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You know that time management seminar I went to yesterday? Well, Ron Hamilton's (aka Patch the Pirate's) daughter was there too. She's super nice . . . of course. Anyway, we had to be in a group for a quick exercise and we stood around afterward listening to the seminar facilitator talk about how wise it was to read.

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I love Patch the Pirate. I grew up listening to Patch tapes all day long. You can even hear Mount Zion Marathon playing in the background of some of our old home videos. If you don't know who Patch the Pirate is, click here because you and your present/future children are missing out. Stories, songs, and lots of fun. I remember falling asleep to 'A Good Knight's Sleep' from the Starry Knight tape and singing 'On Eagle's Wings' in church. The Sneaky Sheik and Giant Killer were two of my favorites, but my mom's favorite was Kidnapped on I-Land. She just loved to sing the 'Me-First' song whenever any of us were being selfish. She took strange delight in singing that one very loudly. But she always made her point. Camp Kookawacka Woods had some classic songs on it that still come to mind when I eat something that looks a little fishy in the Dining Common.

On Patch the Pirate Afraidika Fever they have a certain song called 'Readers are Leaders' . . .

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I'm standing beside Megan Hamilton listening to someone talk about the importance of reading and I start singing under my breath

Readers are leaders
They really are succeeders
Succeeders, yes, indeeders for the Lord

Megan leaned her head in my direction and chuckled. Then it hit me and I wanted to slap my forehead. I was singing a Patch the Pirate song . . . to his daughter.

I'm a dork.

m(r)