Since it is “Talk Like a Pirate Day” I thought the least I could do to celebrate would be this… The funny thing is in days gone by this day usually fell on the same day my students were dealing with the open ended writing portion of the statewide test…  So any chance to mention it brought concern that the students would write their essays in “pirate-speak”  and therefore fail.  Fortunately that has changed.

As for being a “Landlubber”  I recall as a kid any time I greeted the open water it was while I was over the side feeding the fishies.  Being in Indiana this is not a concern (large bodies of open water are not that plentiful), but I spent my youth in California and went to camp on Catalina Island (26 miles across the sea)… that was a long time staring at the water while someone made sure I didn’t fall in.  I did get better as I grew up and stopped taking small ships and chose cruise ships designed for smooth rides.

I hope you at least say “Ahoy!” to someone today and enjoy a bit of grog or cackle fruit… I would avoid Davy Jones’s Locker (rumor has the singer for the Monkees never washed his socks- ugh!).