Avast, It's Talk Like A Pirate Day!
September 19th, 2006
In case you didn’t know, today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. My college roommate Paul and I stumbled upon this holiday sometime during our university years and it is one of our favorites to passively celebrate. We don’t get dressed up or throw a party or anything…we just talk like pirates more than we usually do.
Need more info about Internal Talk Like a Pirate Day? Check out their website at www.talklikeapirate.com.
Need help talking like a pirate…checkout this You Tube video by the pirate guys…
Labor Day
September 4th, 2006
Today is Labor Day…and that means no labor! (At least not from 9 to 5 for me!)
A quick Labor Day history summary: (info from wikipedia)- Celebrated on the first Monday of September since the 1880s
- Apparently the rest of the world celebrates something similar on May 1.
- The US doesn’t do May 1 for a few reasons:
- Initially there were some big riots in early May in 1886. We were afraid a “Mayday” would encourage remembrance and spur future riots
- Now we just can’t change it. I mean, let’s face it, we are America and we are pretty stubburd. Just because the other countries do it is not a good enough reason for us.
Happy Non-Riot Non-Mayday Only in the US Labor Day!