Ahoy, Mateys! Apart from making ye manly and stylish and trendy, beards have other benefits as well: They prevent skin cancer. Some smart lads and lassies looked into that and found that beards block about 95% of UV rays on yer mug. If ye have allergies, yer beard helps ya to block the pollen and…
Ahoy, Mateys! It’s April — the month our namesake was born. You might know him as Blackbeard, the fearsome pirate, who controlled the waters around the West Indies, but his real name was Edward Teach and he was born in Bristol, England. His ship was named “The Queen Anne’s Revenge.” His name, of course, came…
Ahoy Mateys! Holiday ahead! Now ye might be wondering how to get yer little ones acquainted with the pirate lifestyle. The Cap’n’s got the answer: Easter Pirate Time. Take plastic eggs that ye can open, put treasure inside and hide them around the backyard or a park. Then ye can even draw a treasure map…
Ahoy Mateys! That above-mentioned best asset would be yer beard! Ye don’t want it looking all raggedy. Ye should trim the edges of yer beard or mustache EVERY DAY. Just trim — a bit — ye don’t want to cut off yer very manliness, but those edges need some attention. Remember, yer a sexy pirate,…
Ahoy, mateys! Often the Cap’n gets asked what exactly to do with those facial whiskers. Well, swashbuckler, that very much depends on the shape of yer face. Yer manly beard should compliment yer mug. Here are some guidelines that every pirate can live by: If yer face is round, yer beard should be longer on…
Mateys, it’s that time of year — yer on the prowl for a lass to take out on the 14th. Now, the Cap’n has a ship-full of good advice for ya. Ye need to guard yer treasure wisely, laddie. Ya didn’t swashbuckle on the seven seas just to lose every piece o’ gold ye got….
Ahoy, mateys! The Cap’n here with some bad news: USPS has raised their prices for the fourth year in a row. As ye know, all ye long-time crew members, we’ve never raised our shipping prices and have been eating the USPS price hikes instead of passing it on to you. We’ll continue to do that…
Mateys, on this gray winter day the Cap’n has a story about a beard for ye to brighten yer day. Once upon a time, there was a gray beard. He was gray because he was… well… shall we say “maturing.” Now, the gray beard didn’t want to be gray… and certainly didn’t want to “mature.”…