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The dinner my dad cooked was pretty amazing. Corn Tortilla soup and a salad to match. I didn't even think about getting fed when I went over there so I was happy.

After everyone left I was asked to troubleshoot the Tivo. Apparently the line they use to dial up was disconnected. I don't mind troubleshooting as long as its easy and that was easy.

The XM radio is finally all done. Its very cool for a music-ophile like myself. It accommodates my diverse / eclectic tastes in music. My favorite channel is one that broadcasts old time radio dramas 24/7. Now I don't have to wait until Sundays to hear Guy Noir, although that is still cool, I can hear old timey radio dramas any time I want.

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Well, if you haven't seen it, Pirates was really great. Except for some small details like a everybody is happy, the guy gets the girl ending and aw let the lovable pirate have a day head start. Other than that the movie was perfect. If you are a big fan of the ride, you see all kinda references to the ride in the movie. They really are all over the place. If you have never ridden on Pirates, there is nothing that you absolutely need to know that will prevent you from enjoying the movie.

Equally so was this movie for Women and Men. There was plenty of action and swordplay for the little boy in all of us, no surprise there. But in the tradition of the great pirate movies of the fifties, there was also roguish charm and - I did it all for you, I know I'm a scoundrel but I love you - romance. That plus a woman pirate Captain and a female lead who has always wanted to live a Pirate's life, the ladies will not be disappointed.

The movie does sort of change how you think about the ride (or attraction in the parlance of the Disney Cast Members) There are plenty of skeletons in the attraction to be sure. They are posed counting money, at the helm of a ship, carrying away loot, drinking rum. However the story seem to imply that these skeletons are truly dead and happen to be doing these various things at their final hour, and so serve as sort of a memorial of what they were like in life. The movie though goes much further. These pirates are a type of walking undead. We find out what the nature if the cursed treasure is - a living death. It seems to imply that the skeletons in the ride are not memorials, but undead pirates helming ghost ships, drinking rum and, counting gold. There is sort of a morality play herein though. The pirate's greed does in the end curse them. Once cursed they can have any of the things they desire, but they can no longer enjoy them. Beware greedy boys and girls, a pirate's life may not be all it appears.

The movie certainly glamorizes a pirate's life as all pirate movies do. From what I have read though, its not an easy life at all. Maritime life was much toil, and little spoils. That, I think is the real pirate's curse.

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