Beware! Today is the 13th, and yes, it is a Friday. Whether you believe in Friday the 13th is another story but most people are a little more cautious this day anyway. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, a word that is derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Παρασκευή, δεκατρείς, and φοβία, meaning Friday, thirteen, and phobia respectively; alternative spellings include paskevodekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia, and is a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen. A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in English, French, German, Polish , Bulgarian, Portuguese and Norwegian-speaking cultures around the globe. Some people are so paralyzed by fear that they are simply unable to get out of bed when Friday the 13th arrives.

I don’t think anything bad can happen today - over the years I’ve done many things that I maybe shouldn’t have done and so far nothing bad has happened (knock on wood…)

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