SCORPIO (Oct 24 to Nov 22)
You're not surprised to read that crossing the new King George Square in the city without bottled water has been rated by a leading X-treme Sports magazine as one of the top 10 really daring things to attempt.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23 to Dec 22)
And when you finally attempt your first crossing of King George Square you seek shelter under a tree only to find the message "dig" has been scratched into it.
CAPRICORN (Dec 23 to Jan 20)
You wonder how Premier Anna Bligh is going to be able to shamelessly and cravenly appeal to the lowest common denominator next election now that her chief of staff and state election campaign director Mike Kaiser has abandoned ship.
AQUARIUS (Jan 21 to Feb 19)
After reading the obit that said that The Lanky Yank Don Lane had "honed his entertaining skills in New York", you figure you must check a dictionary seeing the definition of "honed" has obviously changed over the years.
PISCES (Feb 20 to Mar 20)
You wonder what happened to the adage that you should never speak ill of the dead.
ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 20)
It's not as if he didn't die enough times on stage as it was, especially with his opening standup routines on his TV show.
TAURUS (Apr 21 to May 20)
After hearing that federal environment minister Peter Garrett knocked back plans for the Traveston Crossing dam you wonder if there are any more of Peter Beattie's bright ideas left in the cupboard to haunt Anna Bligh.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 21)
After years of complaining about having to watch tired old repeats on Channel 7 and Channel 9 you are ecstatic that you are now able to watch them on their digital channels Seven2 and Go.
CANCER (June 22 to July 23)
Walking through the Valley Metro centre the other day you realise it must by now be the fifth anniversary of former premier Peter Beattie's promised completion of the new Valley railway station that opened a little more than a year ago.
LEO (July 24 to Aug 23)
Prior to embarking on your Christmas shopping, you and your partner sit down and come to the sobering realisation that all of your household's seven credit cards are totally maxed out, so you make the obvious decision to apply for another one... each.
VIRGO (Aug 24 to Sept 23)
You can't believe your luck when, walking down a deserted laneway late at night while carrying a 3lb cricket bat, you encounter the person who keeps coming up with fresh 20 to 1 ideas for Channel 9.
LIBRA (Sept 24 to Oct 23)
You read that Translink is planning to build on its new system of pre-paid buses designed to speed up the city's public transport network by implementing no-passenger buses on key routes.
