London's first Pirate Festival next weekend:
http://londonist.com/2008/09/preview_london_pirate_festival.php (Contains embedded video.)
Arr! (Etc.)
Oh, and cheers to N for the reminder about this:
http://www.treasureislandtheplay.com The full promo website's not up yet, but that pic of Keith Allen with a blackened tooth should be enough for most people. ;o)
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Edit: Relax, it's not just you. Apparently it's America that's gone barmy...
http://www.alternet.org/story/97934/ P.S. We own that thing you call "baseball"*:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,421464,00.html A girl playing rounders. In body armour.
*And it's still basically rounders, which is played by girls. Ner, ner.