Tag Archive: superstition


Not merely Triskaidekaphobia… Paraskavedekatriaphobia

Filed Under: Uncategorized by Lord Andrei — 5 Comments
2007.07.13

That’s right kids… it is Friday the 13th.

Those of you with paraskavedekatriaphobia can stay inside.
(a word that is derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Παρασκευή, δεκατρείς, and φοβία, meaning Friday, thirteen, and phobia respectively; alternative spellings include paraskevodekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia)

Lest you believe that Friday the 13th is safe:

Born on Friday the 13th
Fidel Castro
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Mary-Kate and Ashley
and Peter Davison (well, unlucky for you if you were a big Tom Baker fan)

It’s 7:30am… I’ve been up since 4am.. This is all I can come up with.

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RFC – Superstitions…

Filed Under: Uncategorized by Lord Andrei — 6 Comments
2006.11.20

RFC means request for comments…

I am really not a superstitious person. I do practice some superstitions but it is for my own entertainment. In otherwords… I do them because they amuse me… Not because they control me and I am afraid I need to. Sure… I will not say the name of the evil Scottish play or throw salt over my shoulder. But I do it for fun.

But there is one growing superstition that has me quite horribly locked into inaction. I need to return to a dentist. Very muchly. However, every time I go to a dentist something amazingly horrible happens.

I’ve been laid off of a job while in the dentist chair. I’ve been bilked of over $7K by a dentist. I’ve had a dentist remove teeth that weren’t supposed to be removed and bridgework blown off.

I’ve had an orthodontist … no.. you really don’t want to know that one.

Fact is.. I have rational dental-phobia. And yes.. I’m certain everyone here can suggest dentists in and around my area who are… “Really great.” What I need to do is find a way to let go of this experiential mindset that disaster will occur if I go to get my mouth taken care of.

This is horribly frustrating and bothersome to have something like this have control over me.

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