor = (?)
• Pajama bottoms, from vendor Lazy One, out of North Logan, Utah:
• Deep Sleeper Whale pajama bottoms
• Otter Be Asleep pajama bottoms
• Wide Mouth Goldfish socks, from vendor K. Bell, out of Inglewood, California
• Sea Turtles of the World poster, by Dawn Witherington, out of Florida
• Sea turtle ring (silver, #40946, $70), vendor = (?)
• Jewelry, from vendor Bamboo Jewelry, out of Alameda, California:
• Leatherback Sea Turtle pin
• Flatback Hatchling Sea Turtle necklace
• Sea Turtle tile, from vendor Pacific Blue Tile, out of Rough and Ready, California
• Jellyfish mosaic stationery/poster/etc., from vendor Lantern Press, out of Seattle, Washington
• A 2.25" square ceramic tile with a turtle, from vendor Cindy Searles, out of Occidental, California

On the way back, we noticed a car with a sticker reading "Can't Afford It", which seems to represent Santa Cruz resident Zachary Frandeen's enterprise, started in 2011-12.

Grandmaster Chess Blitz

Out of the blue, I saw an article on Grandmaster Maxim Dlugy, who lost to a complicated maneuver.

Interestingly, this represented the first chess Banter Blitz I have seen! So, I have watched a few, since then.

When Marnie Was There

Dawn and I viewed the 2014 Studio Ghibli film, "When Marnie Was There", at The Nick.

A wonderful film, one of the best animated films I have seen, ever.

Costco Jewelry

572458 - heart-shaped pendant, diamond, ruby
970951 - heart-shaped pendant, blue topaz
886221 - amethyst pendant
444915 - multicolor freshwater pearl necklace

Om Gallery - Egg Chair, Space Chair

Stopped at Om Gallery store in Santa Cruz and Dawn really liked this wicker hanging egg chair:

Note: photo via Om Gallery Instagram (price: 50% off, I think, as of 9/25/2015, so down from ~$900 to ~$450 (?))

Also liked the hanging turtles. And also a space chair two-seater (!):

Chair, on the right (tag read something like "hyacinth chair": ~$1500 (?))

UPDATE: "HALF-MOON WATER HYACINTH CHAIR"

Metrojuice Porsche, Tesla

At Jamba Juice for breakfast, on Thursday, and noticed a woman and a man talking. They exited, and she departed in a Tesla, while he left in a Porsche. They both carried what seemed like lunch bags with the logo "Metrojuice" on them.

Apparently, this refers to Metro Juice Kitchen and Drinkery, which plans to open a new location on R Street.

Notable only due to the vehicles!

Radio Songs

Heard on KFOG 104.5 FM out of San Francisco, California:

• Honolulu, Hawaii-native Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's "Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" from his 1990 album "Ka 'Ano'i" on the Discos Tropical, Mountain Apple, and Big Boy labels. Video.

Heard on FRSC (namely, "Free Radio Santa Cruz") 101.3 FM out of Santa Cruz, California:

• As mentioned previously, heard what sounded like ambient music, ala Hearts of Space, around 10:30 p.m.

Homey Cozy Lovey Dovey

So good!

Puuung
http://www.grafolio.com/illustration/detail.grfl?projectNo=31639

From the artist:

“Love” is something everybody can relate to.
And “Love” comes in ways we can easily overlook in our daily lives.
So, I try to find the meaning of love in our daily lives and make it into artworks. 

Red Knoll, LLC

In Sacramento, on S Street, between 15th and 16th Streets, the City of Sacramento has shuttered at least three homes:

The notices on the structures cites, in one case, a dangerous structure (the stairs), and, in the other case, junk left in the yard, poor upkeep, and so forth. City staff seem to have served the papers in the March-April time frame.

City staff have also shuttered the building on the corner of 15th Street and S Street. The building in-between all of these buildings also seems abandoned/empty.

However, the final two buildings, on that side of the block, an auto repair business and a private homeowner, seem OK. 

My first thought: someone plans to do development. My second thought: who is Red Knoll, LLC, out of Roseville, California, that owns and apparently has abandoned at least two of the properties?

Hrm. A mystery!

UPDATE: 10/2015: It seems this may represent a project in the works, to convert these properties into "76 residential units above 13,000 square feet of commercial space. Steve Whitesides of Roseville is the applicant." Via: http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2014/07/29/five-story-mixed-used-building-proposed-for.html

Guitarist - Beat It, by Michael Jackson

Question: The guitarist for the song "Beat It", by Michael Jackson.

Answer: Who was Eddie Van Halen?

Nice! : o )

Santa Cruz Wave Photography

Photography on display at Westside Coffee, Santa Cruz:

MATT DOLL (worldwaveimagery)

I think they have this one blown up to 5'x4' (approx) (?)

Photo: Matt Doll; used for illustrative purposes only

Radio Songs

Heard on KSJS 90.5 FM out of San Jose, California:

• Los Angeles-formed Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band's "Express Yourself" from their 1970 "Express Yourself" on the Warner Bros. Records label. Audio.

Heard on KPIG 107.5 FM out of Freedom, California:

• Canton, Ohio-native William Royce "Boz" Scaggs' "I'm Easy" from his 1969 album "Boz Scaggs" on the Atlantic label. Audio.

James Mickens - Zombie Preparation

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/mickens/thenightwatch.pdf

Via

Santa Cruz Japanese Cultural Fair

http://jcfsantacruz.org/

Santa Cruz poster

Java Junction, in Santa Cruz, near Petsmart, has this poster:

http://www.lanternpress.com/catalog/item/33335?from=

Houseboat living

http://www.sunset.com/home/architecture-design/houseboat

Radio songs

Heard on KISQ 98.1 FM out of San Francisco, California:

• ??? at 5/29 at 11:15 p.m.

Heard on KABX 97.5 FM out of Modesto, California:

• ??? Something with lyrics "I've got some news for you" from 6/1 at 11:55 a.m.

Heard on KRXQ 98.5 FM out of Sacramento, California:

• Worthing, England-based Royal Blood's "Little Monster" from their 2014 album "Royal Blood" on the Black Mammoth and Warner Bros. Records labels.

Dawn had this on her mind: 

"Camille Saint-Saëns Clarinet Sonata in E flat major, Op.167 - Allegretto" (audio)

Configuring HP LaserJet CP1525nw

Found myself configuring out network printer again, so recording for future reference:

• Connect printer to router via network cable
• Power on the printer
• Use menu "Reports" to discover the IP address of the printer
• Connect to that IP address via web browser
• Configure wireless settings
• Disconnect the network cable from the printer
• Reconfigure any printer settings on client devices