Over the weekend, we accidentally contributed to the renewed wealth of The Walt Disney Company. Like millions of others, we took in Pirates Of The Summer Box Office…

In our defense, it was as accidental as finding a movie theatre in our new neighborhood. We were originally looking for a furniture store, not an action-packed, specials effects-driven swashbuckler yarn capitalizing on tall ships and short pirates. We had hoped to one day soon view Superman Returns, but that was not meant to be this weekend. We were sucked into the inescapable box office vortex of swash and buckles…

I must confess to an urge that may have compelled me to view this movie, more than most of the millions of others in attendance. Back in Kelowna, I was a bit of a pirate legend myself, due to a classic charade clue I gave during a family game of Guesstures. The fact that no one playing was able to interpret my brilliant and sublime clue is of no consequence – to this day everyone that was there speaks in hushed reverence of what had to have been the best clue ever for “hook”. I’d love to share it with you all, but you may one day find yourself playing Guesstures, and desire to use it for yourself. Screw you – it’s my clue, and my clue alone… However, as the one hint I will allow, it definitely conjured up a vivid image of a pirate.

So, how was that Caribbean Pirates movie, you might ask? Well, for Pete’s sake, if you haven’t seen it by now, you are either Amish or claustrophobic. Even goat-herders in Luxembourg have given this movie two thumbs up, so get a life, and get out to your local theater!!

We did quite enjoy it though…

Chow for now!!