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London Under (Covert) Construction

I thought that this was a pretty neat way to cover ongoing construction.  The shot was taken from the Millennium Bridge on my way to the Tate Modern.

English to Pirate

    Pirate Monkeyness has put together a handy dashboard widget for all your English-to-Pirate translation needs.  You can check out the site here and download the widget from Version Tracker here.  I wish I had this yesterday.  It really would have come in handy.  I guess there's always next year...

Pirate translation:
    Pirate Monkeyness has put together a handy dashboard widget fer all yer English-tah-Pirate translation needs.  Ye can check out th' site here 'n loot th' widget from Version Tracker here.  I wish I had this yesterday.  It really would 'ave come in handy.  I guess thar's always next year...

bLaugh

These cartoons from bLaugh crack me up!  Here's my latest fav:

Talk like a pirate day

    Well it's that time again, tomorrow is international "Talk Like A Pirate Day"!  I remember blogging this last year, but it may have been on my Blogger blog.  Being a fan of Pirates, yes they do exist, I feel that it's my duty to pass this on to the unknowing, and few, readers that I have.  You can check out the original site here.  Since I am away from home, working in London this month, I'm going to save my pirate talk for when I get back home.
    Here's a nice pirate game an old roomie of mine once taught me while I was living in Chico, CA. It's called mumbly-peg.  For those of you who haven't heard of mumbly-peg before, it's great.  Here's what's required:  Beer, two people , and a knife (or screwdriver for beginners).  You start out standing arms' length apart facing your opponent with your feet together.  Flip a coin to see who throws first.  The first person has one throw to stick the knife in the ground no further than one foot away from the others foot.  If it sticks the second person has to step out to where the knife is and it's their turn.  This continues until one of the two players has their legs stretched out so far that they can no longer stand up.  The winner is declared the better pirate and the loser is required to fetch said winner another beer.  You need to have a beer because... well why the fuck not, right?  You are pirates after all.  The point of the game is to have fun not to injure your opponent.  Please play at your own risk and have fun!
    While writing this post I wondered if Wikipedia had a post on the game.  They do but... they have it wrong down to the name.  You can check out their entry here but I would suggest playing my version where the objective is to aim as far away from the other person's foot (within a foot) rather than as close to your own foot as possible.

Off to dinnaarrrrrrrr!

Flickr geo-tagging!

Flickr was amazing and now even more so.  They've made it really easy to geo-tag your photos so others can see where they were taken.

Check it out, for sure!

What fun.  Back to geo-tagging more photos...