Tarot meme

I don't do Spiritual, but other than that the description sounds about right.

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Western Digitalis

Saved some $ unexpectedly. Went online to Western Digital's web site hoping to find out what it would cost to have my dead 400GB SATA drive refurbished, and discovered it is still under warranty. They issued an RMA, and a UPS shipping label for 10% off the regular price.

Turns out that while the retail box drives are only warranted for a year, the OEMs carry a 3-year warranty. I'm glad I build my PCs from parts.

I had bought a spare online, but UPS had thrown it over the patio wall so I did not want to keep it. So at lunchtime I went to UPS, refused delivery on the purchased drive and shipped the failed drive to WD. That'll net me about $125, and I'll wind up with a good spare.

Pick Up Like A Pirate

Stolen from mistymarshall's page, which I should not even have been on except her icon on jaylake's page was so damned cute I couldn't resist following it. And then it turns out she is going to my alma mater, majoring in drugs. But I digress:

Here are the top ten pick-up lines to use on Talk Like A Pirate Day, thanks to talklikeapirate.com

10 . Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly?

9. Have ya ever met a man with a real yardarm?

8. Come on up and see me urchins.

7. Yes, that is a hornpipe in my pocket and I am happy to see you.

6. I'd love to drop anchor in your lagoon.

5. Pardon me, but would ya mind if fired me cannon through your porthole?

4. How'd you like to scrape the barnacles off of me rudder?

3. Ya know, darlin’, I’m 97 percent chum free.

2. Well blow me down?

And the number one pickup line for use on International Talk Like a Pirate Day is …

1. Prepare to be boarded.

Bonus pickup lines (when the ones above don't work, as they often won't)
They don’t call me Long John because my head is so big.

You’re drinking a Salty Dog? How’d you like to try the real thing?

Wanna shiver me timbers?

I’ve sailed the seven seas, and you’re the sleekest schooner I’ve ever sighted.

Brwaack! Polly want a cracker? … Oh, wait. That’s for Talk Like a PARROT Day.

That’s the finest pirate booty I’ve ever laid eyes on.

Let's get together and haul some keel.

That’s some treasure chest you’ve got there.

Top Ten Pickup Lines for the Lady Pirates

By popular demand ...

10. What are YOU doing here?

9. Is that a belayin' pin in yer britches, or are ye ... (this one is never completed)

8. Come show me how ye bury yer treasure, lad!

7. So, tell me, why do they call ye, "Cap'n Feathersword?"

6. That's quite a cutlass ye got thar, what ye need is a good scabbard!

5. Aye, I guarantee ye, I've had a twenty percent decrease in me "lice ratio!"

4. I've crushed seventeen men's skulls between me thighs!

3. C'mon, lad, shiver me timbers!

2. RAMMING SPEED!

...and the number one Female Pirate Pick-up Line:

1. You. Pants Off. Now!