iTLAPD '11

Ahoy! It be once again "International Talk Like A Pirate Day" (iTLAPD). So all ye landlubbers kin go ahead and let loose yer inner pirate. O'er use the letter "R", don an eye patch and/or a tricorne, carry a parrot on yer shoulders, search fer buried treasure, and most importantly be hoistin' the "Jolly Roger" so's all dem scallywags be knowin' yer a pirate to be reckoned with.

And if'n ye not already done so, be sailin' on over to "talklikeapirate.com" and found out how ye kin get a pirate name of yer very own. Ye need not be doin' it on iTLAPD, fer they be open e'ery day o' the year (yar?).

Now, if'n ye be excusin' me, I be needin' to end this communique and find that darn parrot o' mine; he done fly off with the keys to me treasure chest. And he better not have lost 'em, or I be fixin' to make some parrot stew, I says, says I.

Arr!!

Remembering 9/11

Come this Sunday, it will have been 10-years since the events of “9/11″. And while this tragedy is not (unfortunately) unique in the world, it is one of the larger incidents of its kind. It is not my intent to imply that the actions committed on that day were any worse than any other similar incidents that occur all over the world; that somehow this one is more important than the others because of where it occurred - it is not. All such incidents are equally reprehensible.

But this post is not about those events or the individuals responsible for them. No, this post is about remembering those who fell. I wanted to let people know about “WeWillRemember.org“. It is the brain-child of my sister, who is setting it up and running it. It is (in her words) “[A] new work in progress specifically for 9/11 and the families directly affected by the tragedy of that day ten years ago. This effort is a tribute to those lost and the ones left behind resulting from the events of September 11, 2001.” Part of her plans for the site include providing a place, free of charge, to anyone who would like to post non-negative comments, pictures, stories, etc. about someone they may have lost in the events of that tragic day. She has also written and recorded an original song that is posted on YouTube; there is also a link on the WeWillRemember.org website.

If anyone would like to know more (like how to get a memorial page set-up on the site or general information), you can send an e-mail through the “contact us” link found at the WeWillRemember.org website.