{"id":2206,"date":"2003-11-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-11-09T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=2206"},"modified":"2021-05-27T00:14:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T04:14:00","slug":"another-year-older","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/11\/09\/another-year-older\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Year Older"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/mebug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; It&#8217;s too early for cake, so let&#8217;s while away the hours with a  favorite birthday tradition, the reading of the &#8220;IF NOVEMBER 9 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY&#8221; horoscope. Here&#8217;s one from today&#8217;s <i>Detroit News<\/i> (Section N Page 1) by Jeraldine Saunders:<div style=\"border: 2px solid #555; padding:15px;\"><b>IF NOVEMBER 9 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY<\/b>: You have leadership qualities and gifts of perception, which single you out on many occasions to your advantage.  <font color=\"red\">[I&#8217;m frequently singled out, yes, but never to my advantage.]<\/font>  Your birthday falling so close to the eclipsed moon is a major landmark in your life. You&#8217;re good at handling money <font color=\"red\">HA! Yeah, good at handing it over]<\/font>, and this year should bring exceptional opportunities to make dreams come true. <font color=\"red\">[Obviously intended for someone else.]<\/font><\/div><br>The <i>Detroit Free Press<\/i> has theirs in <i>The New TV Book<\/i> and they cop out by extending the prognostications for the whole week.  According to Lasha Seniuk:<div  style=\"border: 2px solid #555; padding:15px;\"><i>IF YOUR BIRTHDAY IS THIS WEEK \u2026 Check legal records for misinformation or mistaken amounts. Over the next 14 weeks, signed documents, written proposals, and financial agreements will prove temporarily unreliable.<\/i> <font color=\"red\">[Jeez, Mr Ashcroft, I was only <i>kidding<\/i> when I said all those things. I <i>love<\/i> the God Emperor Bush!]<\/font> <i>A determined attitude will determine success.  Let others witness your ongoing resolve.<\/i> <font color=\"red\">[I&#8217;m doomed.]<\/font> <i>After mid-March, a new era of sensuality and romance arrives.<\/i> <font color=\"red\">[Now we&#8217;re talking.]<\/font> <i>Recently stalled relationships will soon experience a powerful wave of rekindled affection. By late June, past love affairs will quickly be re-established as permanent.<\/i> <font color=\"red\">[Could this mean the return of the $3 Triple Cheeseburger combo at Burger King??]<\/font> <i>Expect minor family differences throughout the summer months, however.<\/i> <font color=\"red\">[Hey, &#8220;minor&#8221; would be an improvement!]<\/font><\/div><br>Joyce Jillson has this to say:<div  style=\"border: 2px solid #555; padding:15px;\">TODAY&#8217;S BIRTHDAY (November 9). This year features big changes that help you transform into the person you&#8217;ve always wanted to be. <font color=\"red\">[Mr Joyce Jillson&#8230;&lt;swoon&gt;]<\/font> Financial problems must be solved quickly for you to get on with your successful year. <font color=\"red\">[Now this is true. Not likely. But true.]<\/font>  It&#8217;s not what you know &#8212; it&#8217;s who you know, and this month features powerful new alliances. January is passionate, especially your relationship with a Sagittarius or Leo. <font color=\"red\">[Laporte? Eww.]<\/font> Your lucky numbers are: 7, 32, 10, 28 and 16. <font color=\"red\">[No.]<\/font><\/div><br>Daily Horoscopes.com has a nice one, written by Da Juana Byrd:<div  style=\"border: 2px solid #555; padding:15px;\">(Your lucky number is 9.)  <font color=\"red\">[Close, but no.]<\/font> You are always ready for a conversation and today is no different. You love to get your ideas across to others and may find yourself on some sort of campaign trail. <font color=\"red\">[Hard to dispute right here in the middle of my own blog.]<\/font> Give other people a little time to come around to your way of thinking&#8211;do not push your ideas too hard. You may cause some people an added bit of frustration if you seek to change some pre-planned activity&#8211;careful. <font color=\"red\">[Huh?  Dinner&#8217;s at five like it always is. What&#8217;s she talking about?]<\/font> There are opportunities to be with friends and loved ones later this afternoon. <font color=\"red\">[How did she know!!??]<\/font> Close relationships and other ties between people become a focus for much of your energy this evening. This is one of your better days and also a day of psychic insights! It might be interesting to write down those out-of-the-ordinary insights. <font color=\"red\">[That&#8217;d be ridiculous. Don&#8217;t be daft.]<\/font>Enjoy the celebration of this, your special day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  Win a 10-year <u>personalized horoscope<\/u> valued at $750.00.  <font color=\"red\">[And it will begin with &#8220;You are a gullible person&#8221;.]<\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; It&#8217;s too early for cake, so let&#8217;s while away the hours with a favorite birthday tradition, the reading of the &#8220;IF NOVEMBER 9 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY&#8221; horoscope. Here&#8217;s one from today&#8217;s Detroit News (Section N Page 1) by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/11\/09\/another-year-older\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-me"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2207,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206\/revisions\/2207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}