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Status: Married
Age: 38
Sign: Libra

City: BURLINGTON
State: North Carolina
Country: US
Signup Date: 3/26/2007

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Friday, April 13, 2007

Paraskevidekatriaphobia
Current mood:

optimistic
Category: Life

It's funny really that a phobia could exist surrounding the innocent pairing of a number and a day. Paraskevidekatriaphobia, while admittedly is fun as hell to say, is the irrational fear of Friday the 13th.

The number 13 itself is known to many people as the "unlucky" number. Some buildings don't have 13th floors, there are cities that don't have a 13th street or ave. Some even say that if you have 13 letters in your name you'll have what is called the "devil's luck" Examples are Charles Manson, Theordore Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Anthony Rector... Hmmm Moving on.

This is a really good article on the origins of Friday the 13th check it out. http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/friday_the_13th.htm

Here's a couple fun facts about Friday 13th for those of you who have locked yourself in today. For those of you that are out and about... I'll see you on the 13th hole. I'll be wearing a Lucky 13 t-shirt, driving the number 13 golf cart and hitting my 1 and 3 irons exclusively. What's the worst that could happen... :)

    * 17 TO 21 MILLION Americans & 4 to 5 million in the UK, suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia - the fear of Friday the 13th?

    * it has been estimated that 750 MILLION DOLLARS will be LOST in business because people will not shop, travel or take risks of any kind on this Friday the 13th?

    * the U.S. NAVY to this day will NOT LAUNCH a ship on Friday the 13th?

    * OVER 85% will RISK THEIR LIVES rather than walk under a ladder?

    * symptoms range from mild anxiety and a nagging sense of doom to full blown panic attacks?

    * SOME WILL NOT EVEN GET OUT OF BED or leave their homes this Friday the 13th?

    * most other superstitious fears show up on or around Friday the 13th?



Here's when Friday 13th reares it's ugly head again. A public service from me to you, so you can get ready.

The following months have a Friday the 13th:

2007, 2018 April, July
2013, 2019, 2024 September, December
2008, 2014, 2025 June
2011, 2016, 2022 May
2006, 2017, 2023 January, October
2009, 2015, 2026 February, March, November
2010, 2021, 2027 August
2012 January, April, July
2020 March, November

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Dirty Stinkin Bandwagon Jumper
Current mood:

quixotic

"It's a fad"...
"It'll never last"...

"It's a ridiculous waste of time"...

"Everyone's on there?"

Yep you can attribute all of those to me about a year and a half ago. And now here I am hopping on the proverbial bandwagon.

I put internet sites together for a living, so I'm on the web between 8 and 10 hours a day for 5 or 6 days a week. So imagine my surprise when a whole phenomenon like Myspace just sort of snuck up on me. One day I'm with a client going over their new site I put together and they said, "So can you put this on Myspace as well?

What space? Where? Whosespace? You mean like storage?

So it was time to figure it all out I guess. In marketing you should never underestimate the power of word of mouth. And let's face it, that is essentially what Myspace is. One friend makes friends with another and they tell two friends and they tell two friends and before you know it you've got a shampoo commercial. For those of you that don't get that reference, please don't tell me, It'll make me feel too old.

Imagine my surprise when I find out after all my experience and training with the internet that my teenage daughter knows about a million times more about myspace than I do. You guys don't know pain until your teenager goes "You want me to do that for you?" The words Ol' Timer almost slipped out at the end I think.

But no, I stumbled forward. Awkwardly trying to figure out that the code goes in the About Me box, and how to make my tables transparent and why my freekin images won't load!. Sheesh it was like learning web design all over again. And don't get me started on the new language you guys speak around here. It took me forever to figure out what the heck "ily" meant and why all of these models where messaging it to me.... Ok I made that part up.

So here I am, waiting for everyone to leave and start a new club somewhere else. If you guys do, drop me a line. I want to get a good front seat on the bandwagon this time.

So what's this Youtube thing? Just kidding.