1. As much as I'd love to agree with you, I really hate romanticized notion of piracy. Yes, Johnny Depp (as Jack Sparrow) is hawt, but until you've read Marcus Rediker, know who William Fly is, and understand the dialectic of the Golden Age of piracy you really shouldn't go around proclaiming the almighty awesomeness being a pirate.

They usually end up living less than two years. =/

APUSH has poisoned my brain.