PirateQueen

The quote in its entirety is: "In an honest Service, says he, there is thin Commons, low Wages and hard Labour; in this, Plenty and Satiety, Pleasure and Ease, Liberty and Power; and who would not ballance Creditor on this Side, when all the Hazard that is run for it, at worst, is only a sower Look or two at Choaking. No, a merry Life and a short one, shall be my Motto." It's from the 1734 edition of : A General and True History of the Lives and Actions of the most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, &c To which is added, A Genuine Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the most Noted Pirates by Capt. Charles Johnson The quote, attributed to Bart Roberts, can be found on p. 196. Here's an image of that page: P. 196 You'll find the quote in the second column, about 2/3 down the page.

12 out of 12. But I already knew I was a pirate geek.

You're thinking of Jagerhaus on Ball Road at the 57 freeway (less than a mile east of where I work). It's an excellent German restaurant.

The port is Cayonne, on the south coast toward the east end of the island, not far from Basse-Terre, across the channel from Saint-Louis-Du Nord. All that remains of the fort are its masonry foundations, on a hillside above Basse-Terre. The picture you've probably seen is this one: I've not seen any others, on the Internet, at least.

It's got glowing reviews at amazon.com. I'd get it just because Bart Roberts is probably my favorite historical pirate, and there aren't too many books out there about him. If a Pirate I Must Be

Hey, I knew my Antwear would come back into vogue eventually! No, I wouldn't wear it now. I looked cute in it when I was 18, but now that I'm old enough to have an 18-year-old of my own, I couldn't quite carry it off as well. Ah, those halcyon days of Adam Ant, Bow Wow Wow, Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren. I remember them fondly. And speaking of genetic body types, when I was 18, I couldn't get myself to weigh less than 150 and no smaller than a size 12. I was lean and my face looked gaunt (I'm 5'10"). I never understood how those beauty queens could be my height or taller and weigh less than 110 or be size 6.

There are several "corsair carols" in the Pirate Songbook published by No Quarter Given, including one called "A Pirate's Night Before Christmas." Other parodies include "Pirate Ships Are Coming to Town" and "Have a Jolly Roger Christmas." I don't have it handy, so I can't provide any more details than that.

James L. Nelson's books are well worth it. (He also wrote "The Sweet Trade" under the pseudonym Elizabeth Garrett.) For more discussion of pirate fiction novels, check out this thread started last year: Pirate Novels

For anyone who's never heard of it: Pirates of the Plain (1999) Info from IMDb.com. Read the viewer comments. Yes, I agree, Tim Curry makes a great pirate. Loved him in Muppet Treasure Island.

This series of 3 books by Laura Renken isn't bad: My Lord Pirate Night Shadow Heart of the Condor I liked the first two better than the last one, but the last one ties up the loose ends. http://scribesworld.com/renkenmorgan/laurarenken.html Any pirate romance novel by Marsha Canham is fun, but I also particularly recommend Across a Moonlit Sea.

I heard Gail being interviewed on the radio last weekend, forgot to see if anyone else heard it too. You can listen to it here: NPR: Buccaneer Trends and the Truth About Pirates (Gail Selinger, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pirates, offers her insights on what's fact and what goes a bit overboard.)

Apparently, you've never sampled the linguiça my Portugee husband loves. Its spiciness will rival a Spanish chorizo any day.

Nope, they're doing it this year too. The flyers for it are already up on our bulletin boards here at work.

French corsairs were active in the Caribbean in the mid 16th century. Here's an informative web page: The French Corsairs