Once again, it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Arrrr, more info here.

This weekend is the St Louis Pirate Festival: “The crafty Governor has invited pirates from all over the world to attend a festival in the capital city of Fort Royal, where he plans to hand out letters of marque, papers legitimizing them as privateers. Such notorious buccaneers as Anne Bonney, Mary Read, Christopher Condent and Black Bart have responded to this ‘opportunity’ … but a pirate is always open to opportunities, and a festival day abounds with them.”