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6A FEATURES What about business cards? Dear Annie: While clear- impression that can help some- ing out my desk and bookshelf one remember you even if he or for some late spring-cleaning, I she loses your card. And making came across a few business cards an impression is what old-fash- from folks I, at one time, thought ioned, technically-no-longer-nec- I would definitely need or want essary niceties are all about. It’s to stay in contact with. But I hav- why it’s still advisable to send a handwritten thank-you en’t thought about them DEAR note after a job interview since their cards got lost even though you could in the shuffle. This got me ANNIE just send an email. When thinking: How important you give out your card to or valuable are business people, just be sure to get cards these days? their contact info, too, so In my experience as a you can follow up online. young professional, there Dozens of print com- are two things I know for panies now offer business certain about how things Lane cards that are recycled, are done these days: It’s Annie Creators Syndicate Inc. recyclable, biodegradable all about whom you know, — even seeded, mean- and a lot of networking happens online, whether through ing your new contact can bury LinkedIn or email. Don’t get me the card in the yard and, in a wrong; I enjoy handing my card few months, have tomatoes. Talk out to people I meet (especially a about a lasting impression. Dear Annie: I’m a pre-veter- cute guy at a bar). It makes me feel confident and reputable. (Can you inary student. When I came back say “adulting”?) But is the move to campus this fall, my apartment refreshing and old-school, or is it complex was overrun with cats. a waste of paper that will get stuck I recognized one that belonged between a pile of receipts and to a neighbor who graduated and moved out last May. I took the cat valet stubs? — Clever or Never? Dear Clever or Never: In an to an animal shelter that I worked age of all-digital everything, I with in the past. But the people find business cards refreshingly there turned down the cat and said old-school. They make a good accepting stray animals isn’t in their mission statement. They told me to just spay the cat and turn her loose. The vet wanted $395 to spay her, which I couldn’t afford. My friends said euthanasia is mur- der, but none would help pay for spaying her. I couldn’t keep her because my lease doesn’t allow pets. And I couldn’t just set her loose, because she would inevi- tably end up having more kittens. Stray cats often end up contract- ing diseases, being hit by cars or suffering other painful fates. The only compassionate option left was euthanasia. It cost $50, much less than spaying her. After I took her to the vet, I lied to my friends and said I had dumped her in the country. I want to beg college students everywhere not to get kittens. When summer comes, they just get dumped on the streets. Then someone like me will catch the abandoned cats, have to pay to have them euthanized and then live forever with that shame. — Ashamed in Idaho Dear Ashamed: I, too, implore students to take animal adoption seriously. When you take that furry friend home, it’s meant to be forever, not for a semester. THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2017 TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc. ARIES (March 21-April 19). If you have to convince yourself that you’re right, you’re either A) not or B) oppressed. It is possible that others have squashed your spirit with their own agenda, thus causing you to doubt yourself. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You will get what was promised, but not when it was promised — or maybe it will be the other way around. Hold people to their word. Ac- countability is the core of human decency. es: The world is suddenly crisp and clear. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Just because you’ve given doesn’t mean you must now give in perpetuity. Those who try to hook you into an endless cycle are repellent to you. You’d rather just solve a problem and be done with it. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). To avoid invoking the envy of your peers, maybe it’s better if you keep your hyper-production on the down-low now. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Do what you can. Take responsibility where it’s conve- nient. You wouldn’t believe the burden you might take from another person’s shoulders by volunteering to do something that will be very easy and enjoyable for you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). People who make decisions based strictly on how they feel may worry you, but no more than those who decide strictly based on research, spreadsheets and cost comparisons. As for you, you’ll do a little of both ways. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re aware of the needs of others, the opportunities that are out there and the ways in which you might serve them. But mostly, you’re aware of who you are. That’s the piece that makes it all come together. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). No one is handed initiative. Initiative is something you have to take. What you do is really second- ary today. The impact is created in how and why you do it. A power move is a move that’s initiated by you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). What if you were never able to change your flaws? What then? Then you’d be forced to accept and make the most of it all. So start there. At this point it’s a more powerful position than wishing for a change. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Ruled by Nep- tune, the dream king, Pisces need to dream like a fish needs water. New inspiration will help you fulfill that need today. Blow out the limits. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Social dynam- ics are tricky now. There is such a thing as playing it too cool. People want to know that you care enough to make an effort, but not that you’re trying too hard. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The blurred borders and fuzzy edges that led to so much confusion will come together in a snap. It will be like getting the perfect prescription glass- 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 TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 6). You’ll be the spark that brings a project to life. Soon many will be involved, and many more will be affected by the beautiful and useful thing you started. Family will grow. Your heart opens in new ways because of who comes into it next month. There’s a move in March that will require you to get more education. Pisces and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 12, 38, 41, 16 and 9.
