How to change your life

When changing your life seems too big to manage, think about what you can change in the next year.

When changing over the next year seems too overwhelming, plan around changes you could make this month.

When changing this whole month seems too challenging, think about changing just for this week.

When sustaining the change over the course of the whole week seems too much to bear, back up and focus on incorporating the change into today.

When today seems like it is slipping away... Take the next 20 minutes, and change now.

For Rhi

Rhi-
I miss your posts, your frequent rants; your personality that was once there for us all... Come back. Don't let Pablo's offer lock you into a forum you can't tap, I'm sure he'd agree, find what works for you and don't let an uncomfortable format be the thing that stifles your voice to the world. In friendship is love and support and understanding, not the least of which is the ability to accept and let each other go in the directions that fit us best. Nuff Said.

Saw these shots of Burning Man and thought of you. Going to the Gorge next Thursday for DMB, it will be an experience... I'm ecstatic.

Leaves goeth, before the Fall....

Head down, leaving work, I spot it.

15 feet ahead - the first brown, dry leaf of the season.

I am compelled.
It is compulsory.
Smashing it with my footstep,
No edge protrudes from beneath my shoe.

Relishing the dry crackle that whispers "fall".


I secretly stalk them, these first leaves. You may see me - meandering in an arc, out of my way (sometimes ten feet out!) just to hear the sound again.

When I was young I loved the springtime.
As a teen and twentysomething summer was the season to cherish.

I find it interesting, that my preference for the season aligns with my stage in life...

Almost there, fall. Almost.

It is coming.

And no love yet for winter.

Plants toxic to pets

From the ASPCA website:

Toxic Plants

This list contains plants that have been reported as having systemic effects on animals and/or intense effects on the gastrointestinal tract.

Please note that the information contained in our plant lists is not meant to be all-inclusive, but rather a compilation of the most frequently encountered plants. For more information, contact us at napcc@aspca.org.

A
- Aloe
- Amaryllis
- Andromeda Japonica
- Asian Lily (Liliaceae)
- Asparagus Fern
- Australian Nut
- Autumn Crocus
- Avocado
- Azalea

B
- Bird of Paradise
- American Bittersweet
- European Bittersweet
- Branching Ivy
- Buckeye
- Buddist Pine

C
- Caladium
- Calla Lily
- Castor Bean
- Ceriman (aka Cutleaf Philodendron)
- Charming
Diffenbachia
- Chinaberry Tree
- Chinese Evergreen
- Christmas Rose
- Clematis
- Cordatum
- Corn Plant (aka Cornstalk Plant)
- Cornstalk Plant (aka Corn Plant)
- Cutleaf Philodendron (aka Ceriman)
- Cycads
- Cyclamen

D
- Daffodil
- Day Lily
- Devil's Ivy
- Dumb Cane
- Deadly Nightshade (See Nightshade)

E
- Easter Lily
- Elephant Ears
- Emerald Feather (aka Emerald Fern)
- Emerald Fern (aka Emerald Feather)
- English Ivy

F
- Fiddle-Leaf Philodendron
- Flamingo Plant
- Florida Beauty
- Foxglove
- Fruit Salad Plant

G
- Glacier Ivy
- Gladiolas
- Glory Lily
- Gold Dieffenbachia
- Gold Dust Dracaena
- Golden Pothos
- Green Gold Nephthysis

H
- Hahn's self branching English Ivy
- Heartleaf Philodendron
- Heavenly Bamboo
- Holly
- Horsehead Philodendron
- Hurricane Plant
- Hyacinth
- Hydrangea

I
- Iris

J
- Japanese Show Lily
- Japanese Yew (aka Yew)
- Jerusalem Cherry

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K
- Kalanchoe

L
- Lace Fern
- Lacy Tree
- Lily of the Valley

M
- Macadamia Nut
- Madagascar Dragon Tree
- Marble Queen
- Marijuana
- Mauna Loa Peace Lily (aka Peace Lily)
- Mexican Breadfruit
- Mistletoe "American"
- Morning Glory
- Mother-in-Law

N
- Narcissus
- Needlepoint Ivy
- Nephthytis
- Nightshade

O
- Oleander
- Onion
- Orange Day Lily

P
- Panda
- Peace Lily (aka Mauna Loa Peace Lily)
- Philodendron Pertusum
- Plumosa Fern
- Precatory Bean

Q
- Queensland Nut

R
- Red Emerald
- Red Lily
- Red-Margined Dracaena (aka Straight-Margined Dracaena)
- Red Princess
- Rhododendron
- Ribbon Plant (Dracaena sanderiana)
- Rubrum Lily

S
- Saddle Leaf Philodendron
- Sago Palm
- Satin Pothos
- Schefflera
- Spotted Dumb Cane
- Stargazer Lily
- Striped Dracaena
- Sweetheart Ivy
- Swiss Cheese Plant

T
- Taro Vine
- Tiger Lily
- Tomato Plant
- Tree Philodendron
- Tropic Snow Dumbcane
- Tulip

V
- Variable Dieffenbachia
- Variegated Philodendron

W
- Warneckei Dracaena
- Wood Lily

Y
- Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
- Yew (aka Japanese Yew)
- Yucca

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Tsk, tsk... Naughty!

Interesting, the things you find on the web...!

Check out the trend watching site trendwatching.com for tidbits like this one and others (hey, I had to get your attention somehow, right?!):

Targeting a different kind of meet up, Naughty America is launching this summer. It's an adult (18+) massively multiplayer online dating game, where players can create their own avatars and explore a 'sexy' world, or turn on their webcams for some real world 'action'. Real-world meet-ups can be arranged for as well. In other words: a more than mature version of the HabboHotels and Neopets of this world, where members can sexually explore like never before. Although Naughty America is inviting players from across the globe, there's a vibrant opportunity to set up Naughty Belgium, Naughty Singapore, Naughty Australia, etc.

Mel Gibson: S. F. W. ?

Wow, he's a celebrity and he's a drunk! Guess what, he's also a bigot! O.M.G. He must be the only one, right?! Boycott 'im! Protest 'im!

Jesus H. Passion Of The Christ.

He's just yet another f*ing dumb ass in the world. And we're stopping the presses to print stories about him, giving him all kinds of (albeit, negative) publicity, why exactly?

And, what a lying contriving poser: (Mel to self) "Yes, there must be meetings... Meetings with the Jewish community will help me fix this. Must appear to place appropriate weight on the situation."

Vhut-ever, Herr Gibson.