Arrr! They're after me booty!

What's drunk, wears chiffon, and sports eyeliner? NO, it's not the new dancing queen at the local club, it's a PIRATE! It seems like there are pirates abound these days, especially since the ever-dreamy Johnny Depp swaggered onto the screen as Cap'n Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. Avast, he joins the ranks of me fav'rite DVDs!

"BUT NATE, how can I bring the glamor and excitement of a pirate's life into my own sorry existence?" With a quick lesson from those clever lads at BlairMag, that's how! Check out their take on the dandies of the high seas in their cross-cultural survey: "FlashBucklers"!

Not enough? Still a bit rusty with your scabbard and scrimshaw? Then take the full course, at talklikeapirate.com.

At the very least, you should reacquaint yourself with Cap'n Crunch in Cyberspace!

...a curse on ye who click on Johnny!...