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Next weekend, he will be singing to benefit a theatre group I belong to. I may have a chance to ask him directly.

Here's something I wonder about. I often sing with a group that raises money for local charities. We always pay for our sheet music, but we don't consider performace fees. Are we violating fair-use clauses? This is a particularly senstive issue for me since I plan on doing a song at our next fundraiser that was co-written by my congressman.

I have the navy blue version of that shirt. Are ye a Parrothead as well?

Being a man of science, my gastronomical renaissance began when I started watching, "Good Eats," by Alton Brown. I also reccomend buying a copy of "The Joy of Cooking." It can take you from boiling water to haute cuisine. Treat the recipes as a starting point; don't be afraid to substitute and add things that you think will be tastey.

I don't have any recipes, but I know black walnut husks were used for tanning and as a wood stain. It makes a color my wife would call 'espresso.'

Alas, my freezer is stuffed with my wife's organic-soy chicken-flavored patties and the like. I never thought of canning, though. Thanks for the ideas.

I have WAY too many zucchini, crookneck squash and mini-pumpkins. I have made zuke pasta sauce, various squash cassaroles, roasted pumpkins, and gnocchi with spinach and yellow squash sauce. I am running out of ideas. HELP!

Welcome Red Dawn!

I'm a teacher IRL, so I'm used to stupid questions. Fire away!

Rock Hall Pyrates is this weekend. Who all is going?

Capn Antonio Malasses

I'm packing to go right now. Four or five of my crew will be there as well. (I never did get my sword display rack finished, though. I'll lash something together when I get there.)

Hilarious! My only fear is people will start learning Na'avi like they used to learn Klingon.

You say that like theres' something wrong with learning Klingon!

Well, both Na'avi and Klingon would be more useful than Esperanto.

Hilarious! My only fear is people will start learning Na'avi like they used to learn Klingon.

You say that like theres' something wrong with learning Klingon!

Letting the sweat dry off after fencing and sipping a cocktail. I won my saber bouts, but lost in foil. Foil is a lubber weapon, anywho.

Hilarious! My only fear is people will start learning Na'avi like they used to learn Klingon.

Ahoy Capn Malasses,

If yer playin' at Rock Hall, stop by the pirate camp or pirate tavern and chew the fat for a while. Then ye can ask as many questions as we can stands to hear.

Lookin' forward to seein' ye

I took my first fencing lessons at the local community college. The professor teaching the class may be able to hook you up with local clubs, even if you don't take the course. I also googled this: San Diego Fencing. If you shop on-line, you can get basic equipment for around $150.

Without a doubt, it was Errol Flynn. Growing up in the early days of TV, old movies were used to fill up air time. My masculine role models were Errol Flyn and Cary Grant. (Forget John Wane and his sissy walk.) If I have half the bavado of Errol and a quarter of Cary's suave, yo soy muy macho.

The thought has crossed my mind, though I don't out much stock in it.

For me, it's as close as I can get to time-travel. The eighteenth century is a time period that has always resonated with me. During the day, I enjoy interacting with the public, especially kids. At night, I enjoy siting around the fire with old and new freinds. I also enjoy a good sword fight.

I also love the sea and had the dream as a kid to sail with Jaques Cousteau on the Calypso. That led me to study science, and that's been my bread and butter most of my life. If you want to go to sea, join the merchant marine, or a fishing fleet, or become one of those guys that sails boats for people from one place to another. Modern piracy is not a good job choice-- Modern weapons in the hands of the coast guard or navy would ensure you'd have a very short career.

It be common courtesy, but pitch in and help the organizers when you see they need a hand. And keep a weather eye out for anything that they need to be aware of to make the event sail smooth.

Gunpowder Gertie be right. I was in need of joining a pirate crew a couple of years ago, and when I discovered there were none to be had in the Hudson Valley, I started my own crew, "If you build it, they will come."

sorry fellas never been to texas but they cant possibly have anything on our skeeters here in tidewater been "buggin" our ancestors since columbus...the f-22s at langley afb have to have an armed escort till they get movin...

I must agree. After going barefoot in the area for a weekend, my ankles looked like they belonged to a plague victem. I still bear the scars after a year in frozen northern waters. I'm surprised I don't have encephalitis.

Bien venu! Ma Francais est mauvais, mais je suis un Francophile. Encore, bien venu!

A Tremont Patriot Pale Ale. I should save some for the season premier of "Deadliest Warrior," tonight, but I don't think it will last.

The caot associated with pirates is the justacorps. A great site for the details of pirate clothing is Gentlemen of Fortune