Saturday, June 14, 2014
Gay June-13-14
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Sharp's Travels
Friday
the 13th, ever wonder why it is supposed to be an unlucky day? Well I
did some checking and this is what I found on USA Today:
Everyone knows
Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day. But why does it have such a bad
reputation?
One reason is
that both Friday and the number 13 have some troubled ties to Christianity.
It was on a
Friday that Jesus was crucified, and ever since, the day has been associated
with "general ill omen," Michael Bailey, a history professor at Iowa
State University who specializes in the origins of superstitions, tells USA
TODAY Network.
In the Middle
Ages, for instance, weddings were not held on Fridays; likewise, it was not a
day someone would set out on a journey, Bailey says.
Friday was also
unlucky in medieval times because it was "hangman's day," says Stuart
Vyse, a psychology professor at Connecticut College, in an interview with USA
TODAY Network.
As for the
number 13, Vyse says, seating 13 people at a table was seen as bad luck because
Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, is said to have been the 13th
guest at the Last Supper.
It's unclear
exactly when Friday and the number 13 became linked, but there are no mentions
of Friday the 13th before the 19th century, Bailey and Vyse say.
In 1907, Thomas
Lawson wrote a book titled Friday, the Thirteenth, which described a
stockbroker choosing this day to bring down Wall Street.
More recently,
the Friday the 13th slasher-movie franchise, which started in 1980,
further solidified this day's notoriety.
Vyse, who
specializes in the psychology of superstitions, says these kinds of beliefs are
a way for people to "control the uncontrollable" and manage the
anxiety that comes with uncertain situations.
Although
there's evidence that believing in lucky symbols is beneficial, taboo
superstitions such as Friday the 13th represent a kind of phobia, Vyse says.
In fact, fear
of Friday the 13th has a name: paraskevidekatriaphobia.
In Vyse's view,
"we would be better off if no one had ever taught them to us."
So there you
have it.
We got a call
from Pam around 9:00 am telling us that Sandy took Ron to the emergency room
early this morning as his heart went out of rhythm (beating too fast). So Cheri
and I headed to the hospital to see him. We got there the same time as Mike and
Pam. When we got to his room he was resting and feeling better but his heart
still wasn’t beating right. We visited for a while and then left so he could
rest. From there we along with Mike and Pam went to the Hibachi Japanese grill
which was just up the road for lunch. Then Cheri and I headed back to Zephyrhills
to check on a house for Larry and Denise, turned out that it had already been
sold. I also got a call that our awnings where in so we picked them up and
headed home. I asked the guy the guy that helped me load them about the
installation instructions and he said they were in the package. Well when I got
home there weren’t any instructions or screws to mount them. I went back and
told them about no instructions and was told there isn’t any that it is a simple
install. I did get the screws and went home very unhappy (maybe it is Friday
the 13th). I stopped by a house in our park that has them so now I know
how to go about the installation. This evening we were invited up to Mike and
Pam’s to play cards. When we got there Pam said that she got a call from Sandy
and Ron’s heart was back in rhythm, good news. It rained again today and got
another half inch.
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