William F. Buckley may have seemed like a stodgy, erudite old professor, but dude had mad parenting skilz, at least when it came to making up elaborate activities that were clearly cherished forever.

The Geekdad blog over at Wired passes on a tale from Buckley's son, Christopher, who said the old man one day filled an old chest with silver dollars and jewelry, sailed across the Long Island sound and buried it on Eaton's Neck. The next day, the conservative writer gave his son compass coordinates and they spent the day digging up "half of Eaton's Neck" in search of the treasure. Awesome. Just freaking awesome.

Sure, it takes a lot of work and sure, it sounds time-consuming as all get out. But I am champing at the bit for my daughter to age just a little bit more before I pull the activity out of the hat. Buried pirate treasure -- what kid wouldn't love that?