Friday the 13th

How could I let this day come and go without a special post?

Some people are secretly superstitious about Friday the 13th. Generally people don't do much and are extremely quiet, which means my days are quiet. That being said, I have been extremely busy. Hmmm, maybe people aren't aware of the date... or even a good injection of fear to bring the quiet back?

Anyway, I just wanted to share some little known facts about Friday the 13th (and the number 13 in general):

- Did you know the fear of Friday the 13th is known as friggatriskaidekaphobia. There are a number of other names for it but I have reached my daily limit of typing complicated words (i.e. one per day)
- I read a while back, in some Astrology book, that depending on the year, Friday the 13th's are either lucky, unlucky or neutral. I forget how to work it out.... STML (short term memory loss), not a good thing.
- For those with a darker side; there are 13 knots in a hangman's noose (I'm guessing this is only if he has done it right), a witch's coven generally has 13 members, a guillotine is meant to drop 13 feet and my personal favourite, Fidel Castro was born on the Friday the 13th of August, 1926

There are tons of other interesting facts out there but this is a just a short smattering of what I thought would be the most interesting...