I never post on the 13th of the month, and for a damned good reason. The number 13 is unlucky. Or not.
Look, here I am, a logical woman, a skeptic in the best way, and intellectually I don't believe in luck. But somehow, somewhere, I got a phobia about the number 13. A phobia is an irrational fear, and my issue with this number is definitely irrational. I know it's just a number, a numeral, a couple of digits thrown together! I don't consider 7 particularly lucky, so why does 13 give me the heebie-jeebies?
It's not helping that I'm coming across that damned digit everywhere I look today at work. Everywhere! That's okay though, I am a logical woman, a skeptic in the best way. The best way to deal with the phobia is to confront it head on. 13! Thirteen! 13! Thirteen! I'm writing to my blog today, the second time ever on a 13th. The only other time was a mistake. This time is deliberate. I've written the number out several times as you can see. I will control the phobia, it won't control me.
Now I'm going to open my umbella indoors and really tempt fate.
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by Tabby at 10/13/2004 05:04:00 p.m.