January FRIDAY THE 13th, 2012..You know what that means huh? Yep, one day past the 12th and one day before the 14th.

You superstitions?   Don't guess I am really. So Friday the thirteenth never "scared" me.  And of course I had to do some research  about it.  This is what I found ( 'course you can do your own and drawn your own conclusions.

According to folklorists, there is no written evidence for a "Friday the 13th" superstition before the 19th century. The earliest known documented reference in English occurs in Henry Sutherland Edwards' 1869 biography of Gioachino Rossini:

    Rossini was surrounded to the last by admiring and affectionate friends; Why Friday the 13th Is Unlucky

Consequently, several theories have been proposed about the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition.

One theory states that it is a modern amalgamation of two older superstitions: that thirteen is an unlucky number and that Friday is an unlucky day.

   In numerology, the number twelve is considered the number of completeness, as reflected in the twelve months of the year, twelve hours of the clock, twelve gods of Olympus, twelve tribes of Israel, twelve Apostles of Jesus, the 12 Descendants of Muhammad Imams, etc., whereas the number thirteen was considered irregular, transgressing this completeness. There is also a superstition, thought by some to derive from the Last Supper or a Norse myth, that having thirteen people seated at a table will result in the death of one of the diners.
    Friday has been considered an unlucky day at least since the 14th century's The Canterbury Tales, and many other professions have regarded Friday as an unlucky day to undertake journeys or begin new projects. Black Friday has been associated with stock market crashes and other disasters since the 1800s. It has also been suggested that Friday has been considered an unlucky day because, according to Christian scripture and tradition, Jesus was crucified on a Friday.
   One author, noting that references are all but nonexistent before 1907 but frequently seen thereafter, has argued that its popularity derives from the publication that year of Thomas W. Lawson's popular novel Friday, the Thirteenth, in which an unscrupulous broker takes advantage of the superstition to create a Wall Street panic on a Friday the 13th.Records of the superstition are rarely found before the 20th century, when it became extremely common.

The connection between the Friday the 13th superstition and the Knights Templar was popularized in the 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code. However, experts agree that this is a relatively recent correlation, and most likely a modern-day invention. Although according to many Freemasons, this date corresponds with the slaughtering of the Knights Templar by the Church. Many Knights Templar also escaped their persecution by fleeing to Scotland.
So there you go, what'd you find out or believe about it? 

Got a nice freeze last night.
Was 28 when I walked in here . But no wind so it won't feel as bad.
28.7 °F
Clear
Windchill:     29 °F
Humidity:     60%
Wind:     Calm
Wind Gust:     1.0 mph
Visibility:     10.0 miles
Dew Point:     17 °F
Pressure:     30.26 in (Rising)


NWS forecast: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.

Sunrise:     7:33am


First off here's a quick video I did yesterday afternoon on the way to the stores.  Was going to upload it then , but got side tracked .   Here's the video link if your real bored!!
Store video.  Dang near had a mufti car pile up when a small poodle came down my lane right at me.  Just like he didn't have a care in the world. I stopped, guy next to me stopped and several people behind us , thankfully , stopped.    Guess we all missed him but  I didn't go back and check.
OH, at the very end is a long distance shot of a building wrapped in White Plastic. Used to be a dry cleaners and I'm guessing they are taking it down and have to protect the public from possible  asbestos insulation.  Only thing I can think of.

If your debating on opening the video, understand it ain't nuthing fancy, just clicked on my hand held HD Cam when I felt like it. Didn't spend hours and hours editing it.   You'd be surprised how much video I do here that I end up just trashing.



Gonna clean off the side table here where the new camera system is so when the geek shows up , he'll have room to work. I got a TV tray I put there for him if he needs more room.  ( Hope I can remember all he tells me. Gonna have to keep a pad and pencil handy.)
When this is set up the way I want it, YOU can view it anytime you want. IF I give you the password :-) .  ( no I'm not going to open it up for the whole world to view, mainly for  my daughter to check and see if I'm up and moving in case she gets worried) and for me to watch outside. ( like I don't have the window blinds open most of the time anyway)  HEY,, It's a toy!! You know Men and Boys and Their Toys kinda thing.. :-)


Speaking of that.. Barney posted a comment below that I agree with.
Along that line my "toys" seem to be related to cameras for some time.( 6 currently)  ONE I have haven't had a chance to play with enough  is a HD  video system .  I had even bought a big kite to suspend it below and make aerial videos.  HOWEVER after my first attempt at a test, the weather has not cooperated at all. Either  too windy or most cases not enough wind.  I have the attachment harness all built and it is ready to fly and make videos  .. just waiting on the weather. Maybe this spring? 

OK, nuff of this ,, breakfast and Mo' coffee and wash a load of clothes.........

Cat feeding time @ 5PM   Sure do like having this new Discount Store so close !! Ran up and got me some shrimp to add to my left over pasta/shrimp supper.  Down and back weren't 20 minutes I betcha!!  AND looked through the TV Schedule for tonite and my PBS second channel has a special about William H. Bonney. Supposed to follow his life from birth up north to out in New Mexico where he was finally gunned down.  Then there's another show called History Detectives   that researches articles for history , Oddly enough one of the items up tonight isa bit about

Doc Holliday's Watch, and Civil War Female Soldiers and finally the  Japanese Internment Camp Art . I had just watched a big ole special about WWII and they touched on the Japanese camps.

 

Beats hell outa the regular TV mind numbing series that are on.