Friday, October 06, 2006

Friday the 13th

Next Friday is the 13th !!!

Why is Friday the 13th considered such an unlucky day?

The reasons why Friday came to be regarded as a day of bad luck have been obscured by the mists of time — some of the more common theories link it to some significant events in Christian tradition said to have taken place on Friday, such as the Crucifixion, Eve's offering the apple to Adam in the Garden of Eden, the beginning of the Great Flood, or the confusion at the Tower of Babel.

The number 13 also has some religious symbolism as there were 13 people at The Last Supper of Jesus, who was incidentally crucified on Good Friday, but no evidence has been found that Friday 13th was considered especially unlucky until the 19th century. The number 13, however, has a long history of association with ill-luck. It has been linked to the fact that a lunisolar calendar must have 13 months in some years, while the solar Gregorian calendar and lunar Islamic calendar always have 12 months in a year.



By the way, the fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

9/11 Prophecy on $20 bill ?

This info has been circulating on the internet since 2002 but this is the first time I've seen. Kinda cool and creepy at the same time. I guess some people has too much time on their hands to come up with stuff like this.

1. Fold a $20 bill in half so that you see the top half of the reverse side.

2. Fold the left half away from you as shown.

3. Fold the right half so that the burning Pentagon is revealed.

4. Flip the bill over to see the World Trade Center.

PS: As it turns out, folding a series of US bills beginning with $5 and ending with $100 produces what some regard as a chronological vignette of the World Trade Center disaster. See