A personal, non-Altadena-related aside. PSN has a great story about South Pasadena speech pathologist Amy Johnson, who uses Sylvie, a laborador/golden mix from Canine Companions for Independence, in her practice. Amy has worked with our two youngest kids, and Spawn 3 and Sylvie are thatclose. Amy's smart, a great professional, and adding Sylvie to the mix was a great choice. (Little Estelle in the pictures is our friend, too). Canine Companions is a great cause -- and we were privileged to have Spawn 3 appear in one of their upcoming television public service announcements (working with Sylvie, natch).