VERY SUPERSTITIOUS — by Steve Nadis
I’m not the superstitious type and normally scoff at that sort of thing. Yet something happened on Friday that made me question that attitude. I ran into a friend who asked me how things were going. I said nothing bad, nothing good. That was in the afternoon. An hour later I received some bad news indeed: A project I’d worked very hard on for six months had hit a roadblack at the very least and possibly a dead end, news that had dire financial and professional consequences for me. I spoke with another friend who was familiar with the project. He reminded me that it was Friday the 13th–a day famous for bad news. And a noted skeptic like myself–a contributor to Skeptical Inquirer magazine no less–was forced to consider there was something to the Friday the 13th legend after all since I could not come up with any other “rational” explanation for the events that unfolded on that day.
Posted by in 05:53:50
dont know about the project,
BUT YOU DID GET OFF JURY DUTY..?
YOU POSTED FRIDAY THE 13th …?…..right..=z=
Yes Z, I got off of jury duty. They started picking people by the numbers assigned, starting from 1. I had 109 and they never got beyond 30.
So it looks like U may end up blogging full-time?
You could always put flashy Advertisers’ links in the side columns!
Seriously, I hope it’s just a check-point ‘roadblock’. You don’t want anyone shooting out the tires.
(And watchout for those pesky road-side bombs
If it becomes my full-time job, I soon may not be able to afford the $2 a month I give to blog.com.
Two bucks a month? Heck, we’d all pitch in. You’ve got a loyal following!
Thanks Daphne, that’s awfully nice to hear. They do fundraisers for NPR. How about a penny a month for Call Me Snake? (I’ll get Ira Glass to handle my promotions.)
I’ll handle the phonelines. I give great phone!
Thanks OR. Just remember the magic words: “All it costs is a penny a month or a dime a year.”