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HELLO GUYS SORRY I HAVE BEEN AWAY FOR SO LONG, BUT I JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO WRITE ANYTHING AND HONESTLY I FELT LIKE A HYPOCRITE AFTER MY LAST POST, SO I JUST STAYED AWAY...HOPE YOU ENJOY MY POST

I don't believe numbers are lucky, but my lucky number is three.

I picked it when I was a boy, at a donkey race. I bet on donkey three to win, and, as destiny had it, Old Stewball made me rich that day by a-dancing and a-prancing to victory. I purchased a Neopolitan ice cream bar with my winnings, which may explain why number three was forever imprinted in the area of my brain that believes luck isn't merely good fate.

Even to skeptics like me, three seems to be universally significant.

Take science, for instance. Atoms are made up of protons, electrons and neutrons. Three is the first odd prime number. The three basic chemical reactions are acid, base and salt. Lithium's third on the atomic chart, and the Earth's 33^rd most-abundant element.

In the arts, photographers and painters compose using the Rule of Thirds. Architects celebrate The Golden Ratio, approximately 3 by 5 feet. Jazz musicians form trios. Writers pen trilogies. Celebrities always die in threes-Farah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Ed McMahon passed between June 23 and June 25.

Religions aren't exempt. Christians believe in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit; for Hindus, it's Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva; Devout Muslims make pilgrimages to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem; ancient Mayans thought three stars in Orion's constellation enclosed creation's smoke. The Bible alone is filled with trios, from Jonah's three-day excursion in a whale and three crosses on Golgotha, to Christ's resurrection after three days in the tomb.

Culturally, three is ubiquitous. The Chinese character for three is considered lucky because it sounds like the word for "alive."  Many Brits fear it's unlucky to light three cigarettes with one match. The French are fond of menage-a....well, let's just say they dirtied the number a little bit.

I still don't believe numbers are lucky. Just in case, though, this blog was written at 3 p.m. on July 30, a multiple of three whose digits add up to three, and it's precisely 333 words long.