Friday the 13th - Boo!

Hi All,

Today is Friday.  It is also the 13th day of December.  That means it is Friday the 13th. I hope I didn't scare you.   This makes for a very, very easy blog post today.  Yep - you guessed it. I'm going to write about Friday the 13th - and movies, and its history and black cats.

So, how did Friday the 13th come into being?  Great question and here is an interesting answer - brought to you by Wikipedia. 

Readers might also want to click on this link from Urban Legends. It also discusses the history of Friday the 13th and puts it in perspective. Also, click here for the Snopes.com version of what Friday the 13th is all about.  Cool stuff.

Is the origin of Friday the 13th a combination of two unlucky superstitions? (Friday being an unlucky day and the unlucky number 13?)  Read on....for an answer.

Click on this link - again from Wikipedia - to see a list of notable people who died on Friday the 13th - some examples....Gioachino Rossini,  Hubert Humphrey, Benny Goodman, Tim Russert and Tupac Shakur.

Click on this clever website that has 13 Years of Friday the 13th. 

Like horror and slasher movies?  Well, we've got a load of them on Friday the 13th. In particular the whole series (aptly titled) 'Friday the 13th' can be found at the prior link.  Users can learn all about the movies and there is a link for fans, an archive and a place where visitors can buy 'all things related to F13' (aka, movies, apparel, books, figures, posters and more).  If you want some reviews for various 'Friday the 13th' movies, click on this link - courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes.


And if you want to try to 'ward off the fears of Friday the 13th', click on this link, care of NPR (National Public Radio).

Finally, click on this link to get the low-down on black cats and Friday the 13th - trust me, you won't want to let this pass you on by. :)

Lest we end on a scary note, click on this link from Youtube for a cute little spoof on Friday the 13th.  Really, its quite harmless - and pretty cute! 

Enjoy the links and hopefully you won't have an unlucky day!


Regards,
Stu

Six Degrees of Separation (SDoS)

Hi All,

Welcome to another monday morning edition of the reference blog. The term, 'Six Degrees of Separation' appeared twice in the newspaper that I was reading this weekend. And, as is my wont, I thought of the blog. 'Would this be a good blog topic, I thought?' Would it be interesting enough?

Indeed, after doing just a big of internet research, I thought, that yes, it would make for an interesting - if light - blog entry. And here we are!

What does the phrase 'Six Degrees of Separation' mean? Click here for a summary of SDoS (Six Degrees of Separation) - from Wikipedia of course.

You might want to click on this link to find out what the heck Kevin Bacon has to do with SDoS!

Click here to go to Six Degrees.org - the Kevin Bacon site for charities and donations.

Click here for a link to 'Find the Bacon' - a site that helps users find the connectiosn between the actors ad the movies they have played in.

Click here for a bit of mathematical reasoning behind the SDoS.

Finally - and this might very well be the most fun you can have with SDoS - click here for the link to the Oracle of Bacon where you can put in any actor (or actresses') name to see how many degrees of separation there is between Kevin and your chosen actor...

Enjoy
Stu

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