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Friday, February 13, 2026
WTF Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th
No one really knows the origin of the superstition about Friday the 13th, although in Dan Brown's The DaVinci Code, he suggested that it started with the arrest of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307.
More here: http://www.answers.com/topic/friday-the-13th
Friday the 13th at 1:13PM or 13:13!
Have a nice weekend, if you survive the day!
Happy Friday the 13th!
Friday the 13th at 1:13PM or 13:13!
Have a nice weekend, if you survive the day!
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Friday, February 13, 2026: Friday the Thirteenth!
FRIDAY THE 13TH!
triskaidekaphobia \ tris-kahy-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh, tris-kuh- \ , noun;
- fear or a phobia concerning the number 13.
sessile \SES-il, -ahyl\, adjective:
1. Zoology. permanently attached; not freely moving.
2. Botany. attached by the base, or without any distinct projecting support, as a leaf issuing directly from the stem.
Sessile stems from the Latin word sessilis which had a range of meanings including "fit for sitting on, low enough to sit on, and dwarfish (when referring to plants)." It entered English in the early 1700s.
xio
- "Kisses, Boners, and Hugs." Used as an alternative to xoxo
I love you so much!
Xio, John"
- Friday the 13th: No one really knows the origin of the superstition about Friday the 13th, although in Dan Brown's The DaVinci Code, he suggested that it started with the arrest of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307.
Holiday
Valenswine's Day
Valenswine's Day
- The day before Valentine's Day, that guys use to spend time with the second (or third) most important women in their lives. February 13th is the day that mistresses get to feel like wives and sideline hoes get to feel like star players. It's especially sad when the girl doesn't know she's not the only girl her "boyfriend" is seeing.
Girl 1: He's taking you out the day before Valentine's Day?
Girl 2: Yeah, he has to work late on Valentine's Day.
Girl 1: I'm pretty sure he's going to be with his actual girlfriend. That's why he's taking you out on Valenswine's Day.
Girl 2: Yeah, he has to work late on Valentine's Day.
Girl 1: I'm pretty sure he's going to be with his actual girlfriend. That's why he's taking you out on Valenswine's Day.
History
- ASCAP: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers was founded to protect members' copyrighted music (1914)
- Switzerland: the League of Nations recognized its perpetual neutrality (1920)
- Bruno Hauptmann: was found guilty of murder in the Lindbergh kidnapping case (1935)
- Dresden bombing: Allied attack on the German city during WWII caused major devastation; casualty estimates were revised downwards over the years from 250,000 to 25,000 (1945)
- BPM 37093: white dwarf star was found to have a massive diamond core; it was nicknamed Lucy, after the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (2004)
Birthdays
- Giovanni Battista Piazzetta 1682
- Charles Talleyrand-Perigold 1754
- Bess Truman 1885
- Grant Wood 1892
- Wingy (Joseph) Manone 1900
- Jean Muir (Fullarton) 1911
- Woody (Wayne) Hayes 1913
- Lyle Bettger 1915
- Patty Berg 1918
- Oliver Smith 1919
- Tennessee Ernie Ford 1919
- Eileen Farrell 1920
- Pete Castiglione 1921
- Chuck Yeager 1923 - Test pilot
- Gene Ames 1925 - Musician (The Ames Brothers)
- Jim McReynolds (Jim & Jesse) 1927
- Dorothy (Dotty) McGuire 1930 - Singer (McGuire Sisters)
- Emanuel Ungaro 1933
- Kim (Marilyn) Novak 1933 - Actress
- George Segal 1934 - Actor
- Oliver Reed 1938
- Robert J. Eaton 1940
- Bo Svenson 1941 - Actor
- Carol Lynley (Jones) 1942 - Actress
- Jerry Springer 1944 - Talk show host, 56th Mayor of Cincinnati
- Stockard Channing 1944 - Actress
- Peter Tork 1944 - Actor, musician (The Monkees)
- Peter Gabriel 1950 - lead singer of Genesis from 1966-1975.
- Boudleaux Bryant 1950
- Roger Christian 1950 - Musician (The Christians)
- David Naughton 1951 - Actor
- Peter Hook 1956 - Musician (Joy Division)
- Tony Butler 1957 - Musician (Big Country)"Dr Death" Derek Riggs 1958 artist (Iron Maiden)
- Matt Salinger 1960 - Actor-producer
- Henry Rollins 1961 - Singer
Neal McDonough 1966 - Actor- Freedom Williams 1966
- Kelly Hu 1968
- Todd Harrell 1972 - Musician (3 Doors Down)
- Robbie Williams (Take That) 1974
- Randy Moss 1977 - Football player
- Mena Suvari 1979 - Actress
- Natalie Stewart 1979 - Emcee (Floetry)
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Turtle Thursday: Go Flying Turtle! (From 2008)
I'm sorry, but I HAD to steal the name of Steve's blog to go with this pic. Here's Randall gliding through water, but it almost looks like he's suspended in air.
