FEATURES
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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2016
Friend has no boundaries
Tomorrow’s horoscope
Dear Annie
By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc.
Dear Annie: Morgan and I are
from the same hometown, and a few
weeks ago, she moved to the city
where I live now. Though I’d never
met her, we have a ton of mutual
friends back home (or so I thought).
She asked whether I’d show her
around. I remembered what it was
like to be new in town, so I was
happy to help.
Morgan and I got along well and
had a lot in common. The irst night
we went out, she asked whether she
could sleep on my couch because
it was so late. I said sure. Then she
stayed the next night, without ask-
ing — and then the next. One morn-
ing, when I woke up, my car was
gone. She had taken it to the store
without even asking. She must have
dug through my purse for the keys.
On top of this, she just got a job
at the same store where I work. I
started to get a little nervous about
the lack of space, and I told her I
needed to set some boundaries and
hang out less.
This week, she asked whether
she could live with me for a bit. I
said no, but she won’t stop bom-
barding me with calls. I asked a
mutual friend what Morgan’s deal
is, and he told me that she’s crazy
and all our friends stopped talking
to her years ago. Now what do I
By
Annie
Lane
Creators
Syndicate
Inc.
do? I feel really guilty ignoring her.
— Suffocating
Dear Suffocating: Run; don’t
walk. You set boundaries, and she
disrespected them. You told her
she couldn’t live with you, and she
wouldn’t take no for an answer. All
this and you’ve only known her for
three weeks.
I’m sounding the stage-ive
“clinger” alarm. Stop letting this
girl into your life. Don’t feel guilty;
don’t entertain any sort of dialogue.
If you give her an inch, she’ll take
a mile (along with your keys, wallet
and Social Security number).
Dear Annie: I work for a sta-
tionery company, and most of my
co-workers are women. I am what
you might call a guy’s guy. I am a
fan of every Chicago sports team
(Cubs, not Sox). After a big game, I
want to talk about it over the water-
cooler with my co-workers, yet I
can’t. The majority of the people
I work with aren’t big sports fans.
The one other dude in my depart-
ment spends his free time knitting
sweaters for his pug. (I’m not even
making that up.)
I come in Monday morning after
a big Bears win, and people don’t
have a clue what happened 18 hours
earlier. Jimmy Butler drops 53 on
Philadelphia, and I want to com-
pare his skills as a two-way player
to MJ’s yet have no one to talk to.
The Cubs are in irst place. The
sorry, lovable-loser Cubbies, who
haven’t won a World Series in over
100 years, are in irst place, and peo-
ple in my ofice could not care less.
I like my job, and I do like the
people I work with. It just feels as
if there is a barrier, as if there is a
side of me that they could never
understand. How do I connect and
get them to care about this stuff? —
Secret Sports Guy
Dear Secret: If you focused
more on doing your job, you’d be
less bothered by the fact that your
ofice isn’t a sports bar. Sure, it’s
nice when we share the same inter-
ests as our co-workers, but it’s by no
means a requirement. Find time to
connect with your fellow fans out-
side the ofice. Work is for work.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). One connec-
tion leads to another. Soon you will find your-
self moving in the circles you’ve wanted to be
a part of for some time. Also, you are coming
into a lucky time for travel, and this weekend
will be an auspicious time to book it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). This is no time
to worry about being well-rounded. Do what
you do, and do it better than anyone else.
Focus on your strengths and other people
around you will offset your weaknesses.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). If you had a
time machine, maybe you would do it differ-
ently, but then you wouldn’t be the person
you are now. Considering the number of fans
you have, you must be doing all right. Maybe
you should let those regrets go.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The younger
ones think you’re wrong, and the elders don’t
see eye to eye with you, either. Maybe it is
your job to disagree. Every generation has a
right to define its own era.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The one that got
away will glisten in the mind’s eye with an
unreal sparkle that makes all the ones that
didn’t get away seem dull by comparison.
Pining for the missed opportunity is a poetic
and unproductive use of time.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You feel and
give stronger than you did yesterday. It’s like
your life is suddenly infused with 10 percent
more passion, and that 10 percent is all it
takes to bump you into the realm of sweet
success.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As for the one
you loved... well, you still do, after all this
time. It’s definitely not something to keep to
yourself. This is the stuff of life! Articulate and
celebrate what’s in your heart.
FRANK AND ERNEST
BLONDIE
THATABABY
SALLY FORTH
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
B.C.
LOLA
DILBERT
SIX CHIX
BIZARRO
MUTTS
NON SEQUITUR
BABY BLUES
WIZARD OF ID
ZITS
ROSE IS ROSE
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Hip and
trendy people help you out with what they
know and so do the traditional and practical
types. The more open you are to different
ideas, methods and information, the luckier
you’ll be.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll
be cautioned by those who were wronged,
scammed or ripped off in some way. Listen
to the warnings, take precautions and then
resume thinking in your usual positive way.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It isn’t
what it was, and it’s not what it could be. What
you have on your hands is a bona fide work
in progress, and rest assured you will work it
and progress it to the very best of your ability.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Those
beautiful words you’re hearing are true. They
might be difficult to live up to, and it might be
a very long time before you taste the fruit of
their promises, but you can rest assured that
the words are not false.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Relation-
ships are worth the big efforts. Get out of
your element and share a brand-new place
with a loved one. You’ll have a unique and
unforgettable experience that’s just for the
two of you.
SATURDAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 30). You’ll
finally win what you’ve been fighting for in
August. Immediately figure out your next
plan; you’ll be surrounded by amazing poten-
tial additions to your team. Reconnect with
someone from the past for an even more ex-
citing adventure than you had last time. Jan-
uary is your lucky time for investing. April will
bring a windfall. Capricorn and Aries adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 30, 22, 26
and 1.