PSH!!

Ok...so I still have yet to hear from BYU. I think the psychologists there are trying to condition me to NOT check for any updates, because I'm SERIOUSLY considering changing my daily checking pattern to an every-other-day checking pattern.
It's one of those blasted things I learned in school that warps the way I think about life.
The fastest way to train a dog is continuous positive reinforcement. (does trick, treat, does trick, treat, etc.) unfortunately, this is also the least reliable, because as soon as you stop 'treating' the dog, he loses all will to 'trick' and soon loses the habit.
The slowest way is to never reinforce, but that's just mean.
The most reliable way to train a dog is the same way casinos create addicts. It involves only rewarding good behavior at random intervals. As the dog won't know when the next reward will come, but knows it will follow good behavior, it'll keep up the 'trick', hoping against hope that MAYBE this will be the time it gets a 'treat'. (Gamboling equivalent: 'I know I've won before. It'll happen again. Just ONE more time. It'll be next time. What if it's next time?)
So there I sat, day after day, checking the www.besmart.com website, hoping that that day would be the day, because if I don't check EVERY day, who knows? It could come yesterday!!!

Excellent books I've read lately that I would recommend to anyone:
1. The Percy Jackson series (soon to be a movie)
2. Hawksong and Snakecharm +
3. The Mortal Instruments series (City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass
4. The Vampire Diaries (as they were written more than a decade before Twilight, I refuse to be accused of falling to the Vampire fad...even if I have
5. The Hunger Games and Catching Fire
6. Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras
7. The Dark Visions series
8. Anything by Tamore Pierce