{"id":1054,"date":"2012-01-23T18:03:06","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T23:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2012-01-23T23:53:40","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T04:53:40","slug":"the-year-of-the-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/media\/current-evrents\/the-year-of-the-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Year of the Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dragon_(zodiac)\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1055\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/media\/current-evrents\/the-year-of-the-dragon\/attachment\/chinesewaterdragon_physignathuscocincinus\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChineseWaterDragon_PhysignathusCocincinus.png?fit=187%2C180\" data-orig-size=\"187,180\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ChineseWaterDragon_PhysignathusCocincinus\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Image found at http:\/\/www2.isis.org\/membership\/Pages\/ISIS-Services.aspx&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChineseWaterDragon_PhysignathusCocincinus.png?fit=187%2C180\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1055\" title=\"ChineseWaterDragon_PhysignathusCocincinus\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChineseWaterDragon_PhysignathusCocincinus.png?resize=187%2C180\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>It is now the year of the dragon according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dragon_(zodiac)\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese Zodiac<\/a> and that&#8217;s just fine by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RorysaysRAWR\" target=\"_blank\">Rory<\/a> and me, a water dragon to be more specific, and while that&#8217;s not nearly as cool as a Northern Furred Dragon, it&#8217;s pretty sweet.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not very into the Zodiac, not for any other reason other than it just seems irrelevant to me. \u00a0I know many people who swear by it, some who plan to have their children in certain years because of it and many other superstitions that are tied to it. \u00a0I like the stories though, stories are always interesting.<\/p>\n<p><s>I was a bit surprised there wasn&#8217;t a special Google doodle for the year of the dragon, what&#8217;s up with that Google? \u00a0No love for dragons?<\/s> OK I guess there was one, but I couldn&#8217;t access it because I&#8217;m in Canada? 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