Sorry friends. I know it’s been a slow few days, but life-life has required too much of my attention to properly keep things in order here. There will be a return to normal next week.
Posts Tagged ‘Northern California Pirate Festival’
Mersey Pirate Muster 2010
Posted on June 30th, 2010
This is a good year for England – USA rivalry. There was that whole World Cup thing or whatever you call it (I’m kidding, I like soccer/football) and, even more importantly, there was the battle for the Guinness world record for Largest Pirate Gathering. The title is currently in US hands, but England looks like it’s going to be making a push for it very soon.
And, while the rest of the world may be more interested in the World Cup, allow me to point out that while both have heaving bosoms and rowdy, intoxicated men. I can pretty much assure you there will be lest hostility at a pirate gathering and NO FUCKING VUVUZELAS!!!
Where was I?
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Monday Catch-up: Rum runners, Stranger Tides plots, the fight for Captain Morgan…
Posted on June 21st, 2010
Monday again. Yayyyyy. Let’s see what interested me…
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are battling for Captain Morgan. The Virgin Islands “promised nearly $3 billion in tax subsidies to the owner of Captain Morgan if it moves the rum-making operation to St. Croix” and on top of that, apparently this is also a race issue. Via The Washington Post
The Northern California Pirate Festival was over the weekend. They estimated 40,000 attendees, a good number of whom attempted to set the world record for the largest gathering of pirates. Via SFGate
Disney put out a press release for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. No more guessing about plots and whatnot. And the best news, Gibbs is back! WOOHOO! Via Live For Films
There’s a Pirates of the Burning Sea expansion coming out in August. For those of you who know this game ever existed, I was also totally thinking “Wow, that shit’s still alive?”. For those who never heard of it, it’s a Pirate themed MMORPG that went live when it should have stayed waaaaay beta. Maybe I’ll have to give it another shot. Via MMO Reviews
Under The Black Flag put out two articles on historical locations that played major roles in the Golden Age of Piracy. One article is about Nassau and the other is about the Bahamas. Both are interesting reads. Via Under The Black Flag here and here
The former USS Dexter was scuttled in Lake Michigan on Friday. The USS Dexter was that ship that sank the Canadian rum-runner I’m Alone back in 1929. Via The Vancouver Sun
The awesome photo in this post is by shapeshift.
