HAPPY TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA TO YOU and your favorite black cat, as the third and final Friday the 13th of the year arrives today to play on that superstitious side of us all.
As Ray Charles used to sing, some people say that were it not for bad luck, they wouldn't have any luck at all, but it's all a matter of attitude, right?
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