Look out for the black cat and the ladder in your path.
It's Friday the 13th.
July 13, 2012 happens to fall on a Friday. That's not rare this year.
The 13th day of January and April fell on Friday this year. According to USA Today, that's the first time since 1984 that a trio of Friday the 13ths have fallen in such a small window.
But another 13 Fridays will pass before we get another Friday the 13th. Got that?
We'll have to wait until September 2013 for the next occurrence. December 2013 will offer another. So will June 2014.
OK, I'll stop scanning the calendar in my iPhone now.
Check out this series of cool Friday the 13th facts that I found on Southington (CT) Patch this morning.
I'm curious: Do you try to avoid anything when the No. 13 in your calendar falls on a Friday? Do you have other superstitions?
TELL US: Has Friday the 13th gotten old hat? Leave a comment.
lilkunta
10:43 am on Friday, July 13, 2012
bad luck so far today:
1) i bled all over the carpert i JUST HAD STANLEY STEAMER CLEAN YESTERDAY!
2) fire in briggs chaney @ woodlake apts.
Whitney Teal
11:24 am on Friday, July 13, 2012
Ditto @lilkunta. I'm normally a fan of Friday the 13th (one of my best days as a human being occurred on friday the 13th), but today seems eerily prone to bad luck!
lilkunta
11:21 am on Friday, July 13, 2012
also, you wrote about fri 13 but didnt include the word friggatriskaidekaphobia ?
Laura L Thornton
11:29 am on Friday, July 13, 2012
In 1996, I decided to put an end to all possibilities of Friday the 13th being bad, and I took my driver's license road test on Dec. 13 that year - a Friday. I passed the test, and have never had to fear Friday the 13th again.
Bailey Henneberg
12:54 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012
I think to celebrate the day, I'll step outside and pet my neighbors four black cats.
Bailey Henneberg
12:57 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012
Neighbors' should have an apostrophe right? And I'm the brilliant editor who posted the error on my own site—another victim in the vicious wake of the 13th.