Avast, ye scalawags! Today be International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Ye landlubbers heed me warnin’ that today is sure to see some pirate talkin’. ARRRRRRR!

Don’t miss the chance to generate a own pirate phrase (warning: sound). And there’s the always humerous pirate keyboard.

Every morning, I wake up suspecting that one of the kids has sabotaged my clock radio – that the time has been set back two hours. As the sleep clears my head, I acknowledge that the days are just getting shorter.

Attention, weather geeks! Learn about the fascinating history of hurricanes in North Carolina during a special presentation Saturday afternoon by Jeff Orrock of the National Weather Service. Jeff will be discussing the great storms that have hit our state, as well as explain why they seem to keep coming. Should be a great chance to learn more about those big storms from an expert.

Jeff’s presentation will be Saturday at 2PM at the Raleigh City Museum, located on Fayetteville Street Mall.

I stumbled upon a geek project which scratches three of my itches: Linux, Asterisk, and amateur radio! The Asterisk app-rpt project makes use of Linux and Asterisk to control ham radio repeater stations. On a geeky scale from one to ten, this is pretty darn close to a ten.

MT.Net appreciates geeky excellence.

Apologies to Simon and Garfunkel.

Ophelia
(sung to the tune of Cecilia)

Ophelia
You’re breaking my heart
You’re shaking my buildings like crazy
Oh Ophelia
I’m down on my knees
Please pack up your breeze and go home
Go on home
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I have to finally give Bush a little credit, tough as it is for me to do. He finally stepped up and took responsibity for the federal response to Hurricane Katrina. Yes, the federal response was abysmal. No, it wasn’t all the fed’s fault. Yes, Bush should have publicly accepted reponsibility a week ago. But at least he’s finally doing what a leader should: admit when things aren’t going well.

I’m hard-pressed to think of a previous instance where Bush has done this. Could he be turning a corner?

I’ve been burning the candle at both ends the past few days. The forecast isn’t so good, either.

Take a look at this in the meantime.

My sister-in-law, Tanya Turner, has started a blog. Both she and my brother Allen (aka, David) are enormously talented writers (when are you gonna get blogging, brother?). While I just pretend to be, Tanya is a home-grown North Carolinian. She puts her experience into the words she writes, each one full of the vitality that is Tanya.

I’ve added her to the blogroll and invite y’all to drop in with her and sit a spell. You might learn a thing or two!

Today is our sixth anniversary. Hard to believe six years have gone by. Every one has been more fun. We’re well on our way to fifty-eight plus years of happiness.

Happy anniversary, Kelly!