diff --git a/ch09-writing-your-own-methods/ask.rb b/ch09-writing-your-own-methods/ask.rb
index 01716eb35..56b116edd 100644
--- a/ch09-writing-your-own-methods/ask.rb
+++ b/ch09-writing-your-own-methods/ask.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 def ask question
-  # your code here
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+  while true
+    puts question
+    reply = gets.chomp.downcase
+      if reply == 'yes'
+        return true
+      elsif reply == 'no'
+        return false
+      else
+      puts 'Please answer "yes" or "no".'
+  end
+end
+end
diff --git a/ch09-writing-your-own-methods/old_school_roman_numerals.rb b/ch09-writing-your-own-methods/old_school_roman_numerals.rb
index ca6589f2d..9cee784bf 100644
--- a/ch09-writing-your-own-methods/old_school_roman_numerals.rb
+++ b/ch09-writing-your-own-methods/old_school_roman_numerals.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 def old_roman_numeral num
-  # your code here
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+
+oldrom = ""
+
+oldrom = oldrom + 'M' * (num / 1000)
+oldrom = oldrom + 'D' * (num % 1000 / 500)
+oldrom = oldrom + 'C' * (num % 500 / 100)
+oldrom = oldrom + 'L' * (num % 100 / 50)
+oldrom = oldrom +'X' * (num % 50 / 10)
+oldrom = oldrom + 'V' * (num % 10 / 5)
+oldrom = oldrom + 'I' * (num % 5 / 1)
+oldrom
+end
diff --git a/ch09-writing-your-own-methods/roman_numerals.rb b/ch09-writing-your-own-methods/roman_numerals.rb
index 5c93b59ac..a297cf836 100644
--- a/ch09-writing-your-own-methods/roman_numerals.rb
+++ b/ch09-writing-your-own-methods/roman_numerals.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,42 @@
 def roman_numeral num
-  # your code here
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+  #changes only to 4 and 9 in each tier
+
+  newrom = ""
+
+  thou = (num /1000)
+  hund = (num %1000 / 100)
+  ten = (num % 100 /10)
+  one = (num % 10)
+
+  newrom = 'M' * thou
+
+  if hund == 9
+    newrom = newrom + 'CM'
+  elsif hund == 4
+    newrom = newrom + 'CD'
+  else
+  newrom = newrom + 'D' * (num % 1000 / 500)
+  newrom = newrom + 'C' * (num % 500/ 100)
+  end
+
+  if ten == 9
+    newrom = newrom + 'XC'
+  elsif ten == 4
+    newrom = newrom + 'XL'
+  else
+    newrom = newrom + 'L' * (num % 100 / 50)
+    newrom = newrom + 'X' * (num % 50 / 10)
+  end
+
+  if one == 9
+    newrom = newrom + 'IX'
+  elsif one == 4
+    newrom = newrom + 'IV'
+  else
+    newrom = newrom + 'V' * (num % 10 / 5)
+    newrom = newrom + 'I' * (num % 5 / 1)
+  end
+  newrom
+end
+
+puts roman_numeral 1992
diff --git a/ch10-nothing-new/dictionary_sort.rb b/ch10-nothing-new/dictionary_sort.rb
index c9893d0fd..d5b2f4920 100644
--- a/ch10-nothing-new/dictionary_sort.rb
+++ b/ch10-nothing-new/dictionary_sort.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 def dictionary_sort arr
-  # your code here
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+  return arr if arr.length <=1
+
+  middle = arr.pop
+  less = arr.select{|x| x.downcase < middle.downcase}
+  more = arr.select{|x| x.downcase >= middle.downcase}
+
+  dictionary_sort(less) + [middle] + dictionary_sort(more)
+end
+
+puts dictionary_sort ['The', 'quick', 'brown', 'fox', 'jumps', 'over', 'the', 'lazy', 'dog']
diff --git a/ch10-nothing-new/english_number.rb b/ch10-nothing-new/english_number.rb
index c0129bc4e..6b52579c1 100644
--- a/ch10-nothing-new/english_number.rb
+++ b/ch10-nothing-new/english_number.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,87 @@
 def english_number number
-  # your code here
+  if number < 0
+    return 'Please enter a number that isn\'t negative.'
