Early this morning I tried to do a quick post for Friday ... (You know the date.)
This is what came up (I've never seen before):
"Blogger is unavailable right now. We apologize for this interruption in service."
Now that Blogger is back to normal (lucky for me), I want to share an excerpt from an interesting blog post that Google found for me. I credit The Washington Post and Elizabeth for her good work:
"Friday the 13th phobias, and the five strangest fears you never knew existed"
By Elizabeth Flock Posted at 9:22 AM ET, 5/13/2011
"Today’s date will send cold shivers of fear down the spines of those suffering from Friggatriskaidekaphobia. (Also known as Paraskevidekatriaphobia) It’s a mouthful for a simple phobia: fear of Friday the 13th.
The names of conditions in which a sufferer is plagued by a persistent, irrational fear are usually derived from Greek words and not the easiest to get your mouth around. Don’t believe us? Try to pronounce the word for the fear of long words:
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. ..."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/friday-the-13th-phobias-and-the-five-strangest-fears-you-never-knew-existed/2011/05/13/AFJdaO2G_blog.html
