http://piratesforsail.com/blog Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:04:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bilge rats, scallywags, harlots...lend me your eyes! Or, as in the case of Mike, your eye. ...Do you like my new sophisticated writing? Teach was kind enough to give me some lessons in something called literacy, so at least now I can pretend to be a scholar every so often! You ... http://piratesforsail.com/blog/2010/03/02/ninjas-vs-pirates-and-pirates-vs-earthquakes/ Over the years where I've worn the attire of  a pirate to make it easier for otherwise committed wenches to fall down at m'feet, I have often found myself mistaken for a certain other pirate celebrity.  That man shall for now remain nameless, but rest assured there is about as ... http://piratesforsail.com/blog/2010/02/26/accept-no-substitutes/ I just received word from CD Baby. The money they raised for Haiti relief amounts to... $23,498. Not a bad haul for a bunch of landlubbers. Thanks to you lot for buying our CDs and helping 'em out. http://piratesforsail.com/blog/2010/02/24/the-tally-is-in/ About ready t'go have a small "talk" (only with less talkin' 'n more fisticuffs) with a certain corset-maker from the not-so-good ship E-Bay that I commissioned some months back who has yet to deliver... I do believe that grants me one courtesy shot. On the bright side, if all goes well ... http://piratesforsail.com/blog/2010/02/18/of-merchants-and-thieves/ So I walked into a small room, buried in the catacombs of the vastness that is the New Carrollton Federal Building.  It is in this place that I pass as pirate-at-large among the unsuspecting masses of my day-to-day employer.  Well, not in that room specifically, that room was a special ... http://piratesforsail.com/blog/2010/02/17/pirates-vs-vampires/ Pirate blogger and podcaster extraordinaire Bilgemunky gave us his stamp of approval last week. It seems that a listener wanted to hear "Mingulay Boat Song," so ol' Bilge picked our rendition to fulfill the request! If you'd like some proof, here's the setlist. Download the MP3 of the podcast here. ... http://piratesforsail.com/blog/2010/02/07/bilgemunky-likes-pirates-for-sail/ So this weekend past I accomplished two most noble life goals.  Goal one came in the form of taking the especially bonny, especially glorious, especially lascivious web-wench home from the Tavern.  Did I give her a ride?  Count on it.  Did she thank me after, and extend the invitation to ... http://piratesforsail.com/blog/2010/02/02/past-accomplishments-present-madness-and-up-and-coming-lunacy/ ...Otherwise known as "Flint Goes to Ohio Fer Some Reason". T'was probably a bout of madness that caused it, but I braved the cold and gray to walk among thousands of strangely dressed people fer three days, though to my surprise I found several of my pirate brethren in attendance at ... http://piratesforsail.com/blog/2010/02/01/a-surprisingly-pleasant-landlocked-weekend/ Be it known far and wide that even in this time of great tragedy in the world, the Fiddler is still king. The evidence for this began with the first exploits of one Bryan McCrae, born a little over a quarter-century ago in the Mecca of the whiskey world that is ... http://piratesforsail.com/blog/2010/01/29/the-chronicles-of-the-fiddler/ I'm turning this post over to the good folks at CD Baby, who do such a stand-up job selling our music online: The earthquake and its aftermath in Haiti have touched all of our lives. Many in the CD Baby family have already contributed as individuals, but we wanted to do ... http://piratesforsail.com/blog/2010/01/27/help-haiti-by-buying-our-cds/