Showing posts with label dad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dad. Show all posts

Martin, Patti and Vanessa moved to this new home in San Francisco in early 2004. They are quite close to Mount Sutro and can see Golden Gate Park off the back balcony.

 It is a 4 story home and there are balconies on three of the stories. There is a garage which is quite a blessing due to impossible parking in the city. 

Martin's San Francisco House 2004
The picture above shows Martin and Nicole sitting on the balcony with the park in the background. 

Martin's San Francisco House 2004
This is the view that they see... It is absolutely stunning in person. The financial district is seen to the right, Transamerica Pyramid... You may have to scroll right to see the entire picture... This photo does NOT show the ocean and Golden Gate bridge that are off to the left... Nor does it show the Mount Sutro which is off to the right. The view is a little bit scary due to being so high off the ground. I think that is called vertigo. After a few minutes, I felt safe there... It is possible to climb up a ladder and get on the roof... It was too much effort for me to climb it when I visited, but the view should be astonishing. One time Martin and Vanessa had to go up on the roof to use brooms to sweep the water from a rainstorm off the FLAT Roof... and Prevent Leaking indoors. 

Martin's San Francisco House 2004
Here are Nicole and Vanessa in the kitchen. I am standing on the floor above and peeking out of an inside window... Originally, this area was a courtyard but a previous owner roofed it in. 

Sutro Tower San Francisco
This is the front of the home with Sutro Tower. It broadcasts television signals and is visible from my dad's house in Los Gatos... 50 miles away... We had a The Biggest Radio Shack TV Antenna installed on the roof of Dad's Home and We Were able to get all the TV Stations from San Francisco... In Fact, Broadcast TV Signals require "line of sight" to be received... 
We Had a Rotator installed as well and Dad Could get Sacramento Stations as well... 

Kitchen at Martin's house
Here is Dad, Patti, Vanessa and Bonita. The photo above with the checkerboard floor was looking down on this scene. This house seems to go on and on and on. Vanessa showed me all the rooms and some are quite different. There is a bathroom that is entirely covered with mirrors on all the walls. You can see hundreds of reflections of yourself. I have never seen anything like this except at the Smithsonian Modern Art Gallery... There is a walk in closet/crawlspace that is large enough to house another entire family. Since this place is built on the side of a steep hill, there are odd shaped nooks and crannies underneath. There is a piano room that has walls that are intentionally made NOT-PARALLEL so that the sound waves will echo in an acoustically pleasing manner. It also has movable sound dampening sections... Like a classical music concert hall...

Grandpa Vanderlaan's House in San Francisco.
Grandpa Vanderlaan's house in San Francisco

Grandpa Vanderlaan's House in San Francisco.

I remember this house from my childhood. Especially the very high quality grand piano. It is on a hill near the University of San Francisco medical center between Sutro Tower and The Panhandle section of Golden Gate Park.

more pictures of Martin's new house...

Nicole and Martin on a Balcony
Martin and Nicole on the balcony. 

Dad's car out front of Martin's House.
The front of the house with a view into the blessed garage. Parking on the street is often difficult and a constant source of frustration. Generally, it is illegal to park in the space that you find... That is dad's white car...

Vanessa and Dad
dad and Vanessa near the kitchen... 
Since this is a tall and thin house 
they get lots of staircases... 

a fireplace in a totally empty room... before...
 Martin and the fireplace in the living room...


Say Their Name and They Live Again. Try This: Speak Out Loud The Names of Your Ancestors... From Memory... It Exercises Your Mind... Like Playing Jeopardy! on TV...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzbljIKw1_4

and... It Floods Your Mind With Pleasant Memories... Or Unpleasant Memories... and It Gives You an Opportunity to Forgive Them and Forgive Yourself... Do Not Take Resentments With You to Your Grave... Let Them Go... and Focus Attention on the Positive Experiences...

Everybody Sing!
"You got to accentuate the positive, 
Eliminate the negative,
Latch on to the Affirmative,
Don't Mess With Mister In Between." - Bing Crosby


Painting of a Flying Heart on my little white truck by Gregory Vanderlaan - gvan42 - purple64ets
Painting of a Flying Heart 
on My Little White Truck
 by Gregory Vanderlaan
and here is the next step... GOOGLE THEIR NAMES... and read their story,  look at their pictures... and all the related stories/pictures of people with the same name... "OH! I didn't Know That!" - Especially interesting are the Obituaries... "Really? Uncle Marc Did That!" - It is Common to Have A-HA Moments Googling Family Names. It's Like Reading Haiku Poetry on Acid... Eureka! I Have Found IT! 


