Celebrate the Year of the Dog!

Happy Chinese New Year, everyone. 2006 is the Year of the Dog.

In honor of the new year, here is my East-West horoscope from Tiger Beer:

You're an air sign, which rules the intellectual side of life and makes you every bit as thoughtful as your Gemini and Aquarius cousins. Still, your overwhelming propensity to find and keep a long-term partner is the stuff that legends are made of, most often noted before the keen mental skills evidenced by the astrological factors of your birth. When it comes to partnership, then, you're the sign that best understands how to make it fair and equal. You'll gladly "switch gears" when necessary to keep the balance between you and your dear one, at times being the leader, and at others being the follower. Sagittarians, other Librans, and objective Aquarians may make your best choices.

You're also quite well versed and knowledgeable in the fields of entertainment and recreation, and gifted with the discretion to know what quality is and what's not.

You have a love of entertainment that equals your appreciation of good company.

Well, there you have it, deep insights from Tiger Beer. They clearly take their social responsibilities seriously.

Just in case you were wondering, Rats and Snakes can be friends. (As a Dog, this is a matter of purely intellectual interest to me.) Yes, it has been widely reported that Gohan ("Meal"), a dwarf hamster, and Aochan, a rat snake, have been living together in harmony since October at Tokyo's Mutsugoro Okoku zoo. Perhaps this will be revealed as a fraud, or perhaps Gohan will make make Aochan angry (or hungry), but in the mean time, it's a great story.