Your friends are hung, others are run through and some are marooned. Now what? Is it all loss and despair? Not for a Pirate. Pirates really don't need all that "oh life is hard" and "poor me all is lost" because everyday that is way life is, why did you think we became pirates? If all wasn't lost and life was so good one would not need to be a pirate. .. well maybe not.

Pirate party, what a night, bon-fire, sword fights, cooked meat, wild stories, more sword fights, drinking, more food, wild times and no sleep. Life is good till you need sleep the next day!!

Some days swabbing the deck, trimming the main sail, loading the cannons, plundering towns, sinking ships, and all that other pirate work is just fun. Even though it is work, and hard work, sometimes it's just plain fun being a pirate.

Today a young wench from a local tavern needed my help. Why come to me? I am just a pirate. This poor wench was put in charge of a treasure map. Everyone else at the tavern saw the map and went looking for the treasure. However, no one besides her knew what island the map was of. And without a bearing of where to start from they could not get to the treasure. Now being the nice pirate I am, and wanting some of the loot, I offered some ideas and suggestions. Knowing that she was the only who knew where to start from, I gave her tips on a crew, a good captain, some hardy mates and how to read a good map.

Hopefully, when she finds the treasure, she will share the loot with me, being the good, helpful pirate that I am. Or maybe I'll just take it all myself.

We need to talk

Today, they say is the day to " talk like a pirate" . Is there another way to talk? Why would they need a day to talk like a pirate? (There are even web pages to help those who feel that they don't know how to talk like a pirates.) ...... So are there days for pirates to talk like idiots? I like being a pirate everyday, therefore I don't need an excuse to talk any different then I do everyday.

Can one have too much loot? You rob some here, steal some there, raid a little, plunder and then what ? You have too much loot? As a pirate the best loot is the stories you can tell of how you got what you have, even if whats left is just junk to everyone else. The story behind each piece of junk are the treasures for life. And if your a pirate who is going to tell to clean up your stuff anyway?

"Swing on - Swing all" If you are going to join the Pirate union "local 777" then you'll be hanging with us too !

Friends who are pirates, pirate friends, does this work? I think pirates make great friends. What is a friend , one that likes you no matter who you are, like a pirate, is there for you in a tough fight, like a pirate, accepts your quirky habits , like a pirate. Hey we should find more pirate friends and maybe the world would be a better place. Well at lest for pirates.

One must do what they have to do. As a pirate no one ever questions this and "The code", you have heard is more or less a guideline. No one really ever questions why a pirate does stuff, for if they do it is more then likely the last question they ask.

The day was a mess. Must get ready for a guest. The deck was swabbed, the mainsail was cleaned, boots and swords were polished. The crew had to be on their best behavior. We even flogged a few for not having their boots polished. (They did not own boots .. we just needed to make an example of how committed we were to impressing our guest). Cannons were all loaded for an eighteen gun salute (only have 18 cannons). Then the word came that our guest was going to be a no-show. (Something about a mermaid and her two large....) Well, it was a no-show.

Why all the effort to impress a guest? We are pirates. If someone wants to visit us and share a jug or two they can just stop by . If we are ready or not it does not matter. Is not the life of a pirate all about just doing nothing you don't want to anyway?

Are there better days to Pirate ? Does 9-9-09 bring good luck and lots of gold? Did 7-7-07 ? I would have to check the ships log to see. Lucky days happen when you are ready for them. Every day is lucky when you are a Pirate!

I've been raided

Nothing is the same once your ship has been raided. You might have won the fight and killed the enemy, but things are just not right around the cabin. Little things are out of place and replacing the stuff is harder than you thought. Then you find out more stuff is not right. So even though you thought you got enough gold to pay for the damages, you still need to come up with some more. It is just too bad you killed the the enemy or you could make them pay .