+  end
+  if number == 0
+    return 'zero'
+  end
+
+  num_string = ''
+
+  ones_place = ['one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five', 'six', 'seven', 'eight', 'nine']
+  tens_place = ['ten', 'twenty', 'thirty', 'forty', 'fifty', 'sixty', 'seventy', 'eighty', 'ninety']
+  teenagers = ['eleven', 'twelve', 'thirteen', 'fourteen', 'fifteen', 'sixteen', 'seventeen', 'eighteen', 'nineteen']
+
+  zillions = [['hundred', 2],
+  ['thousand', 3],
+  ['million', 6],
+  ['billion', 9],
+  ['trillion', 12],
+  ['quadrillion', 15],
+  ['quintillion', 18],
+  ['sextillion', 21],
+  ['septillion', 24],
+  ['octillion', 27],
+  ['nonillion', 30],
+  ['decillion', 33],
+  ['undecillion', 36],
+  ['duodecillion', 39],
+  ['tredecillion', 42],
+  ['quattuordecillion', 45],
+  ['quindecillion', 48],
+  ['sexdecillion', 51],
+  ['septendecillion', 54],
+  ['octodecillion', 57],
+  ['novemdecillion', 60],
+  ['vigintillion', 63],
+  ['googol', 100]]
+
+  left = number
+
+  while zillions.length > 0
+    zil_pair = zillions.pop
+    zil_name = zil_pair[0]
+    zil_base = 10  ** zil_pair[1]
+    write = left/zil_base
+    left = left - write*zil_base
+
+    if write > 0
+      prefix = english_number write
+      num_string = num_string + prefix + ' ' + zil_name
+
+      if left > 0
+        num_string = num_string + ' '
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  write = left/10
+  left = left - write*10
+
+  if write > 0
+    if ((write == 1) and (left > 0))
+    num_string = num_string + teenagers[left-1]
+    left = 0
+  else
+    num_string = num_string + tens_place[write-1]
+  end
+
+  if left > 0
+    num_string = num_string + '-'
+  end
 end
+
+write = left
+left = 0
+
+if write > 0
+  num_string = num_string + ones_place[write-1]
+end
+
+num_string
+end
+
+puts english_number 25
+puts english_number 0
+puts english_number 1000000000
+puts english_number 55986745241657
diff --git a/ch10-nothing-new/ninety_nine_bottles_of_beer.rb b/ch10-nothing-new/ninety_nine_bottles_of_beer.rb
index 801de24bd..98905ccce 100644
--- a/ch10-nothing-new/ninety_nine_bottles_of_beer.rb
+++ b/ch10-nothing-new/ninety_nine_bottles_of_beer.rb
@@ -1 +1,96 @@
-# your code here
\ No newline at end of file
+def english_number number
+  if number < 0
+    return 'Please enter a number that isn\'t negative.'
+  end
+  if number == 0
+    return 'zero'
+  end
+
+  num_string = ''
+
+  ones_place = ['one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five', 'six', 'seven', 'eight', 'nine']
+  tens_place = ['ten', 'twenty', 'thirty', 'forty', 'fifty', 'sixty', 'seventy', 'eighty', 'ninety']
+  teenagers = ['eleven', 'twelve', 'thirteen', 'fourteen', 'fifteen', 'sixteen', 'seventeen', 'eighteen', 'nineteen']
+
+  zillions = [['hundred', 2],
+  ['thousand', 3],
+  ['million', 6],
+  ['billion', 9],
+  ['trillion', 12],
+  ['quadrillion', 15],
+  ['quintillion', 18],
+  ['sextillion', 21],
+  ['septillion', 24],
+  ['octillion', 27],
+  ['nonillion', 30],
+  ['decillion', 33],
+  ['undecillion', 36],
+  ['duodecillion', 39],
+  ['tredecillion', 42],
+  ['quattuordecillion', 45],
+  ['quindecillion', 48],
+  ['sexdecillion', 51],
+  ['septendecillion', 54],
+  ['octodecillion', 57],
+  ['novemdecillion', 60],
+  ['vigintillion', 63],
+  ['googol', 100]]
+
+  left = number
+
+  while zillions.length > 0
+    zil_pair = zillions.pop
+    zil_name = zil_pair[0]
+    zil_base = 10  ** zil_pair[1]
+    write = left/zil_base
+    left = left - write*zil_base
+
+    if write > 0
+      prefix = english_number write
+      num_string = num_string + prefix + ' ' + zil_name
+
+      if left > 0
+        num_string = num_string + ' '
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  write = left/10
+  left = left - write*10
+
+  if write > 0
+    if ((write == 1) and (left > 0))
+    num_string = num_string + teenagers[left-1]
+    left = 0
+  else
+    num_string = num_string + tens_place[write-1]
+  end
+
+  if left > 0
+    num_string = num_string + '-'
+  end
+end
+
+write = left
+left = 0
+
+if write > 0
+  num_string = num_string + ones_place[write-1]
+end
+
+num_string
+end
+
+num_at_start = 10
+num_now = num_at_start
+while num_now > 2
+  puts english_number(num_now).capitalize + ' bottles of beer on the wall, ' + english_number(num_now) + ' bottles of beer!'
