The Daily Drift
Today's horoscope says:You're good at making rules, and even better at following them.
That goes double for rules that have already been tried and found true --like 'honesty is the best policy,' for example.
Still, every now and then, it might be better to keep things under wraps, and you know it.
This just might be one of those times.
A secretive energy permeates your house of undercover encounters, suggesting just that tactic.
Some of our readers today have been in:
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Annecy, Rhone-Alpes, France
Caen, Basse-Normandie, France
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands
London, England, United Kingdom
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France
Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Edithvale, Victoria, Australia
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Aylmar, Ontario, Canada
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland
as well as Korea, Spain, Hong Kong, Italy, Denmark, Israel, India, Saudi Arabia, Czech Republic, Philippines, Malaysia, Romania, Indonesia and in cities across the United States such as Ithaca, Athens, Sparta, Thebes and more.
Today is:
Today is Thursday, November 18, the 322nd day of 2010.
There are 43 days left in the year.
Today's unusual holiday or celebration is:
There isn't one.
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