Cranefolder's blog

There’s that old cliché which compares the two disparate methods of forcing a ruminant to ambulate. One can either provide an enticement, in the form of a dangling carrot that the animal will walk towards, or one could employ punishment, beating the stubborn ox with a stick until it exhibits the desired behavior. For myself, I have always preferred motivating behavioral modification through the use of rewards. I find them to be much more palatable than punishment.

There’s that old cliché which compares the two disparate methods of forcing a ruminant to ambulate. One can either provide an enticement, in the form of a dangling carrot that the animal will walk towards, or one could employ punishment, beating the stubborn ox with a stick until it exhibits the desired behavior. For myself, I have always preferred motivating behavioral modification through the use of rewards. I find them to be much more palatable than punishment.

My intentions to start eating right and exercising have gotten somewhat sidetracked from my original plan, but it is early in the game yet and I hope to remedy that within the next few days. Let me start at the beginning…

My intentions to start eating right and exercising have gotten somewhat sidetracked from my original plan, but it is early in the game yet and I hope to remedy that within the next few days. Let me start at the beginning…

Well another year has come and gone, and as of Wednesday of this week, I am 29 years old.  I had a decent year last year, lots of good things went my way, and the bad things weren't too much to handle, so I really can't complain about much.  Oh, except that I'm getting fatter.

Well another year has come and gone, and as of Wednesday of this week, I am 29 years old.  I had a decent year last year, lots of good things went my way, and the bad things weren't too much to handle, so I really can't complain about much.  Oh, except that I'm getting fatter.

Well another year has come and gone and that means another New Year's party at my house has also come and gone. Every year since the end of 2001 my three best friends from college have come to my house for New Year's. Two of them, RatBastard and Raste, are members of this site, and the third was my roommate in college for two years. We always have a helluva good time when we get together, and now that I live in Birmingham instead of Charleston it was an easier drive for everybody involved.

Well another year has come and gone and that means another New Year's party at my house has also come and gone. Every year since the end of 2001 my three best friends from college have come to my house for New Year's. Two of them, RatBastard and Raste, are members of this site, and the third was my roommate in college for two years. We always have a helluva good time when we get together, and now that I live in Birmingham instead of Charleston it was an easier drive for everybody involved.