paraskevidekatriaphobia

paraskevidekatriaphobia

noun

fear of Friday the thirteenth

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2015 has three Friday the 13s. What are the odds?

Yawning is Contagious

Yes, yawning is contagious.  Even thinking about yawning is enough and in fact, there's a 50% that you're about to, or just did, yawn.

OTOH, there's close to a 100% chance you will yawn while reading this blog.

Beer & Money

I was visiting StartSampling earlier today and the daily trivia question was what type are the Budweiser horses.  Yesterday's question was who is on the back of the $50 bill. 

I got both correct, but wasn't too surprised to see more people got the Budweiser question correct than did the $50 bill one.  After all, a fifty dollar bill isn't something found in most people's wallets (at least not mine, anyway) but most people have probably seen the Budweiser Clydesdale advertisements hundreds of times. 

The Trouble With Cam Movies

I saw a link to the latest Night at the Museum video and thought I would check it out but the problem was it was done with a cam by someone pirating the movie at the theater.  I've never seen a very good quality file of that type and other problems are obvious - the illegality, the background noise, a shaky video and of course, this:

I wonder how much that barrel of popcorn and the tanker-sized soda cost that woman who is blocking the view?

That reminds me of this Seinfeld episode:

(fast forward to 1:20)

 

Bouncing in the Booze

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

Note:  I'm sure it will eventually stop, either when the raisin becomes saturated with liquid or the champagne loses its fizz.

Danger! Don't Dial Demi-god Daily!

I got a call earlier when I was out and the number shown on the caller ID was 800-555-1212.   I had used that number before; it's the AT&T information number, so I knew it was being "spoofed" by some less-than-legitimate party for some type of scam.  A quick Google search proved me right, but a posting on this site showed me that even heroes can't be helped by the Do Not Call registry.

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Ol' Herc needs to get himself a call blocker, just like I have.