Happy Birthday Lee
I love you so much, Lee.

Friday, despite being considered decidedly unlucky, was an unusual sort of day in the world of NetHack. Moonphases affect gameplay in addition to Friday the 13^th living up to its reputation.

Moonphases are simple enough. If the moon is full then one gains a point of luck. If the moon isn't full then bad things are more likely to happen like the hissing of 'trices causing the player character to begin petrification. On Friday the 13^th a point of luck is subtracted from the player character. Time is also a factor in-game because gremlins have special abilities at midnight, dogs howl at midnight and during a full moon along with undead being twice as dangerous to the player. In short the DevTeam thinks of everything. rec.games.roguelike.nethack simply plays catch-up to prove themselves more clever than the DevTeam.

Moonphases linger for a few days after the proper fullness and newness of our largest known natural satellite. So when 3/13/09 rolled around it created an unusual situation which is shown in the following screenshots. The meat of the matter is in the text at the top of the image.

Everything balances out in the end.

Beware, gentle reader, if you are inclined for Friday the 13^th comes once again in November.

January, April and July during leap years.
February, March and November.

The next time this will happen is 6/13/14 and 9/13/19. November 13, 2014 and July 13, 2018 will have a new moon on Friday the 13^th.

Speaking of dates I'm eagerly awaiting Saturday March 14^th, 2015 at 9:26:53 a.m.

Apparently there are some vacant seats in the Republican party in Colorado Springs. I received a letter from the GOP inviting me to a shindig on 3/28/09 at 9 a.m..

Why the fuck not. I should look at the letter and see if it's in cycling distance. Long hair? Beard? Riding a bicycle? HOLY SHIT I BET HE DIDN'T VOTE FOR GRAMPA AND DINGBAT!!!

Indeed but I'm for small government and individual liberties. I'm a Republican because Libertarians haven't accomplished dick or shit. I don't believe they've even gotten a fucking electoral vote.

I do plan on voting one last time in Colorado Springs before returning to spend the rest of my life with Lee.

Who knows where the rest of our lives will lead.