Vanderlaan Family Chart
Vanderlaan Family Chart


Here is My Family: Say it Out Loud.
Marguerite Malek Vanderlaan,
Justin Duff Vanderlaan, 
Martin Vanderlaan,
Mae Malek,
Albert Malek, 
Eldred Cornelius Vanderlaan,
Mable Alice Duff, 
Alberta Malek Grey,
Gary Lea,
Nicole Vanderlaan Smith,
Brodie Smith, 
Vanessa Vanderlaan,
Cadence Smith, 
Reese Smith,
Patti Post, 
Marcus Vanderlaan, 
Margret Vanderlaan,
Robin Vanderlaan, 
Karen (Jill) Vanderlaan,
Jo Ann Humphrey Vanderlaan,
Joe Humphrey,
Crystal Humphrey,
Gail Humphrey Chapin
Gary Chapin,
Janet Humphrey Chapin, 
Ray (Sandy) Chapin, 
Helen Mussat,
George Mussat,
Harry Meeks,
Roberta Meeks, 
Coral Meeks,
Victoria Davis Vanderlaan,
Ed Davis,
Jean Davis,
Beth Davis Deahl,
Gary Deahl...


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My Gift to the World: A Free Coloring Book: Print as Many Copies as You Like and Share With Friends. Color with Felt Pens or Pencils... ALL FOR FUN! https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/04/peace-and-love-free-coloring-book-art.html

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This is a Mantra That Has Meaning... Instead of Chanting the Hairy KRSNA... OM... AUM... or Mother Mary... Why Not Focus on the Family... and Chant While Doing that Deep Breathing We Were All Taught in the Movie Woodstock. 

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Massive #ArrestTrump Movement on Social Media. Millions of Americans are Demanding That The DOJ "Lock Him UP!" Read More at:

Click Here to Help Defend Democracy! Post Your Own Memes, Videos and Rants! or Like and Share Mine...
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On a different subject: SE Said: I've always been fascinated by people who get married young. I find it really admirable that a person can know at a young age that they've met the person they want to spend the rest of their life with. I had several long-term relationships when I was in my late teens and 20's, but I was not at all ready to make a lifetime commitment at such a young age. I wanted to get married, but not until I was older and more mature. I worried that if I married too young, I'd end up getting divorced...and to me, it never made sense to take a chance on ending up divorced when I could just wait until I was older before getting married. I became more mature as I got older, and my emotions evened out tremendously. I cringe when I think of some of the ridiculous things I argued with my partners about when I was young, and I can't imagine arguing about such petty things now. I always assumed I'd marry around age 40 or so. By the time I turned 40, I felt more than ready to make a lifetime commitment to someone.
But what I never anticipated was the fact that the majority of people DON'T want to wait until they're older before getting married. The majority of people marry young. So when you wait until you're 40, there aren't very many single men left who are interested in marriage. The men who are still single after 40 are often single by choice, and they don't want to get married at all. Or, they're divorced, and now they're soured on the whole idea of marriage - which is exactly what I wanted to avoid by waiting until I was older before getting married. I didn't want to end up divorced and bitter, I wanted to stay single when I was young and then marry when I was a little more mature.
It's still hard for me to relate to people who were ready to marry young, and they got married young and stayed married. I really do admire that. My strategy of waiting until I was older didn't quite pan out the way I thought it would. If I could do it over again, I'd marry young and hope for the best.

and I replied: I got married at 21 and divorced 5 years later... then got married again at 45 and divorced 12 years later... Remember that there is a Financial commingling... During my second marriage she was applying for Food Stamps and CMSP (a medical insurance program paid for by the County of Humboldt) and IN THAT APPLICATION they wanted a copy of Her Bank Statement AND her Husbands Bank Statement... SO... We Got Divorced because I didn't want to provide MY Bank Statement... We Continued to live together as roommates...