Fly turtle!
Go flying turtle!
Fly to heaven!
Randall is a red belly cooter which is part of the slider family. This particular breed is a Florida native.
Pic taken with an Olympus FE-180 at low rez, no filters, no macro.
Addendum:
Randall was a wonderful, gentle giant in my tank. By far the largest male, but he wasn't mean or cruel. In fact, he was the most friendly turtle you'd come across.
He died last weekend.
After I cleaned the tanks he went into an unexpected and sudden brumation and drowned in his sleep. He was 26 or 27 years old. ALL of his brood brothers and sisters died in the Flushing pet shop we got him from. The shop owner told us so. He got 26-27 pleasant additional years of life before he died due to my negligence. DOD 2/7/2026. I am so sorry, Randall. It wasn't intentional, but sorry won't bring you back. You deserved better.
Thursday, February 12, 2026
squib \skwib\, noun:
1. a short and witty or sarcastic saying or writing.
2. Journalism. a short news story, often used as a filler.
verb:
1. to write squibs.
2. to shoot a squib.
Squib is of unknown origin, though it entered English in the 1500s.
Some-sex marriage
- A marriage where a couple participates in minimal sexual activity.
Bill and Wanda's sex life was almost non-existent. They had a some-sex marriage.
Trivia
How many bodyguards were assigned to protect President Abraham Lincoln on the night he was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.?
- Only one—and he wasn’t at his post when assassin John Wilkes Booth attacked.
- Lincoln's Birthday (USA)
History
- Chile: Santiago, the capital city, was founded (1541); country declared independence from Spain (1818)
- Lady Jane Grey: was beheaded for treason, after a nine-day reign as queen of England (1554)
- NAACP: early civil rights organization was founded (1909)
- the Last Emperor: the Republic of China banished 7-year-old Qing emperor Puyi to the Forbidden City (1912)
- Dracula: the horror film starring Bela Lugosi premiered at the Roxy Theater in NYC (1931)
- Vietnam War: the first the conflict's American POWs were released (1973)
- Bill Clinton: impeachment trial ended in Senate acquittal (1999)
- NEAR Shoemaker: space probe touched down on Eros, becoming the first craft to land upon an asteroid (2001)
- Mattel: announced the breakup of Barbie and Ken after 43 years (2004)
Birthdays
- John Winthrop 1588
- Charles Darwin 1809
- Abraham Lincoln (U.S.) 1809 - Sixteenth President of the United States
- Ted Mack (William Maguiness) 1904
- Tex (Gordon) Beneke 1914
- Lorne Green 1915
- Dom DiMaggio 1917 - Baseball player
- Forrest Tucker 1919
- Mel Powell 1923
- Franco Zeffirelli 1923 - Movie director
- Joe Garagiola 1926 - Baseball broadcaster
- Bill Russell 1934 - Basketball player
- Gene McDaniels 1935
- Joe Don Baker 1936 - Actor
- Judy Blume 1938 - Author of books for children and young adults.
- Raymond Manzarek 1939 - Musician (The Doors)
- Moe Bandy 1944
- Charles Pasarell 1944
- Maud Adams 1945
- Cliff DeYoung 1945 - Actor, musician
- Joe Schermie 1948 - Musician (Three Dog Night)
- Michael Ironside 1950
- Steve Hackett 1950 - Musician (Genesis)
- Michael McDonald 1952 - Musician (Doobie Brothers)
- Simon MacCorkindale 1952
- Joanna Kerns 1953 - Actress ("Growing Pains")
- Arsenio Hall 1955 - Actor, comedian, talk show host
- Christine Elise 1965 - Actress ("Beverly Hills 90210")
- Josh Brolin 1968 - Actor ("No Country for Old Men")
- Chynna Phillips 1968 - Musician (Wilson Phillips)
- Jim Creeggan (Barenaked Ladies)1970
- Keri Lewis 1971 - Musician (Mint Condition)
- Jesse Spencer 1979 - Actor ("House")
- Juan Carlos 1980
- Christina Ricci 1980 - Actress
Joanie Brosas 1992 - model / cosplayValorie Curry 1986 Actress (The Tick, Blair Witch)
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