A Lunar New Year gift for you (with a side of parentheticals)

My feng shui desk calendar tells me that I should give red amaryllis to valued friends and loved ones as a lunar new year gift. So here is a lovely red amaryllis for you. This Sunday is Chinese Lunar New Year 4704--Year of the Dog (I peeked ahead on the calendar.) (I wonder if it's bad feng shui to do that? Crap.)

Well, I'm off to move my desk. Apparently the Grand Duke Jupiter--first of the troublesome Three Afflications--will be in the W/NW during the Year of the Dog (I wonder if they're confusing him with Stephen Harper, first of the troublesome Afflictions from the West). Either way, the desk has to move.