Today be nationwide "Talk Like a Seafarin' hearty Tide." A tide when sea dogs an' land lubbers from yer mailman t' yer pervy neighbor Bob t' th' chick in th' next cubicle o'er gets a chance t' slap on a theoretical eye patch an' peg leg an' get the'r Smee on.

That, my land-lubbing friends, is how a real life pirate (according to talklikeapirateday

This past weekend marked the opening of King Richard’s Faire in Carver, MA. Most Renaissance faires can only dream of what King Richard’s has achieved: a permanent venue at an 80-acre wooded park in which they’ve built an expansive medieval village that must be seen to be believed. I attended the faire several times in my middle and high school years, and I decided to drop everything on Labor Day for the chance to find out if the festival is still as fun as I remembered.