{"id":6440,"date":"2016-05-13T05:13:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T05:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/05\/13\/friday-the-13th-cat-blogging-2\/"},"modified":"2016-05-13T05:13:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T05:13:29","slug":"friday-the-13th-cat-blogging-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/05\/13\/friday-the-13th-cat-blogging-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday the 13th Cat Blogging!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/.a\/6a010535ce1cf6970c019b02d0e6b5970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cat black\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/.a\/6a010535ce1cf6970c019b02d0e6b5970b-800wi\" title=\"Cat black\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/.a\/6a010535ce1cf6970c019b02d07704970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cat in tie\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/.a\/6a010535ce1cf6970c019b02d07704970c-800wi\" title=\"Cat in tie\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DVlHYPi6AuA\" target=\"_self\">I Ain&#39;t Superstitious<\/a>, leastways no more than Howlin&#39; Wolf, but <em>two<\/em> twin black tuxedo cats just crossed my path.&#0160; All dressed up with nowhere to go.&#0160; Nine lives and dressed to the nines.&#0160; Stevie Ray Vaughan, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JL9eO4-aDMs\" target=\"_self\">Superstition<\/a>.&#0160; Guitar solo starts at 3:03.&#0160; And of course you&#39;ve heard <a href=\"http:\/\/quoteinvestigator.com\/2013\/10\/09\/horseshoe-luck\/\" target=\"_self\">the story<\/a> about Niels Bohr and the horseshoe over the door:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">A friend was visiting in the home of Nobel Prize winner Niels Bohr, the famous atomic scientist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">As they were talking, the friend kept glancing at a horseshoe hanging over the door. 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