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So I didn’t even make it a month straight with the weekly blog posting plan. This does make me sad.

Work has been eating my brain, but I did have a nice break where I didn’t look at a computer or open my laptop for over 24 hours this past weekend. It was much needed.

Now however, I’m right up against a deadline and it’s getting to be quite tight for my tastes. So the earliest there may be a ‘real’ post is this Sunday, but plausibly not until the week after.

*raises an imaginary glass for St. Patty’s day*

The weather this week has been horrible. Cold (-20 and below) with a lot of wind (feels like -35 when actually out in it) combined with a lot of snow and almost no sunlight (this is the very bad one for Lex). Lots of people were complaining that the Groundhog lied (as he apparently saw his shadow thus saying we should be through this shortly) and I kept telling people we were hoping for the old saying ‘In like a lion, out like a lamb for March’ but today as the first day of March we’ve got no wind, lots of sun, with more moderate cold (staying above -20 all day) I’m forced to wonder how many of those superstitions still apply in the modern world. Should it be the pilot checking for his shadow against the tarmac on Feb 2nd?

I’m considered highly superstitious by my primary client because I’ll knock on wood or tables to ward off potential bad things during meetings or conversations. We’ve a bi-weekly lunch poker game at work and the first piece of information I garner is everyone’s horoscope sign because I believe it will help me predict how they’ll bet. I don’t throw salt over my shoulder if I spill some and I generally give a wide berth around ladders because I’m a klutz.

Which of the old superstitions do you follow/believe? Which ones should be updated for modern times?