Go Retire Psychiatrist

Nobody but me, I guess, is talking out loud about Friday the 13^th today. I don’t remember anybody mentioning it last month when it occurred either. And it’s going to happen again this year in November. That’ll make 3 times Friday the 13th happens in a single year. And tomorrow’s Svengoolie movie is “Friday the 13^th.”

Nobody in state legislatures or the U.S. Congress is doing anything about making Friday the 13^th illegal.

There’s phobia of Friday the 13^th that everybody knows exist but that everybody (including me) always forgets, mainly because the name is very long:  friggatriskaidekaphobia. There’s an alternate name: paraskevidekatriaphobia. Frigga is the name of the Norse god for Friday and if you’re partial to Greek, Paraskevi is the god’s name. The rest of the name means fear of the number 13.

I don’t remember anything unlucky about February 13th last month. In fact, I didn’t even think about it until well after the day passed.

I’m keeping my fingers crossed today.