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July 12, 2006

Taken Over by Pirates

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 3:02 pm

Successful Blog Was Take Over by Pirates

Last Nights’ Open Comments Night get together in at sea found that our ship was taken over by pirates and we ended up living off grog, and weevils, supplemented by a few oranges and limes to keep us all from getting scurvy. Unfortunately a virulent strain of the infamous link leak virus. Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes.
Cool links were shared.

Tonight was also HART’S BIRTHDAY AND HE CELEBRATED WITH US!

Pirates in Attendance

Many Pirates were in attendance and it was decided that we would start a Successful Blog University. That was between the Pirate talk and Pirate jokes.

The first subject on the agenda was pirate gardening. Some hints.
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ME Strauss Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:02 pm e
Hi Trisha!
How is the pirate garden?

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Trisha Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:04 pm e
fine - the pirates are growing well!

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ME Strauss Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:04 pm e
What kind of stuff do you mulch them with?

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Trisha Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:05 pm e
maybe that’s the problem - I’ve been using salt water

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ME Strauss Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:06 pm e
You’d think they’d like that. Maybe some old shivering timbers and some arghhhhichokes.

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Rick Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:09 pm e
Ahoy!

I hear seaweed would be a great mulch.
…………..

Then we moved to pirate talents and food.

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Anton Olsen Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:10 pm e
Anyone up for starting an urban legend on how pirates invented crayons while on vacation?

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Cuileann McKenzie Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:14 pm e
Hi everyone!
Hi Anton — I’m glad you could make it!
Sorry I’m a few minutes late. How bad of me to invite someone and then show up after they do. Someone’s got to teach this girl a lesson!

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ME Strauss Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:14 pm e
Anton,
You need to know that crayons were part of the pirates treasure. They’re very special here.

We keep them in the sidebar — along with snack and beverages — which tonight i guess would be grog and weevils.

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Rick Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:17 pm e
Can we fry the weevils, or do we have to eat them sun-baked?

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ME Strauss Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:20 pm e
Rick,
You can be the cook of this here ship until we all get scurvy. Then I pick Joe.

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Anton Olsen Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:20 pm e
Thanks all for the welcome!

I think the plank is a bit harsh for Cuileann. That should be reserved for someone who eats the last crayon or drinks the last of the grog.

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ME Strauss Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:21 pm e
That’s it, Anton!
You got it. No crayon eating on this brig.

We’ll let Cuileann go.
>>>>

Then we started with the pirate Jargon.

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Chris Cree Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:23 pm e
Avast ye scurvy maties! They’ll be no paying of fees on this here brigantine unless you’d be wantin to stand before the mast!

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Joe Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:56 pm e
Ok, here is first hand knowledge for ya…

It takes exactly 23 comments to get to the Beer Store and Back…
;-)

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Ben Yoskovitz Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 7:59 pm e
Cheers. Eh. Y’all.

Wow, Cuileann, that is a mess! I can just picture some of the sentences…

Cheers mate. How y’all doin’ eh?

Hehe.

Then onto pirates themselves

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Chris Cree Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 8:02 pm e
Anyone know who was the most successful (notorious?) Pirate?

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Ben Yoskovitz Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 8:03 pm e
Notorious/successful pirate? Blackbeard?

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ME Strauss Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 8:06 pm e
I’m voting for Captain Hook!!!

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John Curtis Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 8:08 pm e
Hey all! I’m just pausing at the Apple store in San Antonio and thought I’d drop in. There are no pirates here that I can see, but I’ll keep looking.

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Joe Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 8:09 pm e
@ Chris, Jean LaFeete?

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Ben Yoskovitz Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 8:11 pm e
I’m glad it worked for you Joe. I’ve experimented with a few other plugins - so let me know if you have any other WordPress-related questions.

I still say Blackbeard. Or was it Bluebeard? Redbeard? Fuschia Beard? I know the most famous pirate definitely had a beard

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Ben Yoskovitz Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 8:15 pm e
I think one of my comments was eaten. Chomp. Chomp. Liz, did it walk the plank?

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Chris Cree Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 8:16 pm e
Nah, I’m thinking Askimet hung it by the yardarm!

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ME Strauss Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 8:16 pm e
My husband wants to know why no one has said Captain Kidd?

I’m sticking with the fictional coward Cap’n Hook. He had the box office.

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Chris Cree Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 8:23 pm e
Ok, O.K.

The most successful pirate of the sailing era was
(drum roll)
“Black Bart” Roberts. Here’s the Wikipedia entry on Roberts
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Then Chris and I made up stories about Christine’s modeling Career while she talked about pirates songs

Christine Kane Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 8:50 pm e
Hey! There’s a picture of me bathing on ah Pek’s website. I guess that was just after I got off the pirate ship…

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Right after which we went after the real pirates — the telcos.

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Douglas Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 9:04 pm e
Yeah, we have to deal indirectly with telcos. That’s more at a datacenter level. We have a big cage in a large datanceter.

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Douglas Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 9:08 pm e
It’s a cage with a lot of blade servers in it.

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Rick Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 9:10 pm e
With signs that say “DON’T FEED THE ANIMALS” and “NO THEY SOUND LIKE THEY SPEAK ENGLISH, BUT IT REALLY IS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND THE WORDS MEAN SOMETHING DIFFERENT”

I know, I know. Long for a sign, but short for a wireless contract.

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Anton Olsen Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 9:10 pm e
Telco Cage Match, Pirate Style!

Give each telco CEO a hook (cut their hand off first) and an eye patch and let them duke it out in a double elimination cage match!

Well you get the idea . . .

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Cat, who lived in Borneo, brought us the truth.

249 TO THE END
And HART brought some of the funniest Pirate jokes I’ve ever read or heard. AND IT WAS HART’S BIRTHDAY TOO!!!

