Tuesday, 19 September 2006 How I Became A Pirate: I read this book to the kids tonight when I put them to bed How I Became A Pirate: by Melinda Long, David Shannon # Harcourt Children’s Books (2003) ISBN: 0152018484 [listening to: Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve ] 8:53:27 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Family • Geek On This Day : Sep 19 It’s not just Talk Like A Pirate Day September 19: Independence Day in Saint Kitts and Nevis ( 1983 ), Armed Forces Day in Chile, International Talk Like a Pirate Day. 1356- Hundred Years’ War : Despite a shortage of arrows, English and Welsh forces led by Edward the Black Prince decisively won the Battle of Poitiers and captured King Jean II of France. 1692- Giles Corey , who had refused to enter a plea , was pressed to his death during the Salem witch trials. 1893- New Zealand became the first country to introduce universal suffrage , following the women’s suffrage movement led by Kate Sheppard. 1982 - ” :-) ” and ” :-( ” were first proposed by Scott Fahlman for use as emoticons. 1995 - The Manifesto of “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski (police sketch pictured) was published in The Washington Post and The New York Times , almost three months after it was submitted. [listening to: Sunset Borderline - Sandi Thom ] 4:13:13 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Geek • Random I’ve got my tshirt on today [listening to: The Rolling People - The Verve ] 9:20:44 AM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Random Arrrgh My pirate name is: Black Jack Bonney Like anyone confronted with the harshness of robbery on the high seas, you can be pessimistic at times. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate’s life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr! Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com. part of the fidius.org network [listening to: Believe Me Natalie - The Killers ] 9:17:07 AM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! © Copyright 2006 Frank Arrigo. A Geek Microsoft Blogger Last update: 1/10/2006; 5:08:52 PM.