Friday the 13th AND a Full Moon...Ohh That's Scary

Day 187

Friday the thirteenth and a full moon together. We are doomed to disasters unimaginable.

So now we stay home and lock our doors and pray for this day to end? Or do we follow our normal routine?

I think it's a safe bet to go about your day as if it's the same as any other. After all, any bad luck that can happen to you outside the home, can happen to you inside the home as well. Just in a different form.

The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia. I can't even pronounce it.

In Spanish-speaking countries, instead of Friday, Tuesday the 13th (martes trece) is considered a day of bad luck.

In Italian popular culture, Friday the 17th (and not the 13th) is considered a day of bad luck.

According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina, an estimated 17 to 21 million people in the United States are affected by a fear of this day, making it the most feared day and date in history. Some people are so paralyzed by fear that they avoid their normal routines in doing business, taking flights or even getting out of bed.

A study in the British Medical Journal, published in 1993, concluded that there "is a significant level of traffic-related incidences on Friday the 13th as opposed to a random day, such as Friday the 6th, in the UK."

I think I'll go back to bed now.

Until tomorrow,

Ken