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NEWS OF THE WEIRD WEEKLY HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY Plastic surgeons in Turkey and France told CNN in November that mustache implants have suddenly surged in popularity as Middle Eastern men use their increased lip bushiness to convey power and prestige. Surgeons extract follicles from hairier parts of the body in procedures that cost the equivalent of around $7,000 and show full results in about six months. An anthropology professor told CNN that, by tradition in Arab countries, a man of honor would ���swear on my mustache,��� use mustaches as collateral for loans, shave off a vanquished foe���s mustache as a reward, and gravely insult enemies with ���Curse be upon your mustache!��� [CNN, 11-29-2012] ARIES (March 21-April 19) You are not alone in your belief that The Matrix ���lm series is not just science ���ction; it���s a clue about the deeper realities of your existence. You���ll go into the new year knowing that what���s around you is only as real as you let it be. Latest Religious Messages It���s a losing battle, giving jewelry to a woman who prompts thoughts like ���Is that a diamond on your ���nger or have they discovered a new planet and given it to you to wear?��� AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You���ll grow You���re actually lucky you can���t take LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) In some situations, your in the way that matters to you. The change is the spendy way out. It makes it too role is high status, and in other situations, it���s small ��� so small that it would take time-lapse low. It has nothing to do with your actual worth. photography to prove the point. In fact, maybe easy to drag a duffel bag of cash to the You believe that all people are equally valuable. you should take a picture at the beginning of obvious places: the jewelry store, the The rest is just part of the theatrical play that the week so that next week you can compare cashmere store, humans do. and note the progress. the handbags that VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) A good book will PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Many people cost more than give you the information and support you need. don���t see their actions as choices. You, on the some compact It���s not a magic key that costs tons of money; other hand, would like to live with your eyes cars store. These it���s a practical guide you can use to change wide open to the many opportunities availyour life if you choose to act on it. Action is able, especially the ones you ���nd or create. items aren���t exactly Amy Alkon what makes things change, and the time is now. horrible gifts, but By Holiday Mathis a better choice is ���the gift that keeps on giving,��� which, I know, sounds like something you get from drinking the water in Mexico. It actually describes a feeling you give another person ��� the feeling that she���s loved ��� through showing her that it means a lot to you to make her happy, and not just on Christmas, Valentine���s Day and days you���re trying to say you���re sorry for doing something you shouldn���t have. By truly listening when a woman talks and then using the intel you get to make her life happier, easier and more fun, you tell her a very loving thing: ���I���m paying attention to who you are.��� You can say this by going out of your way to pick her up a latte or her favorite snack; by making a $50 book with your photos and captions about all the things you love about her (Shutter���y.com, Apple.com); by sending sweet, funny, 30-second videos you shoot of yourself on your phone; and by ���xing things she didn���t realize were unwieldy, uncomfortable or broken until you made them better. In other words, any guy with a spare $100,000 lying around can buy a woman a ginormous diamond. It takes Two Great Businesses Under One Roof! a really special guy to give her a bag of pinecones (assuming he���s trying to remind her of happy times she spent 3006 Bragg Blvd. at her family���s cabin as a kid, and not just getting rid of tree litter he cleaned out of the bed of his pickup). by CHUCK SHEPPARD At the religious festival of Pon, thousands of Muslims travel to Gunung Kemukus, on Indonesia���s main island of Java, to have the required sexual intercourse with a stranger. The experience, which supposedly brings good fortune, has become heavily commercialized, but nevertheless, about half the Chuck Sheppard participants are ���pure,��� in that no money changes hands. More than a quick tryst is involved, according to an October Global Mail dispatch. The pilgrims must first pray, then bathe themselves, then select their proper stranger, then bathe themselves afterward (carefully saving the water for later re-use), and finally return seven times at 35-day intervals to refresh their ritual. [Global Post, 1011-2012] According to testimony in Perth, Australia, in November, one retired priest, Thomas Byrne, 80, bit off the ear of another, Thomas Smith, 81, in a brawl over a parking space. Father Byrne and Father Smith are residents of the same retirement home in the Perth suburb of Dianella. [Daily Mail (London), 10-10-2012] For centuries, some residents of India���s Madhya Pradesh state have allowed themselves to be trampled by garishly dressed animals in periodic attempts to have their prayers answered. The November ���Ekadashi��� (the 11th day of certain months of the Hindu calendar) this year began with prayers, followed by the liquoring up of the animals (cows in Ujjain and buffaloes in Bhopal, for example) to ���remove their inhibitions,��� according to a WebIndia123 report. Even so, according to local press reports, hardly anyone ever gets hurt. [WebIndia123. com, 11-15-2012] COPYRIGHT 2011 CHUCK SHEPHERD WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM For the Week of December 30, 2012 TAURUS (April 20-May 20) In some Native American cultures, those seeking to move to the next level of maturity must complete a vision quest. You���ll ���nd yourself symbolically climbing a remote mountain in the days to come, ready for signs from the universe to be revealed. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) You are ready and willing to trade a fantasy for a reality, fully aware that you���ll have to slug a few things out along the way. For instance, it would be good to understand what everyone wants. In getting clarity and accepting truth, you���ll move ever closer to a goal. CANCER (June 22-July 22) People try to make each other believe that romance is rare, special and complicated, but it���s not. If you���re willing to communicate, be patient and devote time to another person, you���re halfway there. The other half is another person being willing to do the same for you. ADVICE GODDESS His Back to the Wallet LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Mostly, you do what you were taught and what seems appropriate. But you���ll be out of your element this week, and it would help to know what���s expected. ���Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.��� ��� Ralph Waldo Emerson My girlfriend of a year is enormously wealthy and very generous. Despite my protestations, she loves buying me nice clothes and other gifts, and appears to expect little or nothing in return except my love. I have a professional job but SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) Your cosmic much more modest means. There���s no gift is heightened perception and excellent judgment of character. You���ll accurately way I can return her generosity in any gauge how likely people are to follow through material sense. How might I be with what they say. You���ll note the difference able to give a visible and meaningful between sincere offers and polite lip service. sign of my commitment to her? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) RequirShe wears rings on both hands with ing that everyone snap to your schedule is huge diamonds, and anything I precisely the kind of recipe for disappointmight be able to afford would seem ment that you���ll avoid this week, teaching trivial by comparison. those younger than you what it means to be patient and mature. ��� Underfunded CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Mercury visiting your part of the sky inspires you to reach out and connect with a variety of people regardless of how likely they are to ���t into your world. You���ll be feeling increasingly adventurous in the weeks ahead. DID YOU FORGET?? A gift or a year-end award or plaque for someone? our hanks to T great ams for a nal te easo year of s sports! 910.323.1791 www.trophyhouseinc.com Amy Alkon all rights reserved. DEC. 26, 2012 - JAN.1, 2013 UCW 19