by Doug Thompson | Nov 13, 2020 | FUBAR, Musings
A Norse myth says the fear of Friday the 13th began when 12 gods gathered for a dinner party and failed to invite the trickster god, Loki, who arrived as the 13th guest and killed Balder with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. “Balder died, and the whole Earth got dark....
by Doug Thompson | Mar 13, 2020 | FUBAR, Opinion, White House
Today is Friday, the 13th, a day destined to become a disaster because of its date. It’s also another day of the global pandemic of COVID-19 — the coronavirus that is spreading throughout the world. And it’s just two days after what America saw was...
by Doug Thompson | Mar 13, 2015 | Musings
The second straight Friday the 13th in a month. Because Friday the 13th fell in February, we had an automatic repeat for March. This day is also considered “Black Friday,” a day when bad things happen. No, it’s not the same “Black...
by Doug Thompson | Aug 13, 2010 | Featured, Musings
Three of our six cats are black so it would be easy to conclude that we’re not superstitious or worried about Friday the 13th. Yeah, right. The Vancouver Sun reports that cat poop can cause schizophrenia in humans. When you have six cats, cat poop is a fact of...
