July 30: Galeophobic

My friend, Doug, sent me an email this afternoon titled "You sir are a Galeophobic". Of course, I had no idea what a galeophobic was, but Doug was kind enough to explain it in the body of his email. A galeophobic is a person who suffers from an excessive and persistent fear of sharks. Doug sent his message in honor of the Discovery Channel's kick-off of Shark Week on Saturday (I would include a link here, but I had no desire to go to the DC Shark Week home page while typing this blog entry...I'm sure you all will understand). You may recall a previous blog entry in which I gave an explicit account of my fear of shark pictures. Needless to say, I've foolishly shared this fear with far too many people and eventually it comes back to bite me in the butt (no pun intended). Well, at least it's nice to know there's a name for my condition. Up until now, I just thought that term was "insane".