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Sisters quarrel on Facebook
Dear Annie: Recently, I cop-
Dear Hurt: Using social
ied an article and reposted it on media to settle disputes between
Facebook. The article dealt with family members or friends is like
a woman who has handicapped trying to repair reading glasses
license plates. She does not appear with a sledgehammer; you have
to be physically handicapped, a blunt tool and an incredibly del-
although she is. Another woman icate object, and it results in a
totally unnecessary bro-
had approached her in a
DEAR
ken mess.
parking lot and harassed
Your sister is squarely
her for using the handi-
ANNIE
in the wrong here, and
capped parking spot. The
I understand why you
gist of the article was to
unfriended her. But that
not pass judgment on peo-
is not a long-term real-
ple and make assumptions.
world solution.
When I posted it, I
Because her com-
added a disclaimer in the
ment seemed to you to
comments area to let peo-
Lane
come totally out of the
ple know that I wasn’t Annie
Creators
Syndicate
Inc.
blue, you two must be on
the original author. I also
very different pages. Talk
commented that my hus-
band has a handicapped placard to her in person if you can or on
but does not look handicapped the phone if not. Ask her what she
and that if someone did approach was thinking. Communication is
the key here — real communica-
us negatively, I would be ticked.
My sister commented on this tion, between two sisters, not two
screens.
post and said, “You are an idiot.”
Dear Annie: The letter from
I am hurt, and I’m angry with
her. I don’t understand why she “Confused Young Life in Califor-
would make a comment such as nia,” a young man in prison who
this to her own sister on social says he won’t change his ways,
media where my children, grand- was quite interesting. You said the
children and friends can see. I key to his success lies in what he
deleted the post and unfriended does and whom he associates with
her. Did I go too far? — Hurt immediately upon his release.
True enough, but there is another
Sister
factor. Depending on where he is
incarcerated, he may have educa-
tional opportunities inside, often
in trades.
For example, here in New
Hampshire, we have a program
run by the New Hampshire Fur-
niture Masters Association in
which inmates learn woodwork-
ing skills. Of course, only prison-
ers with good behavior can be in
the program, which is an added
positive incentive. Several former
inmates are now working as fur-
niture-makers or cabinetmakers;
one has even become a full mem-
ber of the association. These guys
are not going back to prison.
In other places, prisoners are
involved in training service dogs.
A local family has a dog that alerts
a young lady with Type 1 diabe-
tes when her blood sugar is high or
low. The dog was trained by pris-
oners in Kansas.
This is just what I know about.
The point is that as a society, we
need to change our ideas about
what prison is. If it’s just a holding
pen for “penitence,” we will cer-
tainly fail. If we give these folks
skills while they are in, they will
then have the hope you suggest
for your letter writer. — Furni-
ture-maker in New Hampshire
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017
TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE
By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Start with the
most crucial thing. If you don’t, there may not
be time. You’ll get to the end of these 1,440
minutes in a day and be disappointed, having
missed the whole point.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You construct an
expectation, and when the expectation proves
to be way off, there’s nothing left to do but
laugh — at least, that’s your response. (Being
light of heart and heavy of intellect helps make
it so!)
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). What was derailed
is now popped back on track, thanks in part to
your “popping” abilities. Force usually isn’t the
way. It tends to be more of a wiggle and snap
that puts the pieces back in line.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Given the mul-
titude of ideas you generate, of course there’s
not enough time to act on all of them. But
with your knack for sensing the best one and
focusing there, this day will be an enormously
productive one.
of what a more extensive visit might be like.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). No person who
carries his worries with him is really on break.
The only vacation from worry is to resolve it
one way or another. You can rid yourself of a
significant one inside of an hour.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The reason
you are able to touch the hearts of others is
because you are very much in touch with your
own heart and know what makes it puff up
with joy and swell with empathy.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ve
gotten used to some pretty unusual situations
because the oddities evolved so gradually
that you couldn’t even see them as anything
other than ordinary life. Friends will provide an
alternate perspective.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you want
time to go by fast, fall into the routine. If you
want it to go by slowly, novelty is the ticket.
Bounce between the two for optimum pacing
and a humming good mood.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s definitely a work
in progress, but every day, in hundreds of dif-
ferent ways, you’re acting out the person you
want to be. It’s not perfect. You may be starting
to want something different for yourself, and
that’s OK, too. Acceptance is the path.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You know what
you want it to look like, and from there you’ll
extrapolate all that needs to happen. The
order it needs to happen in — now, that’s the
tricky part. Luckily, your organizational skills
will be amplified all day.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have seen the
truth without really noticing it. And the truth,
not wanting to intrude on you, let you go on,
knowing you’d someday come back to it and
be liberated by it in some small way. The day
has come.
TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 19). You
alight upon social secrets, charismatic habits
and ultimately ways of bringing out the clev-
erness in others; they celebrate you time and
again for it. February and October both bring
a surprise gift and money, too. Professional
advancement will come in April. The travel in
August will be out of character in a very fun
way. Cancer and Virgo adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 47, 10, 33, 15 and 6.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The one you are so
fascinated with represents a whole new world
to you. You’ll breathe the air in that world as
you interact with this person and get a sense
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
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ROSE IS ROSE