Spoiler alert: If you plan to do the Sept 19, 2008 NYTimes crossword but haven't done so yet, come back later.
A couple years back, Alternate Reality Games were all the talk in educational technology circles. It used to give James and I unreasonable pleasure to refer to these by their acronym - ARG. Speaking for myself, it still gives me a giggle. Say it aloud and you'll see what I mean.
With all this arg-ing (which often led to an "Avast, ye matey" or some such) I was delighted back then to discover that there's actually a Talk Like a Pirate Day.
The reason this is relevant now, is that during breakfast this morning I was doing the New York Times crossword and came upon an across clue "_________ Day (September 19)". I had no idea what this might be. Later I came upon a down clue "'Well, I'll be!' as it might be said on September 19". I had a few letters in both clues by then and so it came to me that today is Talk Like a Pirate Day and we all know pirates say "Shiver me timbers!"
Don't you love it when technology work leads to seemingly useless knowledge that later leads to brilliant crossword solutions?!
Comments (1)
I would respond like a pirate, except it's no longer "Talk Like a Pirate" day. My wife and I, avid online game players take umbrage at your sentiment that "Talk Like a Pirate" day is "seemingly useless" knowledge. In fact, it's a pretty important holiday, which as you'll notice I took off from work because of it's importance.
That last statement is false. I was in fact, sick, but it was more entertaining to think I took "Talk Like a Pirate" day off from work.
Posted by Jason | September 20, 2008 8:21 AM
Posted on September 20, 2008 08:21