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Word of the Day for Sunday, July 11, 2010aeromancy \AIR-uh-man-see\, noun: The prediction of future events from observation of weather conditions. The wreckage of vast sundowns predicts in sulphurous aeromancy havoc to be. Scrutinize the clouds for sun-dogs, gaze into the eyes of a baby or a feline, and practice the ancient divination arts of augury and aeromancy by recognizing intuitive messages received when watching birds or airplanes fly across the sky. Aeromancy is but one sort of divination practiced in medieval times. Some other examples: augury, based on the flight of birds; cheiromancy, palm-reading; and oneiromancy, the interpretation of dreams. | |||||||||
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  The dog days of summer are here, & the name comes from stars (not dogs)The dog days of summer, the sultriest time of the year, have undoubtedly arrived. � Some believe that the wicked, mid-summer heat drives dogs mad, hence the expression. But as every pet owner knows, prolonged heat waves do just the opposite.�The poor pups pant listlessly in the darkest corners of our homes, hardly lifting a paw. In... | |||||||||
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