Red-Handed Jill

Work is for them that don't know how ta plunder.

Or buy a hat blank and make your own tricorn - give it your own style.

Wow - that's great news, Siren!

^ Pepsi on its own, Coke if it's mixed with rum < I have a turtle with attitude named Vicious V Best vacation EVER?

Years ago, a very respected co-worker died. Her husband - who no one really thought much of - was back at the Ren Faire a month after her death, swaggering around. And I do mean swaggering; he moved very deliberately, occasionally striking a pose, letting everyone see him and his giant cigar. Needless to say, his standing with people who knew Kim fell even further. It just underscored what we already knew: that he had no real love or even regard for his deceased wife, who had supported him while he did nothing. The point of this is that it's very gratifying to see someone who isn't jumping back into the thick of things before he is ready. The fact that you are feeling this intensely is a good sign for you as a human being and a man, at least in my book. I hope that when you are ready, you know there are several folks who would be glad to see you at a faire or any other event. If you're ever in the Northern California area, let me know and you can hang with the Tales of the Seven Seas pirate group. As some folks here will testify, it's a pretty decent group to play pirate with.

^ Sean Connery, of course! < Favorite weapons combo is boarding axe and long knife - so versatile! V Captain, quartermaster, cook or swabby?

I'd read about those fights before. They could go on for HOURS (stamina being the pervue of women) and it was pretty much no-holds-barred. Cudgels, swords, bare fists, whatever. Apparently, they were paid only by the money that was thrown into the ring, so the longer and more entertaining they made it, the better they were paid. Made men's fisticuffs pretty damn tame by comparison!

^ Muppets Treasure Island Okay - Treasure Island (the one with Robert Newton) < Will hopefully be firing cannons during a battle sail this weekend V Were you a geek when you were a kid?

Ah - the Myers-Briggs test. I already know that I'm an INTJ - the smallest group, consisting of only 1% of the population (we're so special...)

Okay: "I said choke yourself! Now lean forward and choke yourself!"

Is that from "So I married an Axe Murderer"?

^ = Blackbeard's Wake, our annual pirate get-together is this weekend! I'm getting ready for it right now. < = I am a beer snob. V = Weapon of choice: do you prefer things that go boom or things with sharp edges?

Word of mouth. Folks in Tales of the Seven Seas were posting here and told Iron Jack about it and after a couple of months looking over his shoulder I joined up.

Reminds me of Jamaica - I'd be walking somewhere and would suddenly find myself walking through a cloud of smoke that smelled , well, hempish. Worst experience I ever had was when friends of my boyfriend at the time put heroin in my wine as a gag. Maybe it's my weird chemistry or something but that had to be the worst night of my life. It was horrible.

^ Has a great collection of smileys

Typically, the folks who propagate these sort of things feel powerless in their own lives, are usually teenage and 20-something boys, have poor social skills and this is how they make themselves feel better. It never occurs to them to do something positive about their own lives; their way of dealing with their inadequacies is to make as many other people feel miserable as possible.

That is just too damn good - I'm still laughing!

Your past life diagnosis: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation.You were born somewhere in the territory of modern Yugoslavia around the year 1650. Your profession was that of a warrior, hunter, fisherman or executor of sacrifices. Warrior? Yep. Although that executor thing sounds interesting... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your brief psychological profile in your past life: You were a sane, practical person, a materialist with no spiritual consciousness. Your simple wisdom helped the weaker and the poor. I dunno about sane, but I am of a very pragmatic bent. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation: Your lesson is to conquer jealousy and anger in yourself and then in those who will select you as their guide. You should understand that these weaknesses are caused by fear and self-regret. Hmmm... Anger? Yep. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you remember now? Yes... It's starting to becomo more clear...

My computer still had some fallout even after a scan and clean, so I had to reformat as well. I do those periodically anyway. It also inspired me to buy a second hard drive for my laptop. If anything like this happens, I can just take out the infected drive, slap in the other one, copy my data from my backup and I'm ready to go. I can clean the infected drive at my leisure. And I completely agree with Christine about those cowards. In an ideal world, the law would make an example of any that were caught (i.e. punish them SEVERELY) so that any lurking about might have second thoughts.

I'm an Animist (courtesy of my grandpa; the rest of the family was Catholic. I used to get into some great arguments with the local priest...) The credo is similar to yours, Phil. Along those lines, the science fiction author Spider Robinson came up with a great saying: "There are no passengers on Starship Earth - we are all crew members."

Great threads, mate! Tell Janelle she does terrific work!!

Really? This weekend?? Wow - congratulations! Jack and I were both into the Ars Piratical before we knew each other, so it was a happy coincidence for us. I introduced him to swordplay though, and he's now hooked.

Just what I was about to say! :) It's human nature to need someone else to be in charge - that's why organized religion is so popular. Those of us who want to be masters of our own destiny eschew that sort of stuff.

^ is the same height as me (and has the same good taste in french fry accoutrements.)

5'3" isn't really short. Did you know that the world (and consequently the U.S.) average for women is 5'3"? For men it is 5'9". So Rumba, you are exactly average height for a woman and Christine, you are close enough to that. I'm 5'4", just like you Siren. Woo hoo - an inch over the average!!