What did you learn today?

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I'm coming down with a little cold. put in a 6 hour day at work.
 
I learned that cancer comes back, regardless of how much you don't want it to.
 
warpedpink said:
I learned that cancer comes back, regardless of how much you don't want it to.
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Sorry I also got to learn that one... There are just some things you can go your whole life without learning that one goes at the top of the list...
 
I learned that my Aunt has bladder cancer again. This is the 3rd time this year. That is not good. They will do surgery next month. :(
 
Juli-terp-to-be said:
yeah supposedly everyone has moved back a sign. So I am not an Aries (April 10th)anymore but a Pisces! My son stays the same (August 14th) and my BF is a Virgo (August 21st). UGH I don't like it. And there are 13 signs now!
New zodiac sign Ophiuchus: Why astrology is even sillier than we thought - CSMonitor.com
New Zodiac table
Capricorn: Jan. 20-Feb. 16.

Aquarius: Feb. 16-March 11.

Pisces: March 11-April 18.

Aries: April 18-May 13.

Taurus: May 13-June 21.

Gemini: June 21-July 20.

Cancer: July 20-Aug. 10.

Leo: Aug. 10-Sept. 16.

Virgo: Sept. 16-Oct. 30.

Libra: Oct. 30-Nov. 23.

Scorpio: Nov. 23-29.

Ophiuchus: Nov. 29-Dec. 17.

Sagittarius: Dec. 17-Jan. 20
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I looked for my Sign. WTF? Me - Libra??? No way.. I refuse to be a Libra. I am still a Scorpio!! Period!!
 
apparently - there are 2 type of zodiac... tropical and sidereal.

No, your zodiac sign hasn't changed – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs
But before astrology fans scrape the ink from their arms because they think they're now a Virgo instead of a Libra, they should consider this: If they adhered to the tropical zodiac - which, if they're a Westerner, they probably did – absolutely nothing has changed for them.

That's worth rephrasing: If you considered yourself a Cancer under the tropical zodiac last week, you're still a Cancer under the same zodiac this week.

That's because the tropical zodiac – which is fixed to seasons, and which Western astrology adheres to – differs from the sidereal zodiac – which is fixed to constellations and is followed more in the East, and is the type of zodiac to which the Star Tribune article ultimately refers.

Two zodiacs. That's nothing new.

"This story is born periodically as if someone has discovered some truth. It's not news," said Jeff Jawer, astrologer with Tarot.com.

The hubbub started with Sunday's Star Tribune article, which said the following: "The ancient Babylonians based zodiac signs on the constellation the sun was 'in' on the day a person was born. During the ensuing millenniums, the moon’s gravitational pull has made the Earth 'wobble' around its axis, creating about a one-month bump in the stars' alignment."

"When [astrologers] say that the sun is in Pisces, it’s really not in Pisces," Parke Kunkle, a board member of the Minnesota Planetarium Society, told the Star Tribune.

"Indeed," the article continued, "most horoscope readers who consider themselves Pisces are actually Aquarians." The article also asserts Scorpio's window lasts only seven days, and that a 13th constellation, Ophiuchus, used to be counted between Scorpio and Sagittarius but was discarded by the Babylonians because they wanted 12 signs per year.

True enough, Jawer says, the sun doesn't align with constellations at the same time of year that it did millennia ago. But that’s irrelevant for the tropical zodiac, codified for Western astrology by Ptolemy in the second century, he says.

In the tropical zodiac, the start of Aries is fixed to one equinox, and Libra the other.

"When we look at the astrology used in the Western world, the seasonally based astrology has not changed, was never oriented to the constellations, and stands as … has been stated for two millenniums," Jawer said.

People who put stock in astrology can ask whether they should adhere to the tropical zodiac or the sidereal zodiac. Jawer argues for the tropical.

"Astrology is geocentric. It relates life on Earth to the Earth’s environment, and seasons are the most dramatic effect, which is why we use the tropical zodiac," he said.
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Sosie said:
Jiro, are you saying that our Zodiac Signs have not changed? If so, and then, I am happy that I am a Scorpio. Scorpio rocks!!!
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right.

"When we look at the astrology used in the Western world, the seasonally based astrology has not changed, was never oriented to the constellations, and stands as … has been stated for two millenniums," Jawer said.
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Jiro said:
right.
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I just wanted to make sure if I am reading it right. :ty:, Jiro.

Also, thanks for explaining me how to re-size the photo from my computer and use the online image hosting site. :ty: again! *wink*
 
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AlleyCat said:
Go, kitties!! I've got 5 of 'em. Time for them to start earning their keep.
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AlleyCat, I love cats and until the day before yesterday, I only had one older cat, but wanted another kitten. Yesterday, a neighbour approached me with 2kittens in his hands, he thrusted the kittens towards me indicating that I could have them. I was so happy. Then another kitten from the same litter was found in the corner of my yard. So now I have 4 cats (1 cat and 3 kittens). :D
 
I learned that because bone conduction aids are not in high demand they do not make them in any cool colors, and if you bedazzle the entire thing on your fashion obsessed daughters behalf oticon gets very fussy... In my defense they should come in prettier colors, it would have saved them on the lecture...
 
Sosie said:
I learned that my Aunt has bladder cancer again. This is the 3rd time this year. That is not good. They will do surgery next month. :(
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Very sorry to hear this. Keeping your family in my thoughts.
 
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Grummer said:
beclak, pics pullllaze!!
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I will as soon as I get my camera together and figure out how to get it from the camera to the computer and then onto AD.
 
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