[Sca-cooks] Once again, Tentative New Year's Menus

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Feb 4, 2008, at 11:01 PM, S CLEMENGER wrote:

> So, even though my Chinese astrological sign *is* the Rat (which is  
> humorous, because I can't *stand* them), and the Chinese new year  
> starts this week, my personal year doesn't actually start until  
> August, when my birthday takes place?
> --Maire

No, your personal year begins (I'm pretty sure) with the New Year.  
Otherwise, you get cheated (theoretically) out of several months of  
good luck at the end (between August and the beginning of the Year of  
the Ox)! Which, since it's only the Year of the Rat that's your Fire  
Year, would kinda stink for you.

Adamantius