Next Steps

Here's my status:  I've registered for two courses at the Montgomery County Community College, paid for them, done and done.  The irony may hit you:  I have an MS in chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania (1988), BS from Drexel University (1986), and oodles of work experiences involving computer programming and other technologies.  So why am I going back to school?

Because I have been living off of disability the last few years, over an illness I couldn't control and which I feared many times would end my struggles.  Now that that illness sees finally under management if not full control, my goal is to find the best way back into the job market.  Getting degrees or certificates -- even just Associates' degrees -- has got to help, I believe.  So here I go.  Wish me luck!

It's been a While, I know

I am very proud of the work I've done at ROHMAX USA, Drexel University, and a number of other projects I've worked on the last few years, but have finally decided to get some formal education in the field I've been working in, scientific computer programming.  To that end, I've applied to Mont. County Community College, to get a dual degree in software engineering and some other aspect of IT, which I'm not sure yet.  I'd like to continue my work at Drexel, but it is an unpaid research position, and right now I am too poor to afford that.

I'm also considering a rewrite of "Wondering About", producing a more condensed version which omits certain topics and concentrates on explaining others better (especially quantum mechanics and evolution).  These see to be the main criticisms of "Wondering About" (too dense) and rework my unpublished tome on the Periodic Table, "The Third Row."

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This is a test post to see if this shows up on Amazon.

I Published a Book!

Believe it or not, I really did. It's titled

Wondering About
Curiosity, Imagination and Science: A Personal Journey by an Unusual Mind

The book's web site is: www.amazon.com/Wondering-About-Curiosity-Imagination-Personal/dp/product-description/1450018491/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books

To give you a flavor of what Wondering About is about, read the following press release:

Philadelphia, PA (Vocus/PRWEB ) February 28, 2010 -- Xlibris, the leading print-on-demand self-publishing services provider, announced today the release of Wondering About: Curiosity, Imagination, and Science: A Personal Journey, a new book of tremendous insight authored by David Strumfels.

Wondering About is a comprehensive guide that discusses the natural sciences and man’s everlasting struggle to learn what his place in the universe is, where he fits in, and what the true purpose of his existence is all about. By dealing with the many forms of science and philosophy, this release also serves as an intellectual autobiography – an expedition through Strumfels’ mind and his life as a human being. Through the author’s views and life experience as an individual who has spent his life struggling with Asperger’s Syndrome and how, despite these struggles, how it has also helped him retain his childlike curiosity, sense of wonder, and imagination; characteristics he hopes to inspire in others, and which never should be satisfied, and much more.

With its detailed narrative and numerous references, Wondering About: Curiosity, Imagination, and Science: A Personal Journey is specially written for the pleasure of gratifying curiosity and wonder. Readers who wish to order a copy are encouraged to visit Amazon.com.

A Medley of Potpourri

Why, a Medley of Potpourri is just what it says; various thoughts, opinions, ruminations, and contemplations on a variety of subjects. All readers are invited to do the same