Tangerine Meg » pirate talk http://tangerinemeg.com Bold Art for Bold Souls Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:05:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Ships log from the briney journey http://tangerinemeg.com/2008/09/19/ships-log-from-the-briney-journey/ http://tangerinemeg.com/2008/09/19/ships-log-from-the-briney-journey/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:23:30 +0000 Tangerine Meg http://tangerinemeg.wordpress.com/?p=217 Heave ho, and Avast, me on-line friends! and welcome to Talk like a Pirate Day.

I just read a beautiful little free eBook: A Human’s Guide to Freelance Living. There are TONS of short (parrot-free) memorable quotes; here’s a nice clear warning, on not worrying about competitors:

You can only follow someone so long. Then they stop suddenly and you run into them,
pushing your nose up into your brain and killing you.

Good one, Charlie Pabst! This eBook is good life information for all.

I did my larrrrrrst pre-FunRun-run today, and tried to run a bit farrrrster than usual. Tomorrow a big bike  ride (cross training), then the 6k (3.73miles) FunRun is on Sunday, nearly down to the ocean. Wish me luck!

And I think I just ordered a unicycle on-line. (Not completely sure that the payment worked…we’ll see). Should be fun balancing on the deck of the ship.

Didn’t see the ducklings this morning. They must be grown-up enough to venture further afield than the pond. Wow, already!

Have a good weekend both landlubbers and seafolk,
Meg/Calico Bess Bonney

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An encore presentation of etown has alerted me to a great new site which I just need to let you know about.

It is a writing tutoring service in the US called 826 Valencia and is supported by a pirate supplies shop. I shall link you also to the signs page, as it made me laugh out loud for a long time. I also recommend the Store Log as being a good & funny read.

Coincidentally I had yesterday been taking an interest in “Talk like a pirate day”, September 19th. Take this link to look at a Pirate Keyboard. And here is a little graphic I got after doing a questionnaire to find out my Pirate Name:

My pirate name is:
Calico Bess Bonney

Often indecisive, you can’t even choose a favorite color. You’re apt to follow wherever the wind blows you, just like Calico Jack Rackham, your namesake. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate’s life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com
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I signed up to blog about poverty on October 15. Here’s one of their nice banners:

As you can see I am experimenting with putting bits of code from various places in. They seem to work well.

Cheerio and avast me Hearties! Go forth and have a hornpipey weekend!
Meg/Calico Bess Bonney

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