Countdown to Glory: 13 to go

THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES. 13 DAYS TO GLORY!!!

Thirteen is a number that can either be horrible or kind of awesome. There is no in-between. If nothing else, 13 is not boring. Let's do this either/or style:

Horrible 13: Friday the 13th. It's unlucky. And the movies aren't very good. Not even for campiness.

Awesome 13: Thirteen original American colonies, 13 stripes on the American flag.

Horrible 13: Apollo 13. Failed to get to the moon, and, as you may recall from an earlier missive, letting the moon get the best of us is unacceptable. The movie was OK, I guess.

Awesome 13: The age Jewish boys become men, leading to very fun parties where dancing goofily is praised instead of mocked (a welcome respite for most 8th graders).

Horrible 13: Alex Rodriguez's jersey number. Roids + overpaid + Yankee + attempts to cheat on the field + Details photo shoot = total joke.

Awesome 13: Wilt Chamberlain's jersey number, and 13 * 13 * 13 * 13 = the estimated number of conquests by the Stilt. We're believing that hilarious claim, right?

Horrible 13: Loki, the shape-shifting 13th God of Norse myth, whose sole role is mischief making. He fights against the other Gods at Ragnarok. That's just dumb.

Awesome 13: The extra donut you get when you order a dozen.

Horrible 13: The number associated with Judas, as the 13th to sit at the table at the Last Supper.

Awesome 13: Olivia Wilde, as the impossibly attractive diagnoser on "House, M.D.". Seriously, she looks like what a computer-generated super hot girl would look like.

Horrible 13: The confusion architects must feel when forced to number the floors of skyscrapers with the 13 missing.

Awesome 13: Julius Caesar commanding the 13th Legion when crossing the Rubicon and jacta-ing the alea.

Horrible 13: The Thirteenth Warrior, a film about vikings starring Antonio Banderas that was simply not as bloody, brutal or interesting as it should've been. The wimpiest Mastodon song makes this movie cry.

Awesome 13: I mentioned Olivia Wilde already, didn't I? Well, howsabout Big Star's tune "Thirteen". Remember what we said about Paint it Black? Rock n roll is here to stay!

OK. I'm calling it a draw. 13 can be kind of awesome. 13 can be truly awful. 33 is only awesome. Therefore, 33 > 13.

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