Friday Five
Here we go again with the Friday Five:
1. Are you superstitious?
Nope, not particularly.
2. What extremes have you heard of someone going to in the name of superstition?
Not really apropos of this question, but it comes to mind that my grandmother has this thing about presents with songbirds. Something about relatives receiving gifts with songbirds and suddenly dropping dead. So we all know not to give her anything with a songbird on it.
3. Believer or not, what's your favorite superstition?
The ones that always crack me up involve sports professionals who don't shower/change their socks/cut their hair/have sex/eat red meat during a winning streak. It never fails to amaze me that you can pay someone $20 million a year to throw a ball around a field, and he gets totally scared that if he changes his routine in the slightest he'll blow it. That's definitely superstitious behavior, but it's a good example of how powerfully the mind works.
4. Do you believe in luck? If yes, do you have a lucky number/article of clothing/ritual?
I don't believe in luck as much as I believe in statistical anomalies. And to that end, I don't have a lucky number, etc.
5. Do you believe in astrology? Why or why not?
Nope. Because it's full of shit, that's why.