Friday The 13th: What’s The Big Deal

Since when did Friday the 13th become “unlucky” or associated with scary movies for that matter?   The fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia (Frigga being the name of the Norse goddess for whom “Friday” is named and triskaidekaphobia meaning fear of the number thirteen), orparaskevidekatriaphobia[1][2] a concatenation of the Greek words Paraskeví (Παρασκευή, meaning “Friday”), and dekatreís (δεκατρείς, meaning…

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Facebook Birthday Posts

I actually like these a lot!  Usually when I blog about facebook it’s been negative, but not this time.  It’s great getting messages from your friends on your birthday.  All of your standard friends will most likely write to you using that form of social media.  You most likely get…

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More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About Crucifixion

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion Crucifixion is an ancient method of painful execution in which the condemned person is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross (of various shapes) and left to hang until dead. The term comes from the Latin crucifixio (“fixing to a cross”, from the prefix cruci-, from crux (“cross”),…

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