+  num_now = num_now - 1
+  puts 'Take one down, pass it around, ' +
+  english_number(num_now) + ' bottles of beer on the wall!'
+end
+
+puts "Two bottles of beer on the wall, two bottles of beer!"
+puts "Take one down, pass it around, one bottle of beer on the wall!"
+puts "One bottle of beer on the wall, one bottle of beer!"
+puts "Take one down, pass it around, no more bottles of beer on the wall!"
diff --git a/ch10-nothing-new/shuffle.rb b/ch10-nothing-new/shuffle.rb
index a486ad94c..076d0f212 100644
--- a/ch10-nothing-new/shuffle.rb
+++ b/ch10-nothing-new/shuffle.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
 def shuffle arr
-  # your code here
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+  shuf = []
+  while arr.length > 0
+    rand_index = rand (arr.length)
+
+    curr_index = 0
+    new_arr = []
+
+    arr.each do |item|
+      if curr_index == rand_index
+        shuf.push item
+      else
+        new_arr.push item
+      end
+
+      curr_index = curr_index + 1
+    end
+
+    arr = new_arr
+  end
+
+  shuf
+end
+
+puts shuffle [10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20]
diff --git a/ch10-nothing-new/sort.rb b/ch10-nothing-new/sort.rb
index 44c6deb58..14af7b5f1 100644
--- a/ch10-nothing-new/sort.rb
+++ b/ch10-nothing-new/sort.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 def sort arr
-  # your code here
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+  return arr if arr.length <= 1
+
+  middle = arr.pop
+  less = arr.select{|x| x < middle}
+  more = arr.select{|x| x >= middle}
+
+  sort(less) + [middle] + sort(more)
+end
+
+puts(sort(['i', 'feel', 'like', 'dancing']).join(' '))
diff --git a/ch11-reading-and-writing/build_a_better_playlist.rb b/ch11-reading-and-writing/build_a_better_playlist.rb
index 3b31bd241..f52485078 100644
--- a/ch11-reading-and-writing/build_a_better_playlist.rb
+++ b/ch11-reading-and-writing/build_a_better_playlist.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,36 @@
 def music_shuffle filenames
-  # your code here
-end
+  filenames = filenames.sort
+  len = filenames.length
+
+  2.times do
+    l_index = 0
+    r_index = len/2
+    shuf = []
+
+    while shuf.length < len
+      if shuf.length%2 == 0
+        shuf.push(filenames[r_index])
+        r_index = r_index + 1
+      else
+        shuf.push(filenames[l_index])
+        l_index = l_index + 1
+      end
+    end
+
+    filenames = shuf
+  end
+
+  arr = []
+  cut = rand(len)
+  index = 0
+
+  while index < len
+    arr.push(filenames[(index+cut)%len])
+    index = index + 1
+  end
+
+  arr
+  end
+  songs = ['RayCharles/HitTheRoadJack', 'RayCharles/GeorgiaOnMyMind', 'RayCharles/IGotAWoman', 'ArethaFranklin/Respect', 'ArethaFranklin/NaturalWoman', 'ArethaFranklin/ISayALittlePrayer']
+
+  puts(music_shuffle(songs))
diff --git a/ch11-reading-and-writing/build_your_own_playlist.rb b/ch11-reading-and-writing/build_your_own_playlist.rb
index 801de24bd..ac0fbae6c 100644
--- a/ch11-reading-and-writing/build_your_own_playlist.rb
+++ b/ch11-reading-and-writing/build_your_own_playlist.rb
@@ -1 +1,13 @@
-# your code here
\ No newline at end of file
+def shuffle arr
+  arr.shuffle
+end
+
+all_oggs = shuffle(Dir['**/*.ogg'])
+
+File.open 'playlist.m3u', 'w' do |f|
+  all_oggs.each do |ogg|
+    f.write ogg+"\n"
+  end
+end
+
+puts 'Done!'
diff --git a/ch11-reading-and-writing/safer_picture_downloading.rb b/ch11-reading-and-writing/safer_picture_downloading.rb
index 801de24bd..ddebd5379 100644
--- a/ch11-reading-and-writing/safer_picture_downloading.rb
+++ b/ch11-reading-and-writing/safer_picture_downloading.rb
@@ -1 +1,98 @@
-# your code here
\ No newline at end of file
+# For Katy, with love.
