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Feeling OK?

By Tim Zinnecker

Did you wake up feeling under the weather?  Got a case of the shakes?  Maybe a bit of breathlessness?  Nausea?  Perhaps excessive sweating and dry mouth?  Did you wake up with heart palpitations and a fear of dying?  Do you sense that you?re going mad, losing control, or having a massive anxiety attack?

I?m not a doctor.  But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

See my diagnosis, below the fold.  (No jokes about the UCC, please.)

Paraskavedekatriaphobia: an irrational fear of Friday the 13th!

P.S.  Ten years ago today (a Saturday!), I married Lisa Rosaria Giacona.  Happy anniversary, honey!  I love you very much!!  (Shall I choose tin?  Or diamonds?  Choices, choices.)

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on March 13, 2009 (boomark / email).