Ye've reached the very heart of Blackbeard's Castle --- the Great Edifice itself! Here, I'll be a-showin' ye some of the things what have made yours truly the beastly, ferocious, rollickingly lovable ol' salt o' the sea the world has been knowin' and lovin' (and in some cases, loathin'!) fer close to 400 years! Ha-har!
Even so, there is, I has ter admit, a human side to ol' Blackbeard, too. So, if'n there be a few occasions where ye might unexpectedly notice a tear or two tricklin' down me cheek, don't shiver yer timbers. We Pirates 'ave been known t' let our feelin's show. 'Tis happened to even me from time to time!
But anyway, ye watch them planks now, 'cuz the Castle per se still be under construction. Make that reconstruction, if'n ye would. We be plantin' down a few new Piratical links, along with th' old ones, as well, to truly beef up this 'ere humble collection o' homepages, spawn'd as they be from the mind's eye of young Master Washington; and presented to ye 'thout charge, as you Mortals say, by our shipmates at Yahoo!/GeoCities. (Ha-har!)
Now, ye may have noticed that we be missin' a few planks in our ship. That's becuz we're reconstructin' some o' our pages. When we finish off that little task (and hopefully we will!), the Castle here will be havin' the followin' in its corridors:
Afore long, we'll be movin' these 'ere pages to a bigger corner of the Castle, where we'll be havin' a bigger Great Hall! Now, there be a lot fer us to put up and re-establish 'ere, so please excuse me humble Piratical self --- and the rest of our humble Family of Inhabitants, fer that matter! --- if'n we don't pay too much attention to ye! Remember, tain't easy constructin' a Castle --- particularly in cyberspace! (Ha-har!)
Now then, mateys, if'n ye'll kindly click here, we'll have a look see at Gasparilla 2003 in Tampa, Florida --- home of those lovable Tampa Bay Buccaneers, blast yer scuppers! Ha-har! And whilst we wait fer that'n, ye'll be wantin' to click here fer the official 'omepage o' the Pirates in Paradise Festival, where this year, our shipmates from No Quarter Given will be 'angin' out, n' makin' ye obligatory personal appearances! Cool, huh? (Ha-har!) And o' course, click here to venture forth t' the Downtown Hampton Roads, VA Blackbeard Festival, where me pal an' doppelganger Ben Cherry holds court, does damage an' generally makes nice wi' th' Mortals! Ben and his First Mate DeeGee also weigh anchor at the Cayman Islands Pirates' Week Festival --- where Pirates laugh, love, and (sometimes) plunder happily ever after! Arrrrr!