iPirate

I'm in, working on my bio right now

hehe... I've been working security for years and I saw an ad in the Washington Post about the museum having a job fair. I went down and applied and they hired me ^^ It is, bar none, the coolest job I have ever had. Doesn't pay much but lots of fun.

Arrr! I'd love to, Mate, but it depends on my work schedule. I'm working 7 days a week now to keep the mortgage hounds at bay. At least my weekend job is almost as fun as being a pirate P-} I work at the International Spy Museum in D.C.

(chuckle) Oh Piffle.... That's not being amazing, that is just being CELT! the Lass speaks truth and thank'ee for the lyrics, Love P-}

I'm looking for a crew that opperates out of Northern Virginia (Alexandria, Arlington). My options for travel are currently limited so I'm trying to find something close to home. Failing that... I'm wondering if there's any crewes that opperate strictly online? I suppose the Pub could considered such a crew but I wonder if there are others?

I see a lot of people here using fonts in their signatures that I just don't seem to have access to. It's deffinately text, (not a picture), but when I edit my sig, those fonts just are not in my list. any ideas?

I know rapiers were a bit long for using on a ship, I gather they'd easily get tangled in the lines and rigging. But... I happen to love my rapier and how it moves in my hand. Is a rapier an unreasonable weapon for a pirate to carry?

*throws down some copper for the drinks* Drink up, me hearties, yo ho!

I recently downloaded Skip Henderson's song "Billy Bones" from iTunes and I'm trying to find the lyrics. I've done searches on google and so forth and turned up nothing. Skip's myspace page has no lyrics and his personal homepage appears to be down. Spiral Six had tribute page with the lyrics but it mysteriously vanished before I could copy them down. so... does anyone have the lyrics to Billy Bones?

from the "Yar" playlist on my ipod... Coronach - Jethro Tull If I was a Blackbird - Silly Wizard Saucy Sailor - Steeleye Span Thousands are Sailing - The Pogues Turkish Song of the Damned - The Pogues Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills & Nash Hoist the Colours - PoTC Jolly Roger - Adam & The Ants Billy Bones - Skip Henderson

Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a.... awww. you know the rest... Hello everybloody. Just introducing myself. I'm iPirate or otherwise known as Pat. I'm 43, happily married to Asian girl 13 years younger than myself. P-} yes, i'm a very lucky pirate indeed. Ok, a little history about myself. I grew up in a very catholic household and went to an all boys catholic high school in D.C. (Gonzaga). One good thing about that is that my teachers were all great thinkers and they taught me how to think for myself. boy did that screw me up... I thought for myself alright... just thought in completely the wrong direction. by the time I hit college I was pretty much stark raving mad. I turned Punk and Pagan, started partaking of illicit substances and fornicating with any wench that would have me. Now, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with anyone who lives that kind of life or makes those kind of choices. In fact, I'd say I was still a pretty good guy during that time. I always helped out other people when I could and I never did "mean" things to anyone. And I learned a lot of things I would have never have learned otherwise. I'd say that phase of my life lasted about 15 years or so. I had moved to Richmond, Va, which according to Dr. Timothy Leary, is one of the "weirdest" places on earth. After almost getting killed there a couple of times, I packed up my belongings went home to Northern Virginia. I guess that's about the time I started calming down and trying to do better things with my life. My Pagan Gods had stopped talking to me, or maybe they never had... I don't know anymore and it's irrelevant now. I searched for a new direction. I met Sunny at a Cafe where she was working. Long story - short. We fell in love and got married. Changed my whole life. Now... I had never really given a fig about pirates or ships or sailing or any of that before then. I mean, pirates where cool, yah, but I wasn't like... into them. I was more of a fantasy buff at the time. Lord of the Rings, Dungeons and Dragons, all that kind of stuff. I had been a member of the SCA for many years and I fooled around with boffer LARP groups like Darkon and Amtgard. Most of those things I left behind when I got married. I still had interest, sure, but my wife didn't really like me running around and bashing people with fake swords and getting bashed. So, on our Honeymoon, we took a cruise to the Bahamas. As we pulled out, I stood very close to the bow. The first time I felt the bow dip... and then rise again... something happened those of you who have felt it know what I'm talking about it did something to me Instantly, I was madly in love with the ocean and with sailing upon it. And visiting Nassau, the very haven for piracy in the 17th Century, just sparked things inside me. Maybe it's corny... maybe you might think me a pouser... but the final shove that turned me into a "Pirate" was the first "Pirates fo the Caribbean" movie. It just kind of brought it all together and gave form to this nameless passion I had inside me. Six years later, that passion has only grown... it's pretty much an obsession now. Everything to do with tall ships, the Age of Sail, or pirates gets my attention. So that's a little brief bit about me. Nice to meet you all.

My brother gave me a nice flask at the rehersal dinner for his wedding. He lost his wife but I still have the flask P-} I keep "Irish Pirate" in it. It's a mix, equal parts Irish Mist and Capt. Morgan