Going on the Account: Part the One Hundred Sixty Seventh

Part the One Hundred Sixty Seventh is now up, and may be read here.

Going on the Account: Privateers Beyond Booty

I came across a review for the documentary AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD that read like an effort to rush Talk-Like a Pirate Day:  “Avast, Eco-Pirates, Here Be Whalers.”
So of course, the question is, why roll out the Long John Silver Speak?  This becomes obvious as you read Sea Shepherd’s introductory info page.  The [...]

Going on the Account: Raising and Lowering Their Anchors

Word today from VARIETY is that Steven Spielberg will be adapting Michael Crichton’s PIRATE LATITUDES for the screen. 
 
How excited you may be over this probably depends on how well you received HOOKwhen it was released.  Based on that, Speilberg certainly proved he’s capable of rigging a ship well for the camera.  Of course, the director [...]

Going on the Account: Part the One Hundred Sixty Sixth

Part the One Hundred Sixty Sixth is now up, and may be read here.

Going on the Account: Set Sail for Farmingville!

Got this press release from Ye Pirate Brotherhood, concerning their next event:
 
**************************************************************
Long Island’s Own “Ye Pyrate Brotherhood” announces the 2nd Annual Long Island Pirate Festival.
 To be held on sept 19th –20th, 2009 at Bald Hill in Farmingville , NY.  We are benefiting Mather Memorial Hospital’s Lymhedema Clinic, JDRF and parking fees are going to CFF. [...]

Going on the Account: Ventures Big and Small, and the Differences Thereby

 
As I mentioned earlier, part of my summer offline involved going to see two different pirate exhibitions, the Real Pirates show currently at the Field Museum in Chicago, and Pirates, Privateers and Freebooters at the Pointe-à-Callière in Montreal.  When I went to both shows, I expected to get a better feel for what I was [...]

Going on the Account: Part the One Hundred Sixty Fifth

Part the One Hundred Sixty Fifth is up early this morning (getting back to things as quickly as possible) and may be read here.

Going on the Account: Random Entries from the Log

aka How I Spent My Summer Vacation, in no real order:

The lure of the sea was never quite as strong as the need to go online; next time I hit the road, I either go someplace where being wired is out of the question, like Antarctica, or bring my own gear to stay tethered to [...]

Going on the Account: Careening

Just a reminder that I’m going to be putting the site on hiatus for two weeks beginning tomorrow and picking things up again on the 24th.  During that time, I’m not going to be in a position to moderate posts, respond to queries or (hardest of all to do away with) posting new parts to [...]

Going on the Account: Answers Ashore?

News from Nairobi concerns a statement from Secretary of State Clinton pledging America’s support for Somalia’s interum government.  The stated reason for doing this is to prevent Somalia from becoming a terrorist haven, a la Afghanistan.
The unstated reason is, of course, to stop Somalia from being a pirate haven, a la Tortuga.
The one sure way to keep the shipping lanes [...]

Going on the Account: What Course We Be Heading On, Now?

This got posted today at io9 by Charlie Jane Anders, about new plotlines for science fiction stories to replace the ones we currently have.  Of particular relevance was the following portion of the piece (attributed here with more care and credit than sister site Gawker gave the Washington Post, he typed with a smile…):
Statelessness.The collapse [...]

Going on the Account: Part the One Hundred Sixty Third

Part the One Hundred Sixty Third is now up, and may be read here.