+
+### Download pictures from camera card.
+
+require 'win32ole'
+
+STDOUT.sync = true
+Thread.abort_on_exception = true
+
+Dir.chdir 'C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Desktop\pictureinbox'
+
+# Always look here for pics.
+
+pic_names = Dir['!undated/**/*.{jpg,avi}']
+thm_names = Dir['!undated/**/*.{thm}' ]
+
+# Scan for memory cards in the card reader.
+WIN32OLE.new("Scripting.FileSystemObject").Drives.each() do |x|
+  #driveType 1 is removable disk
+  if x.DriveType == 1 && x.IsReady
+    pic_names += Dir[x.DriveLetter+':/**/*.{jpg,avi}']
+    thm_names += Dir[x.DriveLetter+':/**/*.{thm}' ]
+  end
+end
+
+months = %w(jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec)
+
+encountered_error = false
+
+print "Downloading #{pic_names.size} files: "
+
+pic_names.each do |name|
+  print '.'
+  is_movie = (name[-3..-1].downcase == 'avi')
+
+  if is_movie
+    orientation = 0
+    new_name = File.open(name) do |f|
+      f.seek(0x144,IO::SEEK_SET)
+      f.read(20)
+    end
+
+    new_name[0...3] = '%.2d' % (1 + months.index(new_name[0...3].downcase))
+    new_name = new_name[-4..-1] + ' ' + new_name[0...-5]
+  else
+    new_name, orientation = File.open(name) do |f|
+      f.seek(0x36, IO::SEEK_SET)
+      orientation_ = f.read(1)[0]
+      f.seek(0xbc, IO::SEEK_SET)
+      new_name_ = f.read(19)
+      [new_name_, orientation_]
+    end
+  end
+
+  [4,7,10,13,16].each {|n| new_name[n] = '.'}
+  if new_name[0] != '2'[0]
+    encountered_error = true
+    puts "\n"+'ERROR: Could not process "'+name+
+      '" because it\'s not in the proper format!'
+    next
+  end
+
+  save_name = new_name + (is_movie ? '.orig.avi' : '.jpg')
+  # Make sure we don't save over another file!!
+  while FileTest.exist? save_name
+    new_name += 'a'
+    save_name = new_name + (is_movie ? '.orig.avi' : '.jpg')
+  end
+
+
+  case orientation
+  when 6
+    `convert "#{name}" -rotate "90>" "#{save_name}"`
+    File.delete name
+  when 8
+    `convert "#{name}" -rotate "-90>" "#{save_name}"`
+    File.delete name
+  else
+    File.rename name, save_name
+  end
+end
+
+print "\nDeleting #{thm_names.size} THM files: "
+thm_names.each do |name|
+  print '.'
+  File.delete name
+end
+
+# If something bad happened, make sure she
+
+# sees the error message before the window closes.
+
+if encountered_error
+  puts
+  puts "Press [Enter] to finish."
+  puts
+  gets
+end
diff --git a/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/birthday_helper.rb b/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/birthday_helper.rb
index 801de24bd..8ff9d2525 100644
--- a/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/birthday_helper.rb
+++ b/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/birthday_helper.rb
@@ -1 +1,25 @@
-# your code here
\ No newline at end of file
+birth_dates = {}
+File.read('birthdates.txt').each_line do |line|
+  line = line.chomp
+  first_comma = 0
+  while line [first_comma] != ',' &&
+        first_comma < line.length
+      first_comma = first_comma + 1
+    end
+
+    name = line[0..(first_comma - 1)]
+    date = line[-12..-1]
+
+    birth_dates[name] = date
+  end
+
+  puts 'Whose birthday would you like to know?'
+  name = gets.chomp
+  date = birth_dates[name]
+
+  if date == nil
+    puts "I don't know that one..."
