This is my first blog entry.

What a day to start something if you’re the superstitious kind. Of all days, why today? Why a Friday the 13^th?

I say, why not?

A simply query through the Google website regarding the fear of Friday the 13^th (Paraskevidekatriaphobia) led me to sites citing its origin- from the Bible, Norse mythology, French History, and urban legends.

Friday, the sixth day of the week and the number 13 (thirteen) both have foreboding notoriety of said to date from time immemorial. Friday the 13^th’s inevitable conjunction from one to three times a year portends more misfortune than some credulous minds can bear.

Friday bears its origin from the Anglo-Saxon frīgedaeg; from Old High German Frīa, a goddess; Old English daeg, "day"). The day was held sacred to Venus, the goddess of love, by the Romans, who called it dies veneris ("day of Venus"). In the Romance languages the name of the day is derived from the Latin, as in the French vendredi, the Italian venerdì, and the Spanish viernes. Germanic peoples held the day sacred to the Norse goddess of love, Frigg, or Frija.