Critter’s Krib

Just for future reference…

1. Set a major goal, but follow a path. The path has mini goals that go in many directions. When you learn to succeed at mini goals, you will be motivated to challenge grand goals.
2. Finish what you start. A half finished project is of no use to anyone. Quitting is a habit. Develop the habit of finishing self-motivated projects.
3. Socialize with others of similar interest. Mutual support is motivating. We will develop the attitudes of our five best friends. If they are losers, we will be a looser. If they are winners, we will be a winner. To be a cowboy we must associate with cowboys.
4. Learn how to learn. Dependency on others for knowledge is a slow, time consuming processes. Man has the ability to learn without instructors. In fact, when we learn the art of self-education we will find, if not create, opportunity to find success beyond our wildest dreams.
5. Harmonize natural talent with interest that motivates. Natural talent creates motivation, motivation creates persistence and persistence gets the job done.
6. Increase knowledge of subjects that inspires. The more we know about a subject, the more we want to learn about it. A self-propelled upward spiral develops.
7. Take risk. Failure and bouncing back are elements of motivation. Failure is a learning tool. No one has ever succeeded at anything worthwhile without a string of failures.

As I am sure all of you US readers know, yesterday was Mother’s Day. And for once I had actually thought ahead and picked up all the appropriate cards, one for my mother, my grandmother, one for my mother from Talon, and one for my ex from Talon.

So yesterday morning Talon and I loaded up and headed over to my mother’s house to deliver the cards. I gave Talon his cards to sign. Signed the ones I needed to sign and sealed the envelopes. As I looked down at the card that was to be for Kate from Talon, I realized I made a small mistake.

The card on my lap showed a person with a mohawk, leather studded jacket, piercings, the whole nine… Inside, the card read something along the lines of …" it could have been worse". That card was supposed to go to my mother from me. Wh00ps. I had accidentally signed Kate’s card and packaged it up for my mother. Again, wh00ps. So Kate received an "it could have been worse" card from Talon. Ah well, it was funny.

Our tortoise, Jaeger, is growing like a weed. He has quite the personality. I can often here him clicking his beak when he is eating. He also makes the cutest little “cries” sometimes.

Corona, the albino burmese, is doing fabulous, and growing at a nice steady pace, not too quickly and not too slowly. I still have to scent all of his food with a chick, but other than that, all is well. He has a great temperment and is very well behaved around Talon

‘Noff (short for Smirnoff), is the albino green burmese. She is a bit more like a female.. touchy, but in the end she mainly just makes a lot of noise then settles down. Wow, I didn’t realize exactly how much like a chick she is!

Anyway, these are just a few of the photos I shot outside today. I could snap pictures all day long. Hey, someone should pay me to do that!

… a very slow and painful death. Then they should revive him, let him heal then repeat the process again.

" KMBC’s Peggy Breit reported that Paul Turner, 28, married the child’s mother last month. Turner told investigators that while his wife was at work Monday, he became angry with the toddler for pouring water on a TV. Court documents claim Turner said he grabbed the girl and shook her violently. Then, he said he swung the victim off the ground by her ankles and dropped her on the floor. He also said he "smacked the living crap out of her." "

He should be hung upside down while people hit at him like a pinata.

" He told police that while changing her soiled diaper, a part of his body "made a mistake" and he had intercourse with the toddler. Turner said he ended the assault by kicking the child in the head, because she wouldn’t wake up. "

WTF?? You have got to be kidding me. Part of his body made a mistake?? The only mistake his body made was attempting to impersonate a human being. The man needs to die. No fucking excuses, he just needs to die. He doesn’t deserve to live, unless he is just hanging on by a painful thread of life and only wishes that each day he was dead due to the pain inflicted upon him.

I could never be on a jury for something like this. I would end up jumping the box and beating the shit out of him.

You can click his picture to read the article

I really want to like the new Coke Blak (softdrink + coffee). Two things I enjoy drinking put together as one.

Q: What could be better?

A: Just about anything.

IMO, it’s bad, very bad. I have even attempted to drink it a couple of different times. It’s almost like the kids pizza at BullWinkles. You want to think it is going to get better, but it never does.

I am just not into mondays anymore. I used to actually enjoy a fresh start to the week. Not lately, though. The weekend was decent enough. I actually spent $0 at the Reptile show. Surprised? Yeah, me too. I even went both days, and still purchased nothing. I did originally have my eye on this breeder pair of albino burmese pythons. They were going dirt cheap at $700 for the pair, but I would have had to do a lot of shifting to make room for them, so it is probably best that I passed on the deal. They were gone the second day, anyway, so that saved me a bit too.

Did you notice? Talon did extremely well in school last week. He was (finally) able to score a full week in the green. Totally awesome. I am so proud of him

Tal has been doing excellent at Tae Kwon Do, too. He is really enjoying it and I am actually surprised at the amount that he is able to remember from class to class. He was awarded a black stripe on his white belt tonight. He was a walking grinning machine.

The fact that I threw out my back is the main reason for today’s title. I wasn’t carrying anything. All I did was bend over to pick something off the ground and SNAP! Instant pain. My chiropractor was able to squeeze me in this afternoon for a re-adjusting. It helped a little bit. He says it (my back at least) should feel better by morning.

I gotta tell you, this shit is really starting to piss me off. If it’s not one thing it’s another. And it is really getting in the way of me just getting shit done. It’s bullshit. My neck hurts, neck feels better. Oh now my back hurts. WTF!?! It’s not like I am in some poor assed shape either. I am healthy. I eat healthy. Mind you, I haven’t been able to workout or exercise (other than TKD) since I injured my neck… but jeezus, this is just getting ridiculous. It is seriously pissing me off. I am way too fucking young to be having bullshit old-age feeling back problems like this. Grrr…