+  else
+    puts date [0..5]
+  end
+  
diff --git a/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/happy_birthday.rb b/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/happy_birthday.rb
index 801de24bd..7c784891e 100644
--- a/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/happy_birthday.rb
+++ b/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/happy_birthday.rb
@@ -1 +1,18 @@
-# your code here
\ No newline at end of file
+puts "What year were you born in?"
+year = gets.chomp.to_i
+
+puts "What month were you born in? (Jan = 1, Feb = 2, etc.)"
+month = gets.chomp.to_i
+
+puts "On what day were you born?"
+day = gets.chomp.to_i
+
+bdaytime = Time.local(year, month, day)
+now = Time.new
+
+age = 1
+
+while Time.local(year + age, month, day) <= now
+  puts "SPANK!"
+  age = age + 1
+end
diff --git a/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/one_billion_seconds.rb b/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/one_billion_seconds.rb
index 801de24bd..784780eeb 100644
--- a/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/one_billion_seconds.rb
+++ b/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/one_billion_seconds.rb
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-# your code here
\ No newline at end of file
+time = Time.gm(1992, 8, 11, 11, 32, 36)
+time2 = time + 1000000000
+
+puts time2
diff --git a/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/party_like_its_roman_to_integer_mcmxcix.rb b/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/party_like_its_roman_to_integer_mcmxcix.rb
index 037b6cb09..8f113d512 100644
--- a/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/party_like_its_roman_to_integer_mcmxcix.rb
+++ b/ch12-new-classes-of-objects/party_like_its_roman_to_integer_mcmxcix.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
 def roman_to_integer roman
-  # your code here
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+  digit_vals = {'i' => 1,
+                'v' => 5,
+                'x' => 10,
+                'l' => 50,
+                'c' => 100,
+                'd' => 500,
+                'm' => 1000}
+
+  total = 0
+  prev = 0
+  index = roman.length - 1
+  while index >=0
+    c = roman[index].downcase
+    index = index - 1
+    val = digit_vals[c]
+    if !val
+      puts 'This is not a valid roman numeral.'
+      return
+    end
+
+    if val < prev
+      val = val * -1
+    else
+      prev = val
+    end
+    total = total + val
+  end
+
+  total
+end
+
+puts(roman_to_integer('mcmlxxxv'))
diff --git a/ch13-creating-new-classes/extend_built_in_classes.rb b/ch13-creating-new-classes/extend_built_in_classes.rb
index c3e793933..57029f1b7 100644
--- a/ch13-creating-new-classes/extend_built_in_classes.rb
+++ b/ch13-creating-new-classes/extend_built_in_classes.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
 class Integer
-  # your code here
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+  def factorial
+    if self <=1
+      1
+    else
+      self * (self-1).factorial
+    end
+  end
+  def to_roman
+    roman = ''
+
+    roman = roman + 'M' * (self / 1000)
+    roman = roman + 'D' * (self % 1000 / 500)
+    roman = roman + 'C' * (self % 500 / 100)
+    roman = roman + 'L' * (self % 100 / 50)
+    roman = roman + 'X' * (self % 50 / 10)
+    roman = roman + 'V' * (self % 10 / 5)
+    roman = roman + 'I' * (self % 5 / 1)
+
+    roman
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ch13-creating-new-classes/interactive_baby_dragon.rb b/ch13-creating-new-classes/interactive_baby_dragon.rb
index 801de24bd..2e7cfcc64 100644
--- a/ch13-creating-new-classes/interactive_baby_dragon.rb
+++ b/ch13-creating-new-classes/interactive_baby_dragon.rb
@@ -1 +1,17 @@
-# your code here
\ No newline at end of file
+puts 'What would you like to name your baby dragon?'
