Friday the 13th Birthday
July 13th – Happy Birthday to Me! One unavoidable consequence of having a birthday on the 13th of any month is, from time to time your birthday falls on Friday the 13th. For me, this is my sixth such birthday (1973 – age 8, 1979 – 14, 1984 – 19, 1990 – 25, 2001 – 36, 2007 – 42), but I don’t buy into such superstitious nonsense. Every birthday, every day, they’re all as lucky as you make them. My next Friday the 13th birthday will come in five more years, the year 2012, when I’ll turn 47.
UPDATE: News from a fellow July 13th Birthday, facing Friday the 13th Down Under, and still more about Friday the 13th birthdays.
<p>Welcome to 42, but you’re late — I was there 6 months ago.</p><p>Of course I’m late wishing you a happy birthday, so it all evens out, I guess.</p>