William Brand

Actually, no specific question comes to mind, but to leave the Kate while Laab is being served of all things...blasphemous.

Speaking of Lime, today's special is Laab...

Some of you may already be familiar with the Mercury and its crew at the Pirates in Paradise Festival at Key West. We work and teach as a re-enactment crew at the festival. I am now proud to offer the Draughts of the Brig Sloop Mercury for sale. The Draughts are printed in dark brown ink on a pale parchment measuring 20 x 28 inches. The plans include a profile of the frigate and rigging as well as the individual decks and small boats. Copies of the draughts are being sold in pairs. One for framing. One for folding. Each purchase includes two copies for $25.00 within the U.S. This price reflects priority shipping and handling. International customers may purchase the Draughts of the Brig Sloop Mercury by paypal using my wife's account. The cost for overseas shipping is much higher, but after shopping around and averaging the cost to various countries such as Denmark, Germany and Russia I have decided to set the overall cost at $35.00. See payment option below. Details of the Mercury: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24635634@N04/2363612985/ Please make checks payable to: William Pace 143 South 400 West Logan, Utah 84321 Paypal customers add $3.00 and send me a PM with a name and address for shipping. Please send me a private message for Paypal instructions.

The Lime Chip Trio. I'm still wearing black.

You specifically mentioned wanting to play a spice merchant. Playing this part would allow you several options. 1 - You could be a "fixed merchant" with a permanent shop and re-enact within the fort itself alongside vendors from Port Royal and elsewhere. 2 - You could play a merchant from the ambiguous, imagined location we often refer to as "the town" which is an imagined place that is associated with the fort. There are many re-enactors who refer to themselves as "townspeople", though we don't have a full town per se. 3 - You could also play a merchant traveling in the company of the Mercury pirates (as you are listed in the Roll Call), looking to sell your goods abroad at the fort or the "town". The advantage you have of living in Florida proper gives you an opportunity to create a significant number of extra props. You could collect spice boxes or casks labeled with appropriate trade spices of the day. You might also want to look into trade documents and certificates of sale to carry with you as part of your kit. You might carry scales and instruments for weighing and measuring goods. You could also have an assortment of spices memorized and information of them from the period to explain to others. Spice was controlled politically and religiously for many centuries, so there's a lot of great history on the subject.

The loss of a pet is a kind of little death, leaving in its wake a small hole, poignant and focused. When we lost Amenhotep we actually lost two cats, for his brother would not come into the house ever after. My condolences on your loss.

Eating Chocolate Malted Crunch Ice Cream and chatting online.

And would you like a flintlock version of the Walther PPK to complete the ensemble...?

Are you drinking water because you have to?

Amanjiria has recently gone to great lengths to put together a great DVD of the Pirates in Paradise festival. Hours of filming and editing were contributed to make a fantastic record from last year and a promotion for this year and years to come. I approached a friend with a celtic band who agreed to let us use music from three different albums for tracks on the DVD. He was more than happy to let us use them, believing that other members of the band and former members would not mind us using them for this purpose. However...we've run aground. Some of the band members have decided that they do not want us to use the tracks, or in some cases, argued how we should give credit and it has turned into a greater mess than we ever expected. So...to make a long story short, we are forced to use new music and re-edit portions of the DVD. The packaging is all finished and the filming and editing is all complete, but we have to re-edit for new music and we are requesting music from the masses here on the pub. We are specifically looking for as much acoustic instrumental music as we can find. Music with vocals would be appreciated as well, but we need more instrumentals if we can get them. If we use your original recordings, we will credit to you and your bands for the music in the credits on the DVD. The DVD is very important as a promotional tool and a keepsake for all of the hard working pirates at PIP, so please help us complete this great project. I know we have a lot of talented people here on the Pub and we would love to showcase your work on this project. Feel free to ask questions here or contact us privately.

Captain Red Head? Where am I going to find lime chips at this hour? I best don my best highwayman attire and go asearching.

Actually you can. Wade Olsen won the Baconeater challenge at the sixth annual Baconfest and vomitted it all up again later that night. Steev had nitrate farts for three days after the competition. I believe even great things should be delved out in portions equal to our capacity to bear them. More wine?

Speaking of cooking, tonight's special is bacon wrapped pork chops, because nothing compliments pig like more pig.

You speak of them as separate agendas, but in truth, I do realize that a daily visit to the Kate makes for a very short, but content life.

A bit of butter...no. We serve the butter around here on plates in large slabs, so we can provide butter by the plate full.

Aye. Bread we have and in great numbers.

He's been drinking. We were never friends. I joke of course...though I was labeled a pirate by powers great and small long before we ever met, and to be perfectly honest, the title is as real now as it once was honorary.

August 4, 1704 - At the Lucy William muttered some comparison about sweeps versus oars and smiled to hear the bells. He took the opportunity to fetch out Stoneburrows pocket watch then and test it against the time kept on the Lucy and Watch Dog, nodding his approval. Echos of the time were sounded by ships all over the bay, with no answering bells ashore. William noted that Jim Warren had purchased a handsome timepiece himself, a benefit of his recent shares and an affectation of his recent promotion. William smiled to see it, though he frowned a bit as well, for he had intended to buy Jim a watch before setting sail, and would now have to find another gift befitting his rise aboard the 'Dog.

We have soy sauce aplenty. I recommend Thai salty eggs on an English muffin. East meets West.

Only because you've been drinking again. You, my friend, need another drink.

I was tired.

I remember chocolate and some drinking.

August 4, 1704 - at the Lucy "Sweeps..." William said smiling, his eyes on the bay. "That would be a sight indeed. I haven't manned the sweeps in...well..." he laughed then and would not say how long it had been.

August 4, 1704 - At the Lucy William and Jim Warren went over to the Lucy as the call went up for all hands of the cutter to gather at the bow. Jim made a point of congratulating Preston on his promotion as did Preston to Jim. William made a point of naming his alterations to the frigate's muster, so that Dorian would be aware of them in the days and weeks ahead. He also passed a bag of coin to Dorian which represented the last split shares that would serve to buy stores both here and at Trinidad. He also proffered a bottle of fine French spirits for the occasion. "To prizes sold and prizes retained." William remarked as his eyes fell over the Lucy in the early light.

Today's special is a grilled chees sandwich with bacon...ohhhhyes.