Monkeys

However pretty, the sun is not really a fruit.
You can set the world on fire with your tail.
If you look for the goodness in the hearts of everyone, you will notice gods in disguise walking among you.
Sometimes the only solution is to make an enormous leap into the unknown, and have faith that you will land on solid ground.
Love can help you move mountains.
Sometimes it’s important to make yourself as large, loud and fearsome as possible, and sometimes it’s important to make yourself small, gentle and comforting. There is dignity in both.
When you hold others in your heart, their beauty will make you radiant.
Loyalty is its own reward.

After suffering an illness a few weeks ago, a 5-year-old female black macaque In Israel began walking upright on it’s back legs. Monkeys usually alternate between upright movement and walking on all fours.
No word yet on whether they’ll make her start wearing clothes.

Newsflash: Girl monkeys learn faster than boy monkeys. Duh.

The Year of the Monkey begins today… This is a year I’ve looked forward to for a while, because it’s the anniversary of my birth year (1968) and is supposed to be lucky for me, although from what I’m reading, it’s to be more entertaining than productive.

“While a lively year of good times, good friends, and lack of boredom, only rarely are your own Monkey years constructive and capable of permanent development. Monkeys have difficulty staying on a straight and narrow course, tempted to take detours and short-cuts for the pure pleasure of discovery and novelty. However, you do find the year’s prevalent upheaval amusing, and will have a strong desire for travel.”

Notable events that happened in the Year of the Monkey: 1992 – Bill Clinton became president. 1968 – assassinations, riots, revolutions and political unrest around the world, including MLK and RFK assasinations. In 1944, the Allies began to turn the tide in Europe in World War II, liberating France from the German occupation. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president in Monkey year 1932. Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860. The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776.
Of course, you have to process all this keeping in mind that I believe that all astrology is a bunch of ridiculous hooey. But fun ridiculous hooey.

Check your prairie dogs, if you’ve got ’em. Apparently, prairie dogs purchased at an Illinois store are spreading monkey pox to their owners across the midwest. Health officials are looking for people who purchased the rodents from Phil’s Pocket Pets in Villa Park, Ill. People without prairie dogs needn’t worry.