Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enj... read more

One of the women I work with brought two of these little critters into work today to see if our reptile specialist could identify them. She found them outside her apartment(SF Bay area). I've decided to take them home and care for them(Yes, I am a freak), but I'm not quite sure what they eat. .
Our reptile specialist thinks they might be some kind of variety of cricket, but isn't really sure. They love to burrow and I will probably never see them now that there's a nice substrate in their ... read more

I'm on vacation this week and have put off the drive to Ione to see the 'rents one more day...I'll definitely do that tomorrow, but today the beach was calling me so I packed up Pip, his pirate costume and headed down highway 1. It was a beautiful day! I stopped at Duarte's in Pescadero for a crab sandwich to go and headed over to Pebble Beach to have brunch and do a little photo shoot with Pippin. I swear that dog would do just about anything for a taste of french fry.
For anyone interest... read more

There's been a lot of construction around the shopping center where I work. Most of it has just been a nagging inconvenience, but today, it got kinda serious. Apparantly, while the workers were digging a hole, they hit a gas main. Since it was right next door to us, security evacuated our store and told us to stay out, and well clear of the building for at least 2 hours.
Only problem, was we had 7 customer's dogs in the grooming room, and I was not about to leave them behind. My manager ke... read more