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NEWS OF THE WEIRD by CHUCK SHEPPARD "You eat meat, so why not blood?" asked The Globe and Mail, which sampled several Toronto restaurants' sanguinary haute cuisines, including the Italian eatery Buca's spaghetti with blood-blackened noodles and torta di sanguinaccio (figs, almonds, buffalo- milk creme, on a base custard of dark chocolate and slow-cooked pig's blood). Patrons "thought we were crazy," said chef Rob Gentile, but now "can't seem to get enough." The Black Hoof restaurant uses 10 liters of fresh blood a week for dishes like its own blood custard, seasoned with rosemary and pickled pears. Montreal's DNA kitchen sometimes highlights blood soup and blood pasta. (The Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark — which some believe to be the best restaurant in the world — marinates cauliflower in pig's blood.) [The Globe and Mail, 10-18-2011] The Continuing Crisis WEEKLY HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY For the week of Nov. 27. ARIES (March 21-April 19) It will be fun to fl irt with artifi ce this week. Your life may seem a little like a staged version of your story: the sets propped up to look realistic and the actors repeating the right lines. Yet it all feels very playful and temporary, as though you could change the plot at any moment. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Sometimes big change seems to follow a small event in your life. However, it's likely not the small event but a culmination of many, many small events through time that causes the change. Later, you'll ponder the reasons, but for now, you'll be content that the change in question is obvi- ously for the better. Chuck Sheppard GEMINI (May 21-June 21) You'll probably notice this week that people don't say "thank you" nearly as often as they should. You'll never know the extent of the good you do simply by noticing, being grateful and feeling continually amazed by the world around you. CANCER (June 22-July 22) You'll have a run of success. You'll earn the confi dence of others. They will be pleased with your performance. Your awareness of the actions you are taking will allow you to do more of this in the future. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) It is clear that a deci- sion has to be made. Pouring over research, interviewing all involved and other time-con- suming steps will be unnecessary if you choose with your feelings instead. "I don't get it. I just don't get it. And you're not going to get me to get it," warned Marine squadron commander Lt. Col. Jerry Turner (to a Wall Street Journal Afghanistan reporter writing in October), when learning that a few of his troops were sporting artistically shaped eyebrows sculpted by a barber in the town of Shinwar. "Stylist" Gulam Farooq can't practice on Muslims (forbidden) but said "one or two" Marines come by every day (in between calling in artillery barrages) for tapering. [Wall Street Journal, 10-13-2011] The Military Times news service, reporting from Afghanistan in August, disclosed a U.S. Marines command directive ordering troops to restrain their audible flatus because, apparently, Afghan soldiers and civilians complained of being offended. The reporter doubted the directive could be effective, in that passing gas by front-line troops is "practically a sport." [Military Times, 8-23-2011] A vendor at a street market in Leipzig, Germany, was revealed in September to be shamelessly selling personally tailored coats and vests made with fur from house cats. A first report, in the sensationalist tabloid Bild, was doubted, but a follow-up by Germany's premier news source, Spiegel, confirmed the story. The vendor said he needed eight cats to make a vest (priced at the equivalent of $685) and 18 for a coat. However, such sales are illegal under German and European Union laws, and the vendor subsequently denied that he sold such things. [Spiegel Online, 10- 5-2011] COPYRIGHT 2011 CHUCK SHEPHERD WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You'll be develop- ing new interests, and you'll want to get as much experience as you can this week — mostly because it's fun. Repetition will be key to your learning process. Allow for this to hap- pen, even if you have to change your schedule or convince someone to give you extra care. You were meant for this! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) You've developed the habit of moving forward even when your faith wanes. You may lose sight of the goal, but you will be patient, and you will persevere. By the end of the week, the clouds part, and you remember what was so important to you in the fi rst place. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) You deserve to be around those who are enthusiastic about your offerings. The one who hesitates shows doubt. You don't like the message, and you probably won't feel like waiting around for a defi nitive answer from such a person. You'll be quick to move on to a situation that's a better fi t. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Your sign mate the great anthropologist Margaret Mead said it best: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it's the only thing that ever has." CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You are genuinely interested in others, and you will be a better listener because of it. Because you are without preconceived notions, you'll hear the full depth of what's being communicated to you and react accordingly. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You'll ac- knowledge what's going on even when it's a little bit unpleasant to do so. You are simply saying what you see because you know you can't change it until you can articulate what exactly needs to change. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Give credence to your psychic ability this week. Note what your mind's eye sees that your actual eyeballs do not. The best way is to write down your dreams, visions and impressions. They won't be so easily understood, at least not right away. But write them down anyway. In time, they will prove quite accurate. By Holiday Mathis ADVICE GODDESS Give Till It Hertz For 10 years, this woman and I have had a hot-and-cold long-distance relationship, the temperature of which she's always controlled. She's 56; I'm 46. Last year, she felt ready to try for something lasting. She couldn't afford to travel, so I paid for her fl ight. She stayed with me for two wonderful, passionate months, and then we vacationed together in February. I paid for her fl ight, rental car, hotel, and meals. Again, it was very passionate. Last month, we vacationed together again, funded by me. The day she arrived, she declared her sex life a thing of the past. I was stunned and found sharing Amy Alkon the bed rather challenging, but I've never forced myself on any woman and I'm not about to start. My friends are now fuming. I counter that in funding everything, it was never my intention to be paying for "horizontal refreshment." Was she wrong to agree to this trip and then change the terms of our relationship? Am I in denial in not feeling angry? — Wondering The question is, was this woman's Special www.LittleMiracles4D.com 6516 Dental Ln. Suite B Fayetteville, NC 28314 Fa 99ll Fall $ 910.778.5806 'twv#& tsCssRsw HUaYEFUXXET` Terrific home in Carolina Lakes (between Fort Bragg and Sanford). 3 bed- rooms, 2 baths downstairs. Large living room, 2-tiered custom deck, screened in porch. Bonus room over garage. Master bath has jetted tub. Two-car garage. Next to wooded lots in quiet area of neighborhood. Pets allowed upon approval. 24 hr gated commu- nity w/security guards, multiple lakes, golf course, community pool, beach area, parks, tennis & basketball courts, softball field, clubhouse, fitness trails & much more! For rent by owner, $10. Call 910-551-2883 for appointment. lack of pre-vacation disclosure a random act of jerkhood, utterly unpredictable, like a Russian satellite landing on some poor schlub's beater Yugo? Or, more likely, was it utterly predictable based on years of your showing her you'd take whatever she dished out? Your lack of anger is telling. Anger gets triggered when you feel somebody's shorted you on something you were entitled to — like the courtesy of a phone call (before you paid for yet another "passionate vacation") informing you that the birds are taxidermied and the bees are dead. Chances are, you're a too-nice guy — a guy whose "niceness" is actually suckuppy-ness, who believes his perceived loserhood will be "cured" if only he can get into a relationship. Ironically, the loserhood is caused by the willingness to do anything for love. That doesn't get you love; it gets you doing anything and everything for it and ending up with blue balls and a big hotel bill. In the future, even if you can't quite believe you deserve a mutual relationship, you need to risk acting as if you do, and speak up and even bail whenever one turns out not to be. Everything won't always be 50/50, but you and a woman you take on a romantic vacation should be on the same page about the proper placement of the "Do Not Disturb" sign: on the doorknob all weekend, as opposed to around her neck. Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. NOVEMBER 23-29, 2011 UCW 23 Actual Image From the Womb.