SE SAID: I've also been hit on by married men on a couple of occasions, which proves to me that maybe it IS smarter to wait until you're older before getting married, otherwise you might find yourself feeling bored 30 years later, so you look to have a fling. But I find that to be pretty gross, and it's also insulting to me that any married man would think I'd even consider having a fling with him while he's married to someone else. I can't help feeling like they think that just because I've never been married, it automatically must mean that I'd be up for a meaningless fling. But that couldn't be further from the truth. Part of the reason I never married is because I have a lot of respect for marriage, and I would never dream of having a fling with a married man. Maybe if these guys hadn't gotten married so young, if they'd waited until they were older before getting married, maybe they wouldn't be bored and looking for a fling 30 years later.


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Take ACTION...Like my Father said: 
"God Helps Those Who Help Themselves."
and then he would reach across the
Dining Room Table and Grab a Biscuit!

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Burning Man Wisdom Tale: "The Canteen" - Traditionally, at Burning Man, You Share Water with People You Meet. Hand the Canteen to a Person and They Hand it to Another Person and ALL THE TIME, You are Worrying... "Will there Be Enough Water FOR ME?" Well, What if YOU DRINK FIRST and Then Pass the Canteen to Your Friend... That Way, All that Time You are Enjoying the Pleasure You Gave Others Without Worrying about Running Out of Water and Dying of Thirst in the Desert. Remember: Take Some ME Time First. You deserve it. - Story by Sonya Sophia

Once, I was at a Rainbow Gathering in Idaho and I Drank the Last of My Water and I was a Long Way from My Campsite and It Was Night... I got Upset and Told My Friend about My Problem and he said: "Just Walk Over to That Kitchen Right There and Ask For Water, AND THEN JUST BLISS OUT! We will take care of You."  - and I Did Get Water and I Did Bliss OUT! 
Just Bliss Out - MEME by gvan42 - Gregory Vanderlaan
Just Bliss Out - MEME 
Portrait of an Alien by gvan42 - Gregory Vanderlaan
Portrait of an Alien 
Yin Yang - Free Coloring Book Art by gvan42 - Gregory Vanderlaan
Yin Yang
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Psychedelic Art by gvan42 - Gregory Vanderlaan
Psychedelic Art

Are We Really Mortal? Do the Math. If you count up all the people who have ever lived since the Beginning of Time... More people are Alive than Dead... [Not Factually Accurate - I posted this story on Facebook and Learned Something from an Alert Reader] Statistically Speaking, the ODDS of Mortality Being Fact is Less that 50% - and then there is That Famous Question of Coming Back from The Dead... I did that Every Time I Drove Home from a Concert... At Least I Did that after Every Grateful Dead Concert... Jesus Did That Once and Everybody Said it was a Miracle... Well, Some of Us Need a Miracle Every Day! As John Steinbeck Wrote in Tortilla Flat: I experienced the Daily Miracle of Food... Amazing, since I'm Unemployed...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortilla_Flat

We Ought to Simply Stop Car Races. The Indianapolis 500 is a Celebration of the Internal Combustion Engine. An Invention that is Killing Us by Causing Climate Change. Honoring a Death Machine is a Cultural Bizarro World Action... 

Ecology is a Concept Not Grasped by Monster Truck Guy... MEME by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Ecology is a Concept Not Grasped by Monster Truck Guy...
When you Hear About the Datona 500, Think Death by Wildfires and Rising Ocean Levels Flooding Miami and New York City. We Had Car Races Every Saturday Night in the Summer in Eureka, CA and the Noise Sounded Like Angry Bees... I could Hear them thru the Redwood Forest in my Back yard... I Could also Hear the Children Playing Baseball and Squealing with delight... Quite a Contrast: Life vs Death.

This Documentary Movie Really Helped My Family: "The Brainwashing of My Dad" - My Own Father Used to Scream at The TV and Argue A LOT. But I Used "Parental Controls" To Block The Fox News Hate!

Fox News Actually Causes High Blood Pressure and Is a Danger to Old People. ASK YOUR DOCTOR! 

The basic concept is to sell advertising by providing Eyes and Ears for corporations to sell their stuff. The technique is to cause anger in the viewers and people like that feeling... Especially anger towards other types of people... Like Racism, Sexism, hatred of Gays and Democrats... in order to sell stuff to repeat viewers.
Rose from My Garden in the Central Valley of California. Focus Your Attentin on Beauty and UNPLUG Hate TV Shows Like Hannity and Tucker... Their Entire Marketing Plan is to Shout Danger Danger and People Watch Those Shows Because They Are Afraid They Might Miss Something... They Appeal to the Primitive Lizard Brain in ALL of Us.
Intentionally Seek Beauty... 
It's Good For Your Health!



MEME


That's the basic concept used by MSNBC and CNN as well... There is a huge market of people that Hate Trump. So those TV stations provide an unending stream of hate for us to revel in...

It's all marketing... http://www.thebrainwashingofmydad.com/


I ALSO do not Trust the CIA and the FBI Just like Senator Ron Johnson. MKULTRA, COINTELPRO, Meese is a Pig, J Edgar Hoover's Blackmail Vault, Contra/Cocaine Import Agency, Air America, Banana Republic Coup de Etats, Installing Dictators Like Saddam Heussein and Mobutu, Extraordinary Rendition/Torture... AND ALL THOSE SECRET PROGRAMS THEY HAVE NOT TOLD US ABOUT...



During a heated interview on Sunday's "Meet The Press," Republican Senator Ron Johnson accused former members of the FBI and CIA of conspiring to frame President Trump. Host Chuck Todd fired back by calling Johnson's accusations "Fox News conspiracy propaganda stuff." Read More: 

For an Interesting Study of American History... 
Google the Keywords in the Title of this Blog Post...
MKULTRA:
COINTELPRO:
or...
Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein: 


MEME - Trump's Failed Economy - Homeless Tent City - by gvan42

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Take a Break From the Insanity of TrumpWorld
and Have a Laugh! With...
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America's Sweetheart: Samantha Bee!                                   

People Are Saying: Sean Hannity is a Serial Killer | April 18, 2018 Act 2 | Full Frontal on TBS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T7lEvtwETA&t=178s 

Cruz 101 | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMgaqhTZBlg


Meet Mike Pompeo | April 25, 2018 Act 1 | Full Frontal on TBS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRU5m3Q3gkw&t=110s


Mitch McConnell: Dry Rot of Democracy | Full Frontal on TBS

             

The Actual State of Our Union | January 31, 2018 Act 1 | Full Frontal on TBS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtbcRFSzRrk



PATRIOTS ARISE! Help Campaign for Amy McGrath for Senate in Kentucky... Beat #MoscowMitch Like a Pinata! He is a Corrupt TrumpNik - Obeying His Master, Vladimir Putin - Register and Vote! Throw all the Corrupt Old White Men OUT. 


 https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/10/amy-mcgrath-for-senate-in-kentucky-beat.html 


MEME - Trump's Failed Economy - Homeless Tent City - by gvan42


MEME - Trump's Failed Economy - Homeless Tent City - by gvan42


MEME - Trump's Failed Economy - Homeless Tent City - by gvan42

We ought to Repeal and Replace Trump's "Tax Cut for the Rich Law" - Let's CUT Taxes on 99% of Americans and Increase Taxes on the Top 1% - It's Not Complicated.

Everyone knows that the Trillion Dollar a Year giveaway to the 1% leaves the Federal Government without Money to Pay for Basic Services...

Even CZAR Donald says we can't afford to pay a RAISE to Federal Employees...

That standard COLA increase is used to keep PAYCHECKS as big as INFLATION. No one gets any more REAL money because retail prices are going up...

SO, When the Democrats take over the House and Senate... we need to Repeal and Replace Trump's Tax Cut for the Rich Law.

Wake UP

When WAS America Great? MAGA? 1969? 1954? 1854? 1776? 1620? 1492? 1000 BC? What Year Does tRUMP Want To Go Back To? I'm Looking Forward to 2021. Biden in the White House, tRUMP in Prison.

Each Year Has it's Own Cultural Meaning... My Favorite Year was 1969... We Walked on the Moon, Danced at Woodstock and Rioted at the Stonewall Bar in NYC... and AIDS Had Not Been Designed by the US Military Bio-Warfare Division Yet... 

tRUMP has a Fantasy Desire to Return to 1954... Back Before The Women's Liberation Movement, The Civil Rights Movement, The Gay Rights Movement... He's Confused the TV Show "Happy Days" with Reality...  and in the Fifties, His Father Could Buy Donald Out of Trouble... Not True in 2020...

and Now For Something Completely Different... 

