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Scumbeard the Pirate

About Me

A prolific adventurer who is currently marooned in Gig Harbor, I am slowly scheeming my return to Chicago.

My Interests

tea, global conquest, solving the madness, artwork, hiking, campfires, delicious food, dinosaurs, robots, many other things...

I'd like to meet:

your mom

Music:

www.kexp.org ect ect...

Movies:

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/gijoe.html, Lawrence of Arabia, 2001, Citizen Kane, Koyaanisqatsi Trilogy, The Big Lebowski, anything Pixar makes, blah blah all the good ones

Television:

throw it out the window

Books:

Where The Wild Things Are, Calvin and Hobbes!, Encyclopedia Prehistorica-Dinosaurs: the definative pop-up book of all time, Postsecret by Frank Warren, Tolstoy, Mark Twain, other musty old stuff...

Heroes:

Dick Proenneke

My Blog

Foutain of Youth

You are working on some shitty paper arent you? Or maybe you just got home from work?... Make sure your sound is on, and watch this...preferably in fullscreen!   ...
Posted by Scumbeard the Pirate on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:05:00 PST

Size Matters

Alright, well this is pretty awesome. Now bear in mind while watching this that we now know that the scale of the universe is much bigger and smaller than already demonstrated here, with the...
Posted by Scumbeard the Pirate on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:25:00 PST

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

Well this is pretty cool. These maps of the future are based on current tectonic plates. Sweet!   Alright, well this is us now. You should all know what the earth looks like, but hey, I am sure s...
Posted by Scumbeard the Pirate on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 06:59:00 PST

The horror

Never, ever EVER see Death Proof! If you see copies of it, destroy them grudgingly. Did you know that osama bin laden directed death proof. Truth.   To suit the different learning style...
Posted by Scumbeard the Pirate on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:43:00 PST

Going for a drive

Yellowstone, Chicago, Yellowstone...     ...
Posted by Scumbeard the Pirate on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:08:00 PST

Swankery

Two new flavors acrylics are good   but so are oils and gold.   © nickalas goettling 2007   .get off my intellectual property....
Posted by Scumbeard the Pirate on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:42:00 PST

Those Crazy Kids

This is kind of funny. Video editing...even the president uses it! Dont know why the embed isnt working.... mission accomplished?...
Posted by Scumbeard the Pirate on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:06:00 PST

Fireworks and Time Travel

This is great. I am envious of this good idea that wasnt mine! Check out these photos, though trust me, because the first couple look like a lot of stuff you have seen before, but there is some pretty...
Posted by Scumbeard the Pirate on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:46:00 PST

secret mountain fortress

Well I was going to put up an image of a really really nice painting I saw in seattle by Franz von Lenbach, but the internet only had his really dumb portraiture up. And another artist I noted had onl...
Posted by Scumbeard the Pirate on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:56:00 PST

Yo Chicago!

Hey Chicago friends, as I am sure I have already told you, and you probably always assumed, I am not comming back. After three years that plan lasted three minutes against federal legislation. Th...
Posted by Scumbeard the Pirate on Wed, 30 May 2007 01:14:00 PST