In honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day, I’m uploading the entire run of my web comic based on the reverse idea: taking images of pirates (specifically screen-shots from the POTC movies) and adding actual quotes from president Barack Obama, tweaked only slightly to match the mannerisms of the characters.
These are meant neither to be pro-Obama or anti-Obama, but merely for the surreal humor.
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Those of you who have bookmarked or subscribed to this blog for your love of the Age of Sail likely already know this … but just in case: the State Museum of South Carolina has just opened an exhibit on “Pirates, Privateers, and Buccaneers” that will run through 19 September 2010.
(Ironically, 19 September was the day I officially left the US Navy. Probably less coincidentally, it is also International Talk Like a Pirate Day.)
Sure, there is a lot of stuff just for kids, but also genuine pirate treasure, belt buckles, weapons, plates, and a ship’s bell retrieved from the bottom of the sea. For a neat review of the exhibit, check out Kristy Rupon’s feature at The State: “Pirate myths walk the plank.”
Field trip, anyone?!
