Visit Talk Like A Pirate links, YAAARRR--Australian Pirates, or TLAP Songs for inspiration & sing-alongs, & get your yo-ho-ho's on!

As a public service (for certain values of service) here are some bits to get you started annoying your friends, family & co-workers.

• To err is human, to Arrrgggghhhh is Pirate!

• Q: What's a pirate's favorite letter in the ( Read more... )

Visit Talk Like A Pirate links, YAAARRR--Australian Pirates,  or TLAP Songs for inspiration & sing-alongs, & get your yo-ho-ho's on!

As a public service (for certain values of service) here are some bits to get you started annoying your friends, family & co-workers.

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  To err is human, to Arrrgggghhhh is Pirate!
  
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  Q:  What's a pirate's ( Read more... )

One of Friday's Letters of the Day in the Minneapolis-St. Paul (MN) StarTribune. I think Ms. Coyle is awesome.

Dear Pat Robertson ( Read more... )

So, when L had congestive heart failure (CHF) & cardiac bypass surgery & got an arterial stent last year, it was obvious that there would be more procedures in the future - many more, if we are lucky.  As far as I'm concerned L never really recovered from the cardiac bypass but we kept getting reassured by his doctors that, well, it takes 6 months ( Read more... )

:: blink, blink ::  Oog.  Grble.

We hauled our sorry heinies to the hospital by 5:30 a.m. to discover that the surgeon had called in sick in the middle of the night.  (Which is a good thing-better he should be home oopin' & poopin' than trying to do bypass surgery!)  So L.'s surgery will be tomorrow, Wednesday, instead.  Same bat time, same bat ( Read more... )

Well, the Bear's latest heart scans¹ showed why he dipped into congestive heart failure last month:  he'd lost another 12% of his heart's "pumping power" in a year.  Since his heart attack in 1999 already reduced his heart's capacity by about half², this is a big deal & cause for some alarm.  An EKG showed that he hasn't had another heart attack.  ( Read more... )

... writes you a squishy sentimental wonderful fan fiction ficlet when you're cross & worried & bitchy & weepy!

Look what the splendiferous ( Read more... )

Cribbed from my friend jeffreyab-not at all like your parents'/childhood Space Invaders:

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I don't play video games, I didn't play arcade games back in the day, & the only time I've played Space Invaders was on my cell phone while stuck at airports. I still think this is awesome, funny, sad &/or thought-provoking.
What do you think?

Monday, March 31st, 2008, is the last day to suggestion a name for NASA's GLAST satellite. GLAST (the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope) is scheduled to launch in May 2008.

NASA won't name a satellite or mission after a living person. Since that is, unfortunately, no longer an issue in Sir Clarke's case, I suggest that anyone who is interested ( Read more... )

"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more." -Erica Jong, Fear of Flying