“Who would’ve thunk the Thirteenth fell on Friday? . . .

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. . . . I say hello, and it’s goodbye again.”

I’m beyond busy at work, but I did want to comment on the Thirteenth. Consider this your unlucky open thread.

(Speaking of unluck, I turn thirty tomorrow. Big party planned: I’ll wake up at 7 a.m., sit down in front of my computer, and write legal arguments ‘tll nightfall. Livin’ la vida loca, baby.)

(Title from “In Sadding Around,” from Jawbreaker’s 24 Hour Revenge Therapy album.)

11 thoughts on ““Who would’ve thunk the Thirteenth fell on Friday? . . .”

  1. Over on the trusty swordstyle, I wrote a terrible haiku quoting the same ever classic Jawbreaker line. Whenever, a Friday the 13th comes around that line from “In Sadding Around” sticks in my head all day.
    Those of you not familiar with Jawbreaker should explore – wonderful band that is no more.
    Happy birthday old chap nice to know that I’ve known you for 12 of the 30 – see in 2 weeks in Chicago where we will drink obscene amounts of whiskey and wine only to embarass the hell out of ourselves in front of our wives.

  3. Awww. Based on the title of the post, I started to say how great it was that someone still remembered one of the greatest comic ever produced by America, but then I saw it was a reference to a band.
    Churchy LaFemme in Walt Kelly’s “Pogo” had a fear of Friday the Thirteenth, no matter if it fell on a Tuesday, or any other day of the week, but especially when it fell on a Friday. As Churchy would say “Awwwk! Friday the Thirteenth is on Friday this month!”

  4. Happy B-day, von. Do yourself a favor come nightfall and take the SO out on the town or something. You’ll go crosseyed looking at that legal stuff all day.

  5. Happy bday, von
    Thoughts at Ten – “I’m a big boy now.”
    Thoughts at Twenty – “Yeah! Adulthood.”
    Thoughts at Thirty – “Hmm, that was quick.”
    Thoughts at Forty – “Holy shit, this is getting serious.”
    I’ll get back to you about Fifty…

  6. HB2U Von!
    Thirty ain’t so bad…you can still twist the number to convince yourself you’re in the same decade you were at 29…31, on the other hand…now that’s undeniable.

  7. “Big party planned: I’ll wake up at 7 a.m., sit down in front of my computer, and write legal arguments ‘tll nightfall. Livin’ la vida loca, baby”
    Go von. Go von. It’s your birthday. It’s your birthday.
    You should get flat plastered at 6 a.m. and write arguments like “Withholding of income tax from wages, and the assessment and collection of income taxes without any court order, is a deprivation of property without due process contrary to the 5th Amendment to the constitution, and therefore the federal income tax is unconstitutional.”
    and
    “Now why would I be talking about Chewbacca in court? It makes no sense. If it makes no sense, you must acquit. Look at the silly monkey”

  9. I’ve been searching and searching the archives, but I cannot find the comment that I can’t get out my mind, that I belive was posted on ObWings…someone having seen the Return of the Kings wrote that “Now I know” what a particular scene described in the book looks like.
    Anyone remember that or where it was posted…all of which is a long winded way of asking if a search engine is in the works at all…

  10. Moe originally posted that, on January 4th, in a post that can be found right here, if you’re of a mind to look at it.
    About a search engine… you’d have to ask Moe, but I have no idea of the difficulty in doing such a thing. Enough other folks have done it that it can’t be too hard, but I’m not sure what’s involved with implementing it in TypePad.

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