Avast Ye Hearties!

"15 Men on a Dead Man's Chest!" Yo ho for National Talk Like a Pirate Day! I'd like to do a special shout-out today to me favorite pirate, Yosemite Sam. You can keep your Blackbeards, your Captain Kidds, your Edward Teaches, your Anne Bonneys . . . just give me that little stumpy, bad-tempered, rabbit-shooting pirate.

Don't feel foolish if you just need to let out a hearty "Arrr!" Wear your eye patch with pride! Flourish your pegleg and shine up your hook! It's a great day to be a pirate. And if you cannot get behind such a fantabulous holiday, then ye deserve to be keel-hauled! or to be marooned! or even to be doing the dead man's dance at execution dock!

So all me mateys out there say, "Yarrr!" Now let's go look for some treasure.