And Now My Mac Won't Work!

It seems my bad luck never seems to end.  Right after I made my last blog entry on Tuesday night, my Mac computer froze and would not reboot.  I called my phone company to see if the DSL was causing the trouble.  It turns out that it's not.  It's something inside the Mac.

I called Apple during work on Wednesday and the person I talked to said he would e-mail it to me.  Since I have an old Mac Performa at my condo and the telephone line is working again, I said that I would use the Performa to retrieve the e-mail.

Because I had other things to do on Wednesday and Thursday night this week, it was on Friday night when I had my chance to use my old Mac Performa.  I got on AOL with no problem.

Unfortunately, the computer crashed.  When I restarted it, the moniter screen went black.  It looks like the bulb went out on it.  I've had that computer for almost nine years.  I wouldn't be able to see anything on the old Performa so I called Apple again.

The technician walked me through some things with my modern Mac in order to restart it.  Unfortunately, that didn't help.  So the technician told me to bring it in to a nearby Apple store for repair.

Today, I wasn't able to get my building manager to lift that heavy eMac computer to my car so it's likely that I'll have to bring it in for repair sometime next week.

So my struggle to be a successful writer with Asperger's Syndrome continues...

I Got My DSL!

I installed my DSL tonight.  It's great!  Everything is loading faster than normal!  I don't have to wait endlessly for a webpage to load. 

I've finally moved into the 21th Century.

Virginia is Seeking Tuition Help

Senate Bill 545 in Virginia is a measure to help pay tuition for students with disabilities who want to go to special needs private schools.  A senate panel rejected it by one vote, but the bill's sponsor, Senator Walter A. Stosch (R-Henrico), vows to fight for it.

The Washinton Post article, Va. Tuition Help Sought for Disabled Students, by Rosalind S. Helderman has more information about this.

We Need More Schools Like This One!

Trinity school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio.  The pupils are children with disabilities.  Each class is small.  The teachers pay attention to their sensory needs and what helps them learn new things.

It's all detailed in The Cincinnati Enquirer's article called Disabilities Are What Pupils Have In Common by Denise Smith Amos.

I wish I went to school like that when I was little.

Coretta Scott King - RIP

Another Civil Rights Heroine has passed away.  Coretta Scott King was 78 years old when she passed away in Mexico while recovering from recent health problems.  She was the widow of Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King.  After her husband's assassination, Mrs. King continued his work.  She'll be missed by many.

It was here in Boston when Coretta Scott was attending school at the Boston Conservatory of Music.  Then, she met Boston University student Martin Luther King, and they became a couple very quickly.  The rest of their story is history.

Back In The Saddle Again!

My telephone line is working again.  It turns out that the phone company I used to be with connected the wires in my condo's telephone room incorrectly.  Thankfully, the repair man from the new phone company that I am with fixed things up. 

And now I have tons of e-mails to go through.

Next week, I start using DSL.  First, I have to look at the CD the new phone company gave me to figure out how to install it.

Will The Ground Hog fix my Telephone line?

I'm at the Boston Public Library at Copley Square once again, checking my e-mails.  I tried to get the new phone company I just signed with last week to fix my phone line last night, but that plan didn't work.  The technician was supposed to show up between 4 pm and 8 pm.  My building manager was home during that time to let him in, but after 8 pm came and went he had to go out to do errands.  I was home by that time and called the new phone company using the building manager's cellphone  to ask them where the technician was.  The telephone rep told me that he left for my cond at 7:43 pm.

"But it's now 8:15 pm!  Where is he?" I asked as I talked to her.  She explained that they couldn't contact the technician while he was on the road working because they have no cell phones.

I called today and learned that he did come to my condo building just before 9 pm, but he didn't see my sign on the front door of the building and just called my manager's home phone number.  So, I had to schedule a repair time for a Saturday morning because they can send someone on Saturday.  The old phone company would never send anyone on Saturday to my place at all.  That's why I switched phone companies.

Now, I have to hold my breath until Saturday.  I only wish the Ground Hog could fix tomorrow.