"By experience we find out a short way by a long wandering."
--Roger Ascham

4.25.2003

True, true:

"Don't be sorry, be better."
-- Kerry's Motto
Obviously, I prefer funny quotes, but sometimes I like a good inspirational message:

Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, falling in love in
a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your
imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of
bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you will spend
your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what
amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love. Stay in love. And it will
decide everything. (Pedro Arrupe, S.J.)

4.23.2003

Why, oh why can't this guy be my Behavior Analysis professor???

From the final:
"I'd like for you to describe (IN GREAT DETAIL) an operant conditioning procedure that you would implement if you desired to train your dog to fetch beers from the fridge for you as you relax watching the old tube. Tell me about what you would need to do to your home environment to make this possible, what type of reinforcement you would use, give me details about the discriminative stimulus, the final response behavior, and how this would ideally play out after some hard work. I should be able to give your response to interested parties and they should be able to train their dog if they follow your procedure. Have fun with this one. You should be able to draw from our initial primer and your experience with Sniffy to answer this question very completely."

4.20.2003

Oh my gosh, this is soooo fabulous. A peeps wedding.

And while we're basking in the fun of Easter:
Great Moments in Rock and Roll as reinacted by Peeps
Pyromaniacs and Peeps*

*Yes, I do endorse the torture and wasting of Peeps. They are icky and should never be offered to me as food.