Near the end Scot wanted to know whether a nuclear sub could be a pirate ship. I just wanted to say thanks for coming and he was asking for a synopsis.

Martin made it this morning and got in his happy birthday wishes for HART.

And so ends another Open Comment Night . . . I’m tired.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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23 Comments to “Taken Over by Pirates”

  1. July 12th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
    Chris Cree said

    In true pirate fashion I held out on y’all. Yesterday was my birthday too! I knew there was a reason I thought Hart was a great guy! (Us National Slurpee Day guys have to stick together, you know.)

    I’m off to pack for your fair city, Liz.

    Enjoy!

  2. July 12th, 2006 at 3:32 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Happy Birthday, Chris!
    Our fair city can’t wait to see you. Neither can I!

  3. July 12th, 2006 at 3:48 pm
    Susan Reynolds said

    Ahoy, Liz and mateys. Yarrr. Or is that arrr? I was sorry to miss the event yet again but your wrap-up makes me feel like I was there. Raising a mug o grog to ye!

  4. July 12th, 2006 at 5:16 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Susan,
    Sorry you missed too! It was a find event. We all made good use of our imagination! It was a networking, playing and just darn good fun!

  5. July 12th, 2006 at 6:42 pm
    Rick said

    Liz,
    Don’t you ever sleep? Posting at 6:30AM, then I know making the summary from open mic night is a lot a work. It makes me tired to think about it.

    It was (is) fun.

  6. July 12th, 2006 at 7:07 pm
    Cat said

    Oh no! Somehow I missed that it was HART’s birthday.

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY HART!

    and

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS!

    Thank-you Liz! It was yet another gracious time held for all. One day I won’t be working and will be able to keep up with you all.

    cat

  7. July 12th, 2006 at 7:10 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Rick,
    Yeah I catch a few winks now and then, when no one’s looking.

    The sad part is that I do this for fun! :) I really should find something that makes money.

  8. July 12th, 2006 at 7:10 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Cat,
    I’m not losing track of you, young lady. You’re just too good. You’re a keeper. You are.

  9. July 12th, 2006 at 7:38 pm
    HART (1-800-HART) said

    Yay! I just want to thank everybody for their well wishes! Of course, I should put the record straight re:

    .. was also HART’S BIRTHDAY AND HE CELEBRATED WITH US!

    It was my birthday .. but I never celebrate it! I refuse to go out on my birthday, and in fact must do nothing and stay home all day in reflection!

    Now of course, World Watch Out! On the Saturday following my birthday .. I go crazy realizing, that I just wasted another year of my life! :)

    Thanks for the links Liz, and glad you liked the Pirate jokes.

  10. July 12th, 2006 at 7:41 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hey, HART,
    I thought telling pirate jokes was celebrating. That would have been called celebrating where I grew up. :)

  11. July 12th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
    HART (1-800-HART) said

    potayto potahto .. Where I grew up .. it would have just been referred to as .. that silly guy named HART telling jokes again! :) Had fun though.

  12. July 12th, 2006 at 7:47 pm
    ME Strauss said

    HART, I think you just celebrate life!

    It was so much fun. . . . I’m not sure what I’ll think of for next week. Hmmmmm.

    I’m open for ideas.

  13. July 12th, 2006 at 7:58 pm
    Rick said

    HART, Chris - Happy Birthday to you both! And many more to come. (See, you thought I didn’t notice)

  14. July 12th, 2006 at 7:58 pm
    Cat said

    Liz,

    We could have a golden years garden party. Pick a spot anywhere in the world that is known for its beautiful gardens. Then everyone comes dressed up as the person they believe they’ll be in 20 or so years.

    For instance, I’d come carrying a cat or two, with myself (not the cats) wearing a floppy, velvet purple hat with shocking pink feathers draped down, looking out of over sized computer glasses (for blogging, of course).

    If it’s a go, I’ll have to finish out my attire before arrival or it will be a great shock to everyone I’m sure ;-D

    cat

  15. July 12th, 2006 at 8:00 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hey, Rick,
    That was nice.

    Cat, that sounds wonderful . . .

    Are you sure that we have to wait 20 years?

  16. July 12th, 2006 at 8:11 pm
    Cat said

    The years don’t matter. What matters is having fun thinking about where you will be at a later time. When technology has evolved, along with the rest of us.

  17. July 12th, 2006 at 8:20 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Beam me there, Cat!

  18. July 12th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
    ah Pek said

    Hi Liz,
    Happy birthday, chris,
    Happy birthday Hart,

    And I must also thanks Christine for so generously allowing me to use her picture in my blog!

    And oh, just so you guys don’t start getting panicky about the Malacca Straits, I stay just along the coastline of that Straits. No pirate holes here as far as I know.

  19. July 12th, 2006 at 8:59 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Thank ah Pek,
    for you advice on navigating the Straits. I’ll keep that mind when I pass through there tonight. :)

  20. July 13th, 2006 at 4:19 am
    Greg Kiernan said

    Doh - you guys have all the fun while i’m slaving over a hot desk. If only it was combined with national talk like a pirate day!

  21. July 13th, 2006 at 6:38 am
    ME Strauss said

    I had no idea that there is a National talk like a pirate day. Tell me what next Tuesday is and maybe we can talk you into coming! :)

  22. July 13th, 2006 at 11:21 am
    Starbucker said

    Jeepers, sounds like I missed quite a booty of fun and frivolity on the high seas! Unfortunately, I’ll be missing next week’s adventure too, but just like Ah-nold, “I’ll be back!”. All the best everyone.

  23. July 13th, 2006 at 11:23 am
    ME Strauss said

    Starbucker,
    We missed you too. Which, I think, speaks well of you.

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