No worries my cat is white.

Have a great day everyone, it much cooler here in the NY metro area but still going up to 85.

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The whole Friday the 13th thing seems silly to me. I just got emailed this...

All about the Fear of Friday the 13th!
Although Friday the 13th isn't a genuine official holiday, it does cause a commotion. Every year will have at least one Friday the 13th, and at most 3 in a year. Ever wonder where the Friday the 13th superstition got it's start?

According to ancient maritime tradition, no voyage should ever begin on a Friday because sailors felt that if it did, the voyage would have bad luck. The US Navy today will not launch a ship on any Friday the 13th. And, many of us will not travel by any means on Friday the 13th. Some won't even leave their homes!
The British Medical Journal provocatively titled, "Is Friday the 13th Bad for Your Health?" With the aim of mapping "the relation between health, behavior, and superstition surrounding Friday 13th in the United Kingdom," its authors compared the ratio of traffic volume to the number of automobile accidents on two different days, Friday the 6th and Friday the 13th, over a period of years.
Incredibly, they found that in the region sampled, while consistently fewer people chose to drive their cars on Friday the 13th, the number of hospital admissions due to vehicular accidents was significantly higher than on "normal" Fridays. Their conclusion:
"Friday 13th is unlucky for some. The risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident may be increased by as much as 52 percent. Staying at home is recommended."
Paraskevidekatriaphobics - people afflicted with a morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th - must be pricking up their ears just now, buoyed by seeming evidence that their terror may not be so irrational after all. But it's unwise to take solace in a single scientific study, especially one so peculiar. I suspect these statistics have more to teach us about human psychology than the ill-fatedness of any particular date on the calendar.
Friday the 13th - The Most Widespread Superstition?
The sixth day of the week and the number 13 both have foreboding reputations said to date from ancient times, so their inevitable conjunction from one to three times a year portends more misfortune than some credulous minds can bear. Some sources say it may be the most widespread superstition in the United States. Some people won't go to work on Friday the 13th; some won't eat in restaurants; many wouldn't think of setting a wedding on the date.
Just how many Americans at the turn of the millennium still suffer from this condition? According to Dr. Donald Dossey, a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of phobias (and coiner of the term "paraskevidekatriaphobia," also spelled "paraskavedekatriaphobia"), the figure may be as high as 21 million. If he's right, eight percent of Americans are still in the grips of a very old superstition.
Exactly how old is difficult to say, because determining the origins of superstitions is an inexact science, at best. In fact, it's mostly guesswork.
Otis Elevator Company says 90% of skyscrapers (and many big hotels) have no 13th floor.
Many hospitals, hotels, office complexes, etc. have no Room 13.
Universal Studios in California has no studio lot 13.
Many airlines, sports arenas and auditoriums eliminate a "seat 13" or even row 13.
The airport in Fresno, CA doesn't have a Gate 13.
And, many homeowners do not want to have 13 as a house number, so the post office gives them 12 1/2. In France to replace the number 13, they use 12 two times as 1212.
In ancient Greek and Roman numerology, the number 13 for fortune telling meant a sign of destruction. In Norse mythology, there were 12 gods gathered at a feast when Loki (the uninvited guest) showed up - he is said to be the god of mischief (and to some, even evil).
To the ancient Egyptians, these sources tell us, life was a quest for spiritual ascension which unfolded in stages - 12 in this life and a 13th beyond, thought to be the eternal afterlife. The number 13 therefore symbolized death - not in terms of dust and decay, but as a glorious and desirable transformation. Though Egyptian civilization perished, the symbolism conferred on the number 13 by its priesthood survived, only to be corrupted by subsequent cultures who came to associate 13 with a fear of death instead of a reverence for the afterlife.
But, whether something is lucky or unlucky is all how you want to view it...

Tim Russert just died and R. Kelly got acquitted. It MUST be Friday 13th.

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Can I have a sip of that HATERADE you're chuggin?

friday the 13th...and i'm outside firing up the grill and chugging down some beer..good weather break here in the northeast. have a great weekend!

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Now that's what I'm talking about...... Whoo Hoo......

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I flew back from Germany today. Nothing terribly unlucky at all.

Hmmm, maybe my neighbors should have chose 15... Then he wouldn't have gone to jail and SHE wouldn't have gotten a job stripping.
(in an upper middle class, 700Kish house, mind you)