Archive for 19 September 2007

It is a sad, sad day. James Rigney, aka Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time fantasy series passed away on September 16, 2007. He had been battling with amyloidosis for a while now and the publisher announced he died of “complications from primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.” He was working on the final book [...]

Avast, ye scurvy blagoblag!

Posted: 19 September 2007 in Uncategorized
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Language Log has a nice salute to Talk Like a Pirate Day, where I found this clip: I used to have a pretty good pirate accent, but lately it’s been turning into an Irish leprechaun accent.  Avast ye scurvy laddy, come look at me pot o’ gold.  I’ll have to practice.  Oddly enough, my irish [...]