+name = gets.chomp
+pet = Dragon.new name
+obj = Object.new
+
+while true
+  puts
+  puts 'commands: feed, toss, walk, rock, put_to_bed, exit'
+  command = gets.chomp
+  if command == 'exit'
+    exit
+  elsif pet.respond_to?(command) && !obj.respond_to?(command)
+    pet.send command
+  else
+    puts 'Huh? Please type one of the commands.'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ch13-creating-new-classes/orange_tree.rb b/ch13-creating-new-classes/orange_tree.rb
index 025d08907..6d449d484 100644
--- a/ch13-creating-new-classes/orange_tree.rb
+++ b/ch13-creating-new-classes/orange_tree.rb
@@ -7,5 +7,58 @@
 
 
 class OrangeTree
-  # your code here
+  def initialize
+    @height = 0
+    @orange_count = 0
+    @alive = true
+  end
+
+  def height
+    if @alive
+      @height.round(1)
+    else
+      'A dead tree is not very tall. :('
+    end
+  end
+
+  def count_the_oranges
+    if @alive
+      @orange_count
+    else
+      'A dead tree has no oranges. :('
+    end
+  end
+
+  def one_year_passes
+    if @alive
+      @height = @height + 0.4
+      @orange_count = 0
+      if @height > 10 && rand(2) > 0
+        @alive = false
+        'Oh, no! The tree is too old, and has died. :('
+      elsif @height > 2
+        @orange_count = (@height * 15 - 25).to_i
+        "This year your tree grew to #{@height.round(1)}m tall," +
+          " and produced #{@orange_count} oranges."
+      else
+        "This year your tree grew to #{@height.round(1)}m tall," +
+          " but is still too young to bear fruit."
+      end
+    else
+      'A year later, the tree is still dead. :('
+    end
+  end
+
+  def pick_an_orange
+    if @alive
+      if @orange_count > 0
+        @orange_count = @orange_count - 1
+        'You pick a juicy, delicious orange!'
+      else
+        'You search every branch, but find no oranges.'
+      end
+    else
+      'A dead tree has nothing to pick. :('
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/ch14-blocks-and-procs/better_program_logger.rb b/ch14-blocks-and-procs/better_program_logger.rb
index 0e2e18d57..ed0b74364 100644
--- a/ch14-blocks-and-procs/better_program_logger.rb
+++ b/ch14-blocks-and-procs/better_program_logger.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
-def log desc, &block
-  # your code here
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+$logger_depth = 0
+
+def better_log desc, &block
+
+  prefix = ' '*$logger_depth
+  puts prefix+"Beginning #{desc.inspect}..."
+  $logger_depth += 1
+  result = block[]
+  $logger_depth -= 1
+  puts prefix+"...#{desc.inspect} finished, returning: #{result}"
+end
+
+  better_log 'outer block' do
+    better_log 'some little block' do
+      better_log 'teeny-tiny block' do
+        'lOtS oF lOVe'.downcase
+      end
+        7 * 3 * 2
+      end
+
+      better_log 'yet another block' do
+        '!doof naidnI evol I'.reverse
+      end
+      '0' == "0"
+    end
diff --git a/ch14-blocks-and-procs/even_better_profiling.rb b/ch14-blocks-and-procs/even_better_profiling.rb
index b01b78fd8..133aa67d5 100644
--- a/ch14-blocks-and-procs/even_better_profiling.rb
+++ b/ch14-blocks-and-procs/even_better_profiling.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 def profile block_description, &block
-  # your code here
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+  profiling_on = true
+  if profiling_on
+    start_time = Time.new
+    block.call
+    duration = Time.new - start_time
+    puts "#{block_description}: #{duration} seconds"
+  else
+    block.call
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ch14-blocks-and-procs/grandfather_clock.rb b/ch14-blocks-and-procs/grandfather_clock.rb
index 916f6d354..705584a4b 100644
--- a/ch14-blocks-and-procs/grandfather_clock.rb
+++ b/ch14-blocks-and-procs/grandfather_clock.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
 def grandfather_clock &block
-  # your code here
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+  hour = Time.new.hour
+
+  if hour >= 13
+    hour = hour - 12
+  end
+
+  if hour == 0
+    hour = 12
+  end
+
+  hour.times do
+    block.call
+  end
+end
+
+grandfather_clock do
+  puts 'Dong!'
+end
diff --git a/ch14-blocks-and-procs/program_logger.rb b/ch14-blocks-and-procs/program_logger.rb
index 0e2e18d57..b9003e363 100644
--- a/ch14-blocks-and-procs/program_logger.rb
+++ b/ch14-blocks-and-procs/program_logger.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
-def log desc, &block
-  # your code here
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+def program_log desc, &block
+  puts "Beginning #{desc.inspect}..."
+  result = block[]
+  puts "...#{desc.inspect} finished, returning: #{result}"
+end
+
+program_log 'outer block' do
+  program_log 'some little block' do
+    1**1 + 2**2
+  end
+
+  program_log 'yet another block' do
+    '!doof iahT ekil I'.reverse
+  end
+
+  '0' == 0
+end
diff --git a/push b/push
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb