In this World where The VAST Majority of the American People DO NOT READ BOOKS... Here are links to my favorite Great Books... Maybe spark an interest in reading!

Great Book: "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein. He invented the word GROK. Which means to understand in a extremely deep level. Like the feeling you get reading Haiku on LSD. 

http://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/07/great-book-stranger-in-strange-land-by.html

Great Books: "Caves of Steel" and "The Foundation Trilogy" by Isaac Asimov... and the "Robots" books... There are about 16 books that merge together in Asimov's view of the Galaxy.  

http://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/07/great-books-caves-of-steel-and.html  

Great Books:The "Lord of the Rings" Trilogy by JRR Tolkien. "The Hobbit" Classic fiction popular with Hippies in the Late Sixties. Made into Great Movies and Led Zeppelin Songs.

http://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/07/great-books-lord-of-rings-by-jrr.html 

Great Book: "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch" by Philip K Dick. Science Fiction about Martian Mineral Miners that Escape the Bad Quality of Life by Taking Psychedelic Drugs and Playing with a "Barbie Doll" House. 

http://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/07/great-book-three-stigmata-of-palmer.html

Great Books: Project MKULTRA CIA LSD American History "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate" by John Marks

http://gvan42.blogspot.com/2017/06/great-books-project-mkultra-cia-lsd.html

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When He CAUSES Global Economic Collapse, You Won't Be Having Fun Either!

Trump is ANTI-CHOICE. His Plan is to Make Abortion Illegal and FORCE Women to Give Birth to Unwanted Children. It's BACK TO THE COATHANGER WITH TRUMP and SCOTUS Just-Us Brat Kava Kava Noogie!

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Trump's New Peace Plan EXPANDS ISRAEL'S TERRITORY. Just Like Russia Expanded Into Ukraine.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-middle-east-peace-plan-expands-israeli-territory-offers-path-n1124606

https://www.vox.com/2020/1/28/21083615/trump-peace-plan-map-netanyahu-israel-palestine

I remember that Dad bought some Land in the Mountains behind Saratoga and we went there to SURVEY it. Dad used the Transit and I climbed up the mountain and held the Rod. Whenever you buy land, it is important to have an accurate Map so you can plan for builders to construct a home on it.

 There are laws that say how far you have to be away from a creek. There are also practical restrictions due to the slope of the ground. Dad worked as a Professional Surveyor for Decades. He measured the land for the San Francisco Airport. Then he worked at San Jose Title Company drawing Maps of Santa Clara County. VERY Handy to know who owns what and where. When he became a Realtor he used that information to arrange good locations for customers. "Just Ask Van..."
The land is located up Highway Nine. You go up a couple of miles and take a left hand turn at the road that goes to a Rod and Gun Club. There is a Shooting Range at the end of the road. Los Altos Rod and Gun Club?

Anyway, the land he bought was UNUSABLE for construction of a Home... and Unsellable... So he donated it to West Valley College as a Biology Classroom. Then He simply DEFINED the value of the Donation and wrote it off on his income taxes.

Strangely, neither my brother nor I went to work as Realtors... Often a son simply inherits the family business but... Martin became a Biologist at Genentech and I designed Computers for the Air Force... and the NSA... and then later Sold Electronic Equipment for Radio Shack. My work for the NSA was very interesting. I helped build a Secure Telephone in a Briefcase. Data Encryption and Telecommunication so Soldiers could talk without the enemy listening in... I met some Brilliant engineers there. One fellow knew how to predict which horse was going to win a horse race... we went to the track and won money... Just do what John Does and WIN! That man also beat me at Chess 9 out of 10 times... and then we stopped playing...

One piece of land that he DID subdivide was Apollo Heights. The name of the street is "On Orbit Drive" Saratoga. Driving down Highway Nine towards Saratoga you take a left hand turn at the Library and drive past the Cemetery and JUST KEEP ON GOING AND GOING AND GOING... His Saleslady, Dadi Nogerath Named the Street. In the German Language, "ON Orbit" is the correct term for what we call "IN Orbit" in English. She took customers up to see the property and before the roads were constructed, she rode a burro over the hills... Her Husband, Wolfgang, worked at Laugh Head (Lockheed)... They were people that came to America at the End of WW2. Just like Dr Wehner von Braun... I wish that I had worked for Lockheed and One time I was almost Hired. I was at a Job Fair at the Santa Clara Convention Center and there were hundreds of Companies recruiting... The representative from Lockheed said they wanted to hire me because I had work experience in the Computer Aided Design program CADAM. He said go to building number XXX on Monday morning for a Second Interview. I went and the office HAD NO PEOPLE. Just a Computer and an IN Basket to drop off your resume. I dropped off my resume and NOTHING EVERY HAPPENED. I Believe that at that time. Lockheed was Laying Off and the only reason they had a booth at the Job Fair was to KEEP UP APPEARANCES... so no one would know that their business was in trouble... this was in the late 1990s...

One basic problem with Facebook is My Words Vanish after about a Month... No matter how far I scroll down the page, they are gone. That's Why I copy and paste everything into Googles Blogger so my words are preserved forever... ALSO, it's important to me that Google knows everything about my life so that when THE SINGULARITY happens I can be born again as an Iduru... Just like in that CyberPunk novel by William Gibson...

Great Book: "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein. He invented the word GROK. Which means to understand in a extremely deep level. Like the feeling you get reading Haiku on LSD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land

Popular Science fiction book exploring communal living and understanding. Looks at Human Culture from a "Martian" perspective... In an era when people were questioning Religion and The Fundamental Nature of Reality... it was a Great Book.

The Water Sharing ritual has become part of the Burning Man Experience... In a place where water is precious... sharing is a spiritual experience...

GROK

Trumpcare is finally dead. Senate votes against "skinny" repeal of Obamacare.

A huge win for the American People. Obamacare remains the Law of the Land.

Now the Senate will proceed to NDAA. National Defense Authorization Act... a giant military spending bill. Let's reduce spending on Defense... Especially the F-35 jet: Corporate Welfare for Lockheed.

Origin of the saying "Welcome Home" at The Rainbow Gathering-and an Art Show

It was told to returning Vietnam Veterans in 1971 who were not feeling welcome at home. Some were feeling like a Stranger in a Strange Land. Welcome Home, Brother... We LOVE you... I believe this is true because it was told to me by Mike Jensen while we were busy gathering rainbows.

Read More at: http://www.welcomehome.org/

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and now... a Psychedelic Art Show...

 Forest: a Place For Rest

 Pyramids in Popular Culture

 UFO visits Humboldt County

 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstration by Schatz Energy Lab

 Remember to Legalize Medicinal Psychedelics

Bliss Drumming in Arcata, CA

 Magic: Fireworks

 Beetle - Scarab

Math: Not just for Rocket Science Anymore

Math is Fun: