OK so after this week’s post on rough clients and tough situations in pet healthcare, let me offer this heartwarming story of a truly giving client trying her hardest to make a difference in the life of one sick pet—mine, in this case.

Ever since she heard Sophie was suffering from debilitating neck pain, this client began offering weekly sessions of Reiki to ease her obvious discomfort. She...

This weekend Miami Beach is hosting a “social networking” conference geared towards all those Internet types fond of bringing folks together online in all kinds of profitable ways. This means everyone from gearheads to preteens and potters to potheads—yep, for every segment of society there’s a social network just for them.

Think of it as a sort of religion for the masses encapsulated on the...