With all the news sites and blogs that I track and all the crazy stuff happening in the world, it’s rare that I come across something that catches me completely off guard. I did a full-on double-take when I read this, though:
Pirates armed with grenade launchers and machine guns tried to hijack a luxury cruise liner off the east African coast Saturday, but the ship outran them, officials said.
Read the full details of their escape at the Washington Post here.
I wonder if they had a parrot.
