It is now a full 'blue moon'.
This is apparently a somewhat unusual astronomical occurrence, and also is the origin of the unlucky number 13 thing.
I should have known from all the crazy shit that went down tonight. Lots of fights, lots of chaos. People acting crazy.
It is apparently pretty well known amongst staff that police and emergency rooms are busier during full moons.
Perhaps most telling of all, mental hospitals have to have extra staff for the more dangerous patients.
Why do you think they call them 'lunatic' asylums?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/201011...undaysbluemoon
"That explanation said that the moon "... usually comes full twelve times in a year, three times for each season."
Occasionally, however, there will come a year when there are 13 full moons during a year, not the usual 12. The almanac explanation continued:
"This was considered a very unfortunate circumstance, especially by the monks who had charge of the calendar of thirteen months for that year, and it upset the regular arrangement of church festivals. For this reason thirteen came to be considered an unlucky number."
And with that extra full moon, it also meant that one of the four seasons would contain four full moons instead of the usual three. "



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