I’m 480 entries back in my friends’ list, and that’s just until I recognize a post or two.

I’ve posted about three times this month.

Okay, no more internet hermitage for me. *rubs hands* Here’s a horoscope!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): More than 240,000 people died in the earthquake that struck Tangshan, China in 1976. The relief effort was negligible compared to the help that has arrived in response to the tsunami disaster of a few weeks ago. One explanation for the difference is that there has been a dramatic globalization of consciousness. People currently living on the planet are increasingly aware of how intimately interdependent we all are. Thirty years ago no one had heard of the butterfly effect–the theory that the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in Japan can affect the weather in Texas. Now millions understand the principle. Your assignment in the coming week, Taurus, is to pursue this line of thought further than you ever have. In what way do events happening elsewhere in the world impact your personal life? What would it mean for you to take seriously the slogan, “Think globally, act locally?” P.S. It might be time to start reading newspapers from outside of your country.)