Thanksgiving 2005/Matt's 29th Birthday

I intend to work out the revelations of "The Whole World Was Watching" with what I know about Matthew Wayne Shepard from my sources. I would like to place it someplace permanent, rather than on a blog. There are some contradictions, which demand a decision.
The largest one is that Matt was HIV+. Romaine Patterson states that Matt was HIV+ in June 1998, but my sources note that Matt was tested the following September as negative, and the autopsy definitely tested him as negative. The Foundation also states that Matt was HIV+, but it adds no crediblity toward why Aaron McKinney didn't bring it up in the defense, especially with the vicous excuse of "gay panic". Then last year at this time, McKinney claimed (violating his own gag rule not to speak to the press ever again about the case) that the motivation was robbery. Romaine bashes the nonsense of ABC's 20/20 in the same way I did. It only adds to the case that sexual orientation is no excuse for violence, whether perceived or real. McKinney unwittingly proves the very case for making sexual orientation a protected class, because he used it as an excuse to get a lighter sentence! I fear I won't live long enough to hear news of his death.

I have run frustrations with the Block training online. First, the proprietors never told me my online name. I finally uncovered it with trial and error. When I finally made it into the site, it kept crashing. This morning I finally finished the second module, only to crash again in the third of six modules.
19:05
I am in the process of cleaning my room, and I feel overwhelmed at the books and the dreams still untouched. i must decide upon which ones I must give up as unattainable and which ones to pursue with a minit on time. There is no other way, as I must decide on objectives for a career while I'm at it!
I've become so entrenched in my deadend job that I haven't even begun to look for another one over the years. I found more than a few books on the subject. Sometimes I feel as though I'll never realize any of my potential.
The latest Penn Stater focuses on Senator Rick Santorum, who unfortunately also grduated in 1980. Personally I look forward to Schrub's giving him the kiss of death next year, so he can return to a redneck state like Virginia.

Sun 27 Nov
I couldn't sleep at 2 AM, so I went online to Block and finished the training in an hour. I savaged the evaluation. This afternoon I cannot even get into Block training, which only confirms my suspicion that the website is just unready for so much traffic.

RFK's 80th Brithday

Mom drove for the first time since the operation. Our drive to the oncologist produced an odd situation. One family was actually speaking Polish. I recognized the language, although I didn't catch much of what was said. Another oddity of language occurred on Wednesday night.
I stopped at Block to schedule the training, just because I'd taken the wrong bus. (I started walking to work again on Tuesday.) Apparently, the training began that evening! While I awaited for the class, I was transcribing what Philipp had emailed me. One of the Black workers was registering. This German born and naturalized citizen was born a few months after Hitler had taken over. She could have read what I was writing and easily understood.
Yesterday I stopped at the library and grabbed several books. Four of them were Wiley's CPA from 2004 and far cheaper ($3.25 vs $200). It makes my third review material and far less expensive than the other two in 1984 and 1992. It's an update of more than a decade.
I've yet to thrash out the revelations from Romaine Patterson about Matthew Wayne Shepard. I think I'll do so on my site.

Revenge of the Sith Chemist

Mon 7 Nov Hey, China, Johnny Rivers is 63!
We seemed to have returned to some form of normalcy although Mon is still too thin. I spent most of the weekend on "Revenge of the Sith", the third installment of the six parts of "Star Wars". Finally, we get to see about twenty years before the original "A New Hope".

Tue 8 Nov
Back in 1976, I didn't have the models for the molecules in organic chemistry, and I needed them! I must have slid over the entire chapter on stereochemical reactions. Now I see the points of the problems and how they relate to the concepts! What was I doing then?

Wed 9 Nov
I brought my model of (S)-(+)-1-cholor-2-methylbutane. It was a simple example where an additional chlorination demonstrates all aspects of the chapter:two carbons at either end would not change the chiral center, another carbon would destroy the chirality, another carbon would generate a second chiral center, and the last would change the original chiral center into a racemic modification of entantiomers.

Thu 10 Nov
Tonight we have four speakers, and I'm presenting the Better Club series.

Sun 13 nov
Last night I began to read "The Whole World Was Watching" at part 2. Romaine Patterson gave me more information about Matthew Wayne Shepard than I think I want to know.
I suspected much of what Matt did in Denver, such as living off his parents while living alone. I also suspected his exploits, but not so much the drugs beyond marijuana, which I consider no better nor worse than tobacco.
The statement that Matt was HIV+ in June 1998 was somewhat disturbing, but it does explain much of the other stuff. I will have to modify some of what I have on the sites.

Late October 2005

Sat 22 Oct
The past month has been rather hard. I'm overwhelmed at caring for two invalids. Every weekend, I run the laundry. I take care of my brother when I'm home from work. I've been avoiding supper every night, for now that I drive to work, I'm afraid I'll gain weight as I did in 2003.

I just finished my last class at Block, the third one I took offline. I just have to take a final of twenty questions. (Note: I passed it.) Then I'll have training, and I'll begin the second job again in January.

My uncle has visited when I wasn't here. He lives nearby (~4 km), within walking distance. He doesn't seem interested in speaking German. I did find a television station that has Deutsche Welle on twice a week. It also has dramas on at night in other languages, such as Polish and Irish (wybe).

Matt's (Shepard's) seventh deathday (I made up this word) passed rather quietly. I think that everything we could know had already been revealed. I've also deduced other aspects of the final year of his life, but I cannot be certain about any of it.

I didn't expect a grand coalition in Germany, but it looks as if the coalition is the only answer until the next election. My guess is that such a coalition will not last out Schrub's term by 2009. I'm rooting for the frostbelt Chicago White Sox over Schrub's Texans, the stupid As(s)tros of Houston. (Note: it turned out better than I'd expected!)

Sun 23 October
I've finished putting down the remaining storm windows, and I caught up to my blog online. I must take off Tuesday, so I'll get chance to put my room and my affairs in some order.
I didn't get much else done. I cooked my first ham, cabbage, and potatoes. I must prepare a speech for Thursday night at Toastmasters.

Tue 25 October
I started my virtually impromptu speech for Thursday. I finally began to read "Financially Free" from 1986 and Marc Garrison (along with Robert Allen and Utah). Once again, the question is how to do it.

Fri 4 Nov
After a frightening beginning of the week, the shift tends toward normal. Mom seems to have dropped the outheaded talking, and I dealt with a flat tire on Tuesday. However, I must keep an eye on the finances on the other side. Tim's account threatens to shoot way over $2000, even after I took out $200 yesterday. Therfore, I took out enought today to keep it under the maximum.

Meanwhile, Schrub sinks further in the polls, a year too late for the voters to do anything about it. The Republican Congress cut programs further while giving more welfare for the wealthy. Will the redniecks finally wake up?