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6A FEATURES Sending seductive pix Dear Annie: I’m a 50-some- never OK — not on the street, not thing woman who’s been married on the internet and (especially) not for 35 years. About a year ago, to in your husband’s office. And even spice up our marriage, I started if his co-workers seem to enjoy it, sending my husband seductive they’re his co-workers. It’s inap- pictures of myself during the day. propriate. Your husband could lose his job. There’s nothing He really loved them and DEAR wrong with trying to spice wanted more. Over time, up your sex life, but I sug- the pictures I sent him ANNIE gest you try a more savory got more daring. One of seasoning. And if you his co-workers acciden- tally saw one of the pic- feel this habit has become tures and commented to addictive, it’s certainly my husband about it. My worth seeing a counselor. husband told me, and at Dear Annie: I have a first I was embarrassed by gripe with smokers who Lane it. But after thinking about Annie drop their butts on the Creators Syndicate Inc. it, I began to really like ground. It’s a common the thought of strange men practice, but I find it sim- seeing me. I started sending my ply inexcusable. Today, while trav- husband more and more risqué pic- eling on errands near my home, I tures. I couldn’t wait for my hus- witnessed it yet again. I watched as band to come home from work so I one woman got out of her car in the could hear what the guys had said parking lot of a store, took a long about me. drag on her cig and then dropped I know this isn’t right, but I it on the pavement and walked can’t seem to stop. I think I’m into the store, passing a handy butt addicted to this. But seeing as I’m receptacle standing right at the not really hurting anyone and I entrance. Not five minutes later, think I’m putting smiles on some as I waited behind a truck at a red faces, do I need to seek help to stop light, the driver lowered his win- dow and threw the remains of his this? — Exposed Dear Exposed: Exposing one- cigarette into the adjacent lane. self to nonconsenting witnesses is Look along the curb of any city street and you will find cigarette butts by the hundreds. They are even scattered along the berm of my own small country road. Some jerks even empty entire ashtrays into the street! Cigarette butts are litter of the worst kind. They are slow to decompose, full of nicotine and other toxic elements, and contami- nated by saliva. If it didn’t fall from a tree or grow from the ground, then it has no place in nature. I dare even one smoker to write back and explain what justifies this dirty, lazy, inconsiderate practice. And I challenge all smokers to stop lit- tering the ground with what is essentially their drug parapherna- lia. Your right to pollute your body and your home does not give you the right to pollute public areas, so knock it off! — I Like It Clean and Green Dear Clean and Green: As if smoking weren’t already a nasty enough habit. A cigarette butt can take anywhere from 18 months to 10 years to decompose. I second your plea to smokers: If you can’t quit smoking for your own health, at least be cognizant of the Earth’s health and properly dispose of your butts. THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JULY 16, 2018 TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc. ARIES (March 21-April 19). The word “spoiled” describes what happens when the airflow of humanity is blocked by a cushion. You’re willing to recognize the ways in which you’ve been cushioned by life and are better off for that recognition. all of the time. Try not to take or give offense. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Sleep. It’s such a simple fix that many overlook it. But it’s better than any synthetic fix or natural remedy. Rest can resolve physical ailment, emotional stress or mental fatigue. Try it. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Don’t say “maybe” and keep people wondering. Say “no” and say it fast so people can process the information and move on. This is the cleanest and best way for all. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The songbird isn’t singing out solutions, witticisms or entertain- ing stories. The songbird is just expressing whatever comes naturally and the resulting song lands lovely on every open ear. You’ll be such a bird today. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). While the cynic grumbles about the pointlessness of trying to please people, the optimist accepts that relationships are frustration. Celebrate whatever good comes of them as the miracle that it is. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Being weary and overworked has an ill effect on anything you take on, so you owe it to everyone around you to have some fun, relax, ask for help when you need it and generally take good care of yourself. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Playing it cool won’t work today. Anyway, it takes more confidence to show some emotion. Revealing your feelings, or at least a glimpse of them, lets people know who you are and what you care about. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). When you see the full array of choices you have, the one you actu- ally make becomes more meaningful to you than if you had just taken the default option without thinking about it. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Don’t jump ship just because it’s sitting a bit low in the water. Show a little faith in your vessel. Get a cup and start bailing. The same goes for your idea, project or relationship. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). If you don’t feel like celebrating yourself, or even being your- self, that’s fine. It’s natural for people in flux. Each day is a new opportunity. Each hour, each moment — you can always become a better version of yourself. TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (July 17). Fol- lowing a shining inspiration, you’ll see different parts of the world this year. Humanitarian instincts will have you doing what you can to help others get the same rights and freedoms you enjoy. This leads to important alliances. Your life will become infused with love and ten- derness. You’ll be awarded in November. Libra and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 40, 5, 33 and 14. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Like clouds that pass in front of the sun, the shade people give one another can pass in a moment if you let it. We’re all human. No one says the perfect thing 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). Open up and share your feelings. Otherwise they won’t know what you’re going through. Also, they won’t know to reach out to you for help when they are going through the same thing.
