Arg, me hearties, Cap'n Puddle be mindin' us we been a-gone and missed the most important day there be in da year, Talk like a Pirate Day! Shiver me timbers! I be a-thinkin' such a calamitous occurance be a-callin' for to broach a hogshead of rum!
Speaking of pirates, earlier this week I read Swallows and Amazons and now am enjoying the sequel, Swallowdale. Don't think I read these books as a youngster, but am delighted to be remedying the oversight. They are delightful yarns, holding my attention far better than any other books I've read in ages.
Gosh, I've never seen a wooly worm with so little black! Our always have black ends!
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Hmmmmmmm......a mild winter by Vermont standards?
Lookit at what forgot. . . .
ReplyDeleteSeptember 19, 2018 – TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY
Home State Voters Don’t Want Warren to Run for President [Click] Seems they don’t clearly favor anyone from Massachusetts.
ReplyDeleteA Man Says His DNA Test Proves He’s Black, and He’s Suing [Click] Now if they could just come up with a DNA test for horse thief of highwayman, that would be progress!
Wiping Out the Brain’s Retired Cells Prevents a Hallmark of Alzheimer's [Click]
Octopuses on Ecstasy Prefer One Another to Chewbacca [Click]
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That's right. We need Elizabeth Warren where she is, persisting in the Senate.
DeleteA 558-Million-Year-Old Mystery Has Been Solved [Click] Scientists have finally confirmed that a weird ribbed oval called Dickinsonia is an animal.
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—Alan
Arg, me hearties, Cap'n Puddle be mindin' us we been a-gone and missed the most important day there be in da year, Talk like a Pirate Day! Shiver me timbers! I be a-thinkin' such a calamitous occurance be a-callin' for to broach a hogshead of rum!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of pirates, earlier this week I read Swallows and Amazons and now am enjoying the sequel, Swallowdale. Don't think I read these books as a youngster, but am delighted to be remedying the oversight. They are delightful yarns, holding my attention far better than any other books I've read in ages.
ReplyDeleteOne of the zine for an APA I'm in is called "Amazons and Swallows Forever." I'd never realized this was a call-out to a book. What is the book like?
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