Rob Brezsny hurts

"LEO (July 23–Aug. 22): "Raising kids is like making pancakes," muses Brian Copeland in his show Not a Genuine Black Man. "You always mess up the first one." A similar idea might apply to a certain multi-pronged project you've been working on, Leo. I'm not saying you should abandon or throw away your initial effort. On the contrary, like rookie parents whose inexperience has slightly tweaked their first-born, you should be thorough in trying to undo your mistakes. But I also suggest that you immediately get started on the next creation in the series, being sure you've learned all you can from the consequences of your earlier ignorance."

I am first born and I just had a birthday and I am working on a certain multi-pronged (protracted?) project....

Do we wish we could look up the world's horoscope? Maybe someone can create country-coded horoscopes and write things that make sense: reasonable reactions, common sense, decency, or maybe the absurd would be more real and more predictable?

I have a deadline, many deadlines really, and one was yesterday, so I need to go and finish and send it off.