I learned a new word today! Paraskavedekatriaphobia! Can't spell it, tho!

Not superstitious, but there's 2 more of them coming this year... eeeek! everybody hide under the blankets... or something... yeah.

Am hoping that zillions of other people do not have the same idea that I did earlier, and we will not have a horrific wait at our chain Italian restaurant of choice tonight. Grandma gave us a gift card for Christmas, and seems like a good night to use it.

In honor of the holiday tomorrow, I give you cute (perhaps terrified?) doggie and kitteh:


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When the happiness of another person becomes as essential to yourself as your own, then the state of love exists. -- Robert Heinlein