Opposable Thumbs

I'm sure many of you (all three of you that read this, that is) have heard of MIT's OpenCourseWare program. If not, it's a program where MIT publishes the materials for a large number of their courses online. Although I've been familiar with the site for some time and have regularly visited to check the latest additions, I've recently become more interested in it. What brought this up was that I was looking for courses to take this fall at PSU or PCC, my two options for taking classes after we get to Portland. I was searching for classes in engineering, science or math, but was limited to the evening offerings. Due to various schedule constraints, issues of prerequisits, etc., it occured to me that I'd really only be able to sign up for one course. However, I knew I'd have time for other things and decided to look for some self-study type program. Of course, my usual bent is to just read whatever comes