1. The best way to deal with regrets is to take them as a learning experience and better yourself because of them.

2. It's better to regret something you did than to regret something you didn't do.

3. You're never done mourning the loss of a loved one...and that's okay.

4. You're always stronger than you think. Sometimes you just have to dig a ( Read more... )

I was walking through Jackson Square Park the other day. There was a group of pigeons on the grass, pecking at bugs or crumbs or something. A large crow did a dive bomb from the tree above the pigeons. It swooped in and grabbed a pigeon by the tail with it's beak. As the pigeon tried to fly away and the crow tried to pull back, they ended up doing ( Read more... )

City dogs have good manners. They walk through the park ignoring all the people passing by. They ignore the other dogs. They do their business and go home. My dog sniffs everyone and everything. She thinks all people, animals, and vehicles are her friends ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was standing on the BART platform after work. A Richmond train pulled up and boarded. I was standing near the open door and I saw a mom and her daughter. The daughter was probably about four years old. She was wearing a bright red dress and bright red shoes. Right as the door opened the little girl pulled one foot up onto the seat to ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was walking through the financial district. A woman stopped and asked me what street she was on and how to get to her destination. When I actually knew the answer I realized I have become a part of the big city.

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At work today there was a contest. Apparently it's an annual thing, but this is the first I've heard of it. We have a group of auditors here right now who come in for a couple months at the beginning of every year. They each baked a different variety of cookie. We got to judge their cookie contest. Talk about a sugar rush. That was so awesome. Next ( Read more... )

As I was getting into my car at the BART parking lot yesterday I noticed a message that was typed out and taped inside the window of the truck parked next to my car. It said:

"Due to the fact that this vehicle has already been broken into, there is nothing left to steal."

I totally need one of those. It's like having the "beware of dog sign" on my ( Read more... )

Monday was a long, stressful day. It was my mom's birthday. Every year since she has passed I go to Fort Point to celebrate her birthday. In the last several years that day fell on a day off work for me. I used to work for a company that closed down between Christmas and New Years. This year I thought it would be nice that I was already in the city ( Read more... )

I wish dogs had short term memory that lasted longer than 5 seconds. Maybe then, when Lucy ate something that gave her some adverse side effects she could put two and two together and realize she shouldn't have eaten it in the first place. I ordered coffee beans. They arrived on a day when my landlord was at my house fixing my plumbing. He kindly ( Read more... )