Yesterday was Friday the 13th. For those of you diligent at keeping score, Fridays landing on the 13th are wobbly at best and bad luck at worst. Most certainly, yesterday proved bad luck for those folks flying (or rather attempting to do so) in the U.S. after the FAA grounded all the planes.
I queried the interweb about the bad luck thing.
Apparently, Friday the 13th has long been considered an unlucky day, owing to a
combination of two separate superstitions. The number 13 was viewed as an
unwelcome intruder in a world that seemed to favor the completeness of 12,
while Friday acquired an unfortunate reputation through Christian tradition and
the belief that Jesus was crucified on that day. Eventually, the two found each
other and held hands to emerge as a superstition of their own.
I actually have a dog in the fight when it comes to
considering the luck associated with Friday the 13th. I was born on one.
—Mitchell Hegman
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