Bubble UP Economics Coffee Cup Art

Who WAS Ram Dass? Briefly... He was a Psychedelics Researcher and Promoter at Harvard with Dr. Timothy Leary. Then He went to India Looking for Enlightenment and Met a Guru. Changed His Name and Published a Great Book... "Remember: Be Here Now" - It Has His Autobiography and then Many ART Drawings Explaining Eastern Religion.

 A Question asked in the Ram Dass Facebook Group...

https://beherenownetwork.com/be-here-now/

and Then he wrote a Dozen MORE Books and Gave Many Lectures... ALL WORTHY... I Especially Love "Still Here" because I'm 67 Years Old and That Question is Important To Me Now... https://www.amazon.com/Still-Here-Embracing-Aging-Changing/dp/1573228710

Red Roses in Orangevale California


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Free Coloring Book by gvan42


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Photographs of Arcata, CA


Located on Highway 101 in Northern California near Oregon. Arcata is a UNIQUE Town… Home of Humboldt State University and Countless Artists, Musicians and Hippies!

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Free Coloring Book Art by gvan42


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Legalize Medicinal Psychedelics. Let Doctors and Patients Decide for Themselves what Medicine is Best…


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Photos of The Sacramento River near Chico, CA


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Legalize Marijuana Nationwide, Tax It and Free All the Cannabis Prisoners

A Dramatic Savings of Government Spending CURRENTLY WASTED On Law Enforcement and Incarceration and a MASSIVE INCREASE IN VOLUNTARY TAXES! Everybody Wins! We Could Use the Extra Money to Pay for Education and Healthcare for All.

If you don’t smoke you wouldn’t pay a cent. It’s a Win-Win situation. More money going into the Treasury and Less going out.  In addition, states that have legal medical marijuana have fewer deaths due to opioid addiction. Some people simply choose the safer drug… DUH…

https://purple64ets.wordpress.com/2021/06/11/legalize-marijuana-nationwide-tax-it-and-free-all-the-cannabis-prisoners/

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LEGALIZE VOTING – Fight the GOP Attempt to Overthrow of the US Government... 

DEMOCRACY is Vastly Better than MONARCHY… Especially Mad King Donald… LOCK HIM UP!


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Let’s Stop Advertising Prescription Drugs on TV. Those Ads COST a FORTUNE and The Patients Pay for Them in Higher Drug Prices!


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Secret Trick to Life: Learn How To Do a FACT CHECK on Google.

That Way People CAN’T Lie to You. Because You Refuse To Believe Their Lies… Simply Type the Words “Fact Check” and the Statement You Want to Verify… Read the Results… It Can Be Quite Eye Opening!

https://purple64ets.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/secret-trick-to-life-learn-how-to-do-a-fact-check-on-google/

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1619 Project: #MoscowMitch McConnell is Reviving Interest Again… Now, It’s a GOP CANCEL CULTURE CAUSE!

He Wants the US Government to BAN Teaching the History of Slavery in the USA… In Public Schools…



I Did a Scientific Experiment On How Drugs Effect My Skill Level Playing Chess.

Results: Coffee Made Me Play Better. Alcohol and Marijuana Made me Worse. LSD Made Me Reject the Entire Idea of Tests and I Refused to Play Games…

It was a Simple Test and You Could Recreate it Yourself for a “PEER REVIEW” – I owned a Chess Computer that Played at Different Skill Levels… I Took Those Drugs – I Played against the Machine and Determined What Level I Could Beat the Machine… and That’s Why… all these years later… the only drug I take is Coffee… and a Dozen “Doctor Drugs” That Don’t Seem to Do Anything but Don’t Seem to Do Any Harm Either… After All... “One Pill Makes You Larger, and One Pill Makes You Small… and The Ones That Mother Gives You Don’t Do Anything at All…” – Grace Slick

https://purple64ets.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/i-did-a-scientific-experiment-on-how-drugs-effect-my-skill-level-playing-chess/ 

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