The extra hour did not help much this weekend.  I finished putting down the stormwindows for the winter, although the two I reglued still went in crooked.  I spent too little time on Block, as the training will begin next week.  I still feel different with the videotapes of the course on black holes.

 

Thu 8 Nov

Little progress reports this week.  Because of the time I've spent on astrophysics, I am having flashbacks of 1967.  I find myself analyzing my sojourn in Newton NJ, the school, the situations, especially with the lower workload lately.  Even going to Toastmaters brings ill effect.  Of course, I should go if anything to pay dues and get cartridges.  The guilt that others try to lay on me just don't stick.

 

Fri 9 Nov  14:50

I went to Toastmasters last night to pay my yearly dues and to pick up printer cartridges.  I went to Barnes and Noble for books on astrophysics.  Instead they had demystifiying ones on advanced physics and quantum mechanics, along with Skywatch magazine for 2008.  i must order the astrophysics books online.  I had quite a time with selfservice search on a computer, with both touch and keyboard, lacking a mouse! 

 

Mon 12 Nov  14:46

The total cost for four new tires and labor ran $467.  I think I'll wait awhile before going back.  I left the van just past 8 Am, and I didn't get it back until past 4.  My debit card did not work because it had expired.

I began my calendar for December, finishing about a third of the month.  I called Liberty Resources and Meals on Wheels today.  It all comes together if I consider this whole mess an opportunity to get out and get going after my projects.  I must go to PathMark tonight for pills and groceries, probably for next weekend.

 

Tue 13 Nov  14:45

"Advanced Physics Demystified" by Stan Gibilisco appears to be really a cross between high school and engineering physics.  I did not get past the Schrödinger equation on quantum mechanics.  Of course, ultimately, I want to place it all into astrophysics.  I didn't take the step of buying the books yet.  Alexander Wolszczan showed up in the latest Penn Stater.  Now Adam Morgan has another astronomer on my site.

I dread going back to Block tomorrow night.  i have seven sessions of training for a job I may not take next year.  I still haven't returned to the online courses since I passed certification.  I keep thinking the entire endeavor will engender its own momentum like decades ago.

I went to PathMark last night, saw  Matt Artysh again, went shopping for Mom, and forgot to pick up the pills!  i will go again tonight because Mom was still asleep when I left nearly 7:30 this morning.

 

Wed 14 Nov  18:26

I've made contact with Meals on Wheels and the Jewish Community Center for domestic help.  In both cases, I await a callback while I try other avenues.

 

Thu 15 Nov

Earlier this week, Mitt Romney brought up his Mormonism, which reminisced the campaign in 1960.  Then the network showed the meeting with the ministers in Houston on Monday, 12 September.  Some of the questions were rather hostile, but in light of the situation of Catholicism before Vatican II, the questions were fair.  What the network did not note was the prelates then intervened into the campaign.  JFK took the questions ad lib, something Schrub could never do.