So I was in Chicago over the weekend and we went to the Field Museum. They had a pirate exhibit on display complete with a pirate ship and all sort of artifacts recovered from a shipwreck. It was pretty sweet, but I learned a lot of things I didn’t really ever think about with pirates. Pirate ships were basically democracy in action before the U.S. even existed, it didn’t matter if they were black or native american or what their background was, so long as they had a skill and everyone shared equally in the plunder. Who knew pirates were so forward thinking? Also buried treasure is a complete myth, there is no evidence of any pirate having ever buried their treasure. In fact the money was generally gone as soon as they came by it by spending it and gambling at the first chance they got. They also didn’t have access to doctors at all so anytime someone got an injury the ship’s carpenter basically amputated the appendage right away without any sort of pain killer. Yikes. Live hard, die young, makes for an interesting life I guess.
 
In sports action:
 
Lance is now basically tied for the lead in the Tour de France. You can’t spell ‘France sucks!’ without USA!
 
MLB:
 
Kansas City at Detroit
Toronto at Tampa Bay
Oakland at Boston
New York at Minnesota
Cleveland at Chicago
Texas at California
Baltimore at Seattle
Cincinnati at Philadelphia (why are the Phillies 26-15 on the road and 17-22 at home, do their fans suck or something?)
Los Angeles at New York
St. Louis at Milwaukee
Atlanta at Chicago
Pittsburgh at Houston
Washington at Colorado
San Diego at Arizona
Florida at San Francisco

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