Iron Bess

And to be honest... I have DONE a few of these! Live large mates! (ahem) 1.At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down. 2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise your voice! 3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, ask if they wwant fries with that. 4. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks . Once everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso. 5. In the Memo Field Of All Your Checks, write ' For Marijuana. 6. Skip down the hall Rather Than Walk and see how many looks you get. 7. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face. 8. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is 'To Go'. 9. Sing Along At The Opera. 10. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend their party because you have a headache. 11. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream ' I Won! I Won!' 12. When Leaving the Zoo, Start Running towards the Parking lot, Yelling.... 'Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!' 13. Tell Your Children Over Dinner, 'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.' And The Final Way for you lads to keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity 14. PICK UP A BOX OF CONDOMS AT THE PHARMACY, GO TO THE COUNTER AND ASK WHERE THE FITTING ROOM IS.

Handsome indeed!! Well met young laddy and we all look forward to have'n ye crew with us! (Now tell me... crew mate to crew mate... is yer Aunt really as silly as she seems?) Now, sign the Articals and be after come'n here to the Pub fer a chat, for a visit, to tell or hear tales and all the other general nonsense when ye be feel'n a mite tired or bored. Nothing will perk ye up more then see'n what goes on in THIS port and we need all the fine, promising lads we can get. Welcome mate, welcome!

We'll keep him in our weekly healing circle... Send me his picture if you can love, there is nothing that is hopeless.

Have we all expired and gone to Glory?? Watch it here: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/food_coach&id=7096731 READ it here! By Lori Corbin LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Bacon. You can almost smell it. And while we know it's a great breakfast food, using it in dessert is the latest L.A. trend. "My mom's favorite sandwich was peanut butter and bacon and so I'm the type of person who dips bacon in everything," said Brooke Mosley, chef of Viceroy Hotel's Whist restaurant. Five different chefs at five different restaurants all have the same thought on pigging out. "Bacon adds a little smoky savory to your desserts you know and I think smoky and sweet blends really nicely with a little salt," said Debbie Lee of GyEnari. Lee developed a spicy chocolate creme brulee with bacon shortbread, while Mosley created the Elvis cupcake. "It's a banana cupcake; it's filled with banana curd, peanut butter frosting, and I made the peanut butter myself, and candy bacon sprinkles," described Mosley. "Peanut butter and bacon, that is fun and playful, it made me feel like a kid again," said Stacey Quackenbush, a taster. Downtown at the Nickel Diner, chef Sharlena Fong makes glazed donuts rolled in bacon for the morning coffee crowd and on weekends they give away the donut holes for free. Over at Animal on Fairfax, chef and owner Jon Shook explains their signature bacon chocolate crunch bar with layers of hazelnut, dark chocolate, peanut ganache, chocolate mousse and a torched top layer of bacon. While Sona's Ramon Perez created caramelized white chocolate with a coffee sheet, bacon powder, bacon vinaigrette and a coffee soil topped with foie gras ice cream. Who knew bacon could be so sophisticated? Apparently, this trend started back in 2005 when a gastronomist from the U.K. whipped up some bacon and egg ice cream. Now, chefs and confectioners alike think it is a positive point to put pork in pastry. "It's about blending different textures, different flavors and having everything melt together, sort of work in harmony," said Lee. The trend is an apparent hit with diners. "You think in theory, it doesn't sound good, but in practice when you know you like all these different ingredients and then you put them all together, it's just, you know, a gastronomic delight," said diner Irving Simons. Where to find bacon desserts: Sona Restaurant 401 North La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90048 (310) 659-7708 Caramelized white chocolate coffee bacon dessert, $12 for two Nickel Diner 524 S. Main St. Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 623-8301 Glazed donut rolled in crispy bacon, $2.25 Donut holes free on weekend mornings Gyenari Korean BBQ and Lounge 9540 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 902323 (310) 838-3131 Spicy Chocolate creme brulee, house-made bacon shortbread, $9 Animal Restaurant 435 N. Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90048 (323) 782-9225 Bacon chocolate crunch bar, $7 Viceroy Santa Monica 1819 Ocean Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90401 (310) 260-7500 The Elvis cupcake, $8 (Copyright ©2009 KABC-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)

Oh good Lord... http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/Gunpowder-Lesson--67204347.html

Gird yer loins mate.... It be the number of posts.

...on hold. Hopefully this will be a short wait but there are circumstances that must be fathomed before the project moves forward. Keep a weather eye out mates. May the squall pass on it’s way in jig time! (I think it will….)

A bit belated but just as sincere!! (Are you awake yet??) Happy Birthday!!

No WONDER so much stuff is going wrong around here!!

I've been told to pop onto Etsy, just not so sure. Loathed eBay mainly for the fees and it's inability to be flexible with those fees and payment of them. Ugh. But, the lot of ye fancy Etsy? ~Lady B I ADORE Etsy! Been buyiong mor and mroe things there. Found my wonderful new pouch there as well form another of our memebrs. Easy and safe to use I have never had a bad experience. And the sellers are as nice as can be. Give it a shot lass! You would do them credit if you sold there.

Happy Birthday Peteeee!!!! Have an *umbrella* drink on me! (In yer tankard of course!)

Ahoy! If you're in the area on October 31 and look'n ta spend All Hallows Eve with Pirate mates, then come one come all the the JOLLY RODGER PUB in Dana Point! Sit ye down with an Ocean View and enjoy a haunted evening with yer fellow, musical Pirates! Put on yer gladdest Pirate rags and come to the party! Pirates of the Black Swan will entertain and the evening will be awash in fun, GREAT food and the lure of Tricks and Treats! With no cover charge, you can come with a bit o'change or a few doubloons in yer pocket fer a great meal and have a wonderful time. 34661 Golden Lantern St Dana Point, CA 92629-2908 (949) 496-0855 Hope to see you aboard!

Hmmm... I tried that awhile back and got shot down. Better luck to ya!

STYYYYYNKY!! You got a lot of splain'n to do!

NEW BODHRAN STRAP!!! How Piratey is this I ask you? This new strap... To go with this Irish Drum... I think they make a happy pair! These old arms need to save strength fer playing, not toting the thing around!

ROTBDLMAO!!!!! My hands up!! I want one!!1 Oh wait.... Were you talking about me?

How did I miss the Spartan women? Too busy chasing mice I guess.

Well I hear that!

Nothing shameless about a plug... Unless it's that the LINK does not work.

Yes, yes indeed I DO smell a RAT!!

Hmmmmm.... I smell a RAT!!

Here is the one on my card.... Not sure it's any sort of a good thing... but once when I forgot mu Disney ID... I got through the gate by flashing HER card which is the same as mine only green. (No comment about the *B* word thanks!)