13 MARCH 2015
FRIDAY THE 13th Does this day make you nervous? Do you feel unlucky? Or think that bad luck is coming your way? I checked through the archive to see the last time the 13th fell on a Friday in March and sure enough, it turned out to be a somewhat unlucky event for me.
I Googled Friday the 13th and found that it's Tuesday the 13th for some Hispanic cultures and Friday the 17th for Italians-their bad luck day. The 13 is probably because of the number who attended the Last Supper and the day because of the Good Friday (not a good day for Jesus from my perspective-but what do I know?). And no real evidence that this superstitious day occurred anytime before the 19th century.
So, watch out for black cats (don't come to my house, I got two), and don't walk under ladders (dumb thing to do, anyway, especially if it's sportin' open paint cans or a bag of hammers). Stay home and watch some movie about teens on a camping trip. And have a good Friday!
I did this illustration of my son, Brennon, and Jason of FRIDAY the 13th film fame, some time back in 2004 as a logo-masthead for a blog where Brennon reviewed horror films.
