Talk Like a Pirate Day Freebies

For Talk like a Pirate Day:

Video Games:

In observance of International Talk Like A Pirate Day, Telltale will be giving away the first episode of Tales of Monkey Island.

Gamers looking for this free booty should set their compasses towards Telltale’s “Play Like A Pirate” website starting at 8 p.m. Eastern Friday (that’s midnight UTC) to nab the download. A classic Monkey Island game will be discounted on Saturday as well. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, LucasArts’ re-release of the 1990 original created by Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman, will be half off for the iPhone and iPod Touch (via the Apps Store) and PC (via Steam and Direct2Drive).

Less enjoyable probably but still topical:

The Pirate Translator

The North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh is offering free admission to those dressed as pirates.

There's a pub-crawl in Phoenix, AZ and I'm sure lots lots more...

Wife Swap, Professional Organizer vs. Pirate Family

The Baur Pirate Clan takes on the Fine family in last September's season premiere of Wife Swap.
I know, I SHOULD have known this, but life is not always perfect, and I'm making up for it now.

I'm amazed the full episode is on google video, but there it is, linked for your enjoyment.

I'm glad that this show was on, because it truly faces the stereotype that pirates can't be organized, successful pirates are totally organized.

While pirate mom Tori is surprisingly judgemental and Organizer Lisa is flipped out about the fleas that everyone at the pirate house has caught from the dog (yeah, I'm with her, that's where commitment to a period and just plain no starts for me), lives are changed, lessons are learned and we're all a little better for having forced these two groups to intermingle.

The best comments came from the kids (don't they always?):

"Not many of my friends dads get to buy swords and write it off on their taxes... not many of my friends' dads buy swords"

and

"I'm only sassing you 'cause I hate you"

Wired's Pirate Week!

Wired did a series of articles leading up to International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Check out 9 Pirate Myths Examined, Six Random Peglegs and 5 Pirate Video Games.

They also linked this awesome article, Did Pirates Really Say "Arrr"?

The AyePhone

Talk like a pirate for your iphone. Arrr.

How to Talk Like a Space Pirate

Talk Like A Space Pirate!

Thanks to Talk Like A Pirate Day, blogs laid in a significant number of pirate entries in the last week.

Expect them in the coming posts.

Reminder

Remember, International Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19!