Bob’s Pirate Plunder
let a salty sea dog help you spend your moneyBob’s PSA: Other ways to enjoy the web
There are lots of other fun places on the web (I know, you thought Bob was it, right?). Here are some of Bob’s favorite places:
This is why you’re fat
http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/
Is it social commentary, or just an excuse for people to think up new, sick ways to deep-fry food? We may never know. But now they have a book!!
Robot a Day
http://robotaday.com/
“Robot a day” is now “robot a couple of times a week”, (due to a new, secret project?) but it’s still the same cuteness. With over 280 robots – and counting – the creator is amassing a robot army to take over the world. Educate yourself. Be perpared.
Cracked.com
http://www.cracked.com/
Ah, yes. Can you really describe a website that posts almost daily articles with such titles as “6 Movie Plots Made Possible by Bafflingly Bad Decisions” or “Hollywood’s 6 Favorite Offensive Stereotypes“? Not really. There will always be those people that get offended at such comedy. Don’t be that person – Bob doesn’t much care for that person. Just enjoy it.
America’s Next Top Model – Cracked.com style
GoGo’s Crazy Bones
WHAT IS IT?
It’s GoGo’s Crazy Bones, a weird series of little collectible figurines you can play the game crazy bones with.
“ARRG! May every curse ever cursed light on and blast ye, Bob!” ye may be saying, for ye may not know what “crazy bones” is or how to play it. Well, ye cur, give the man a chance to explain before ye start cursing him, else he chain ye to the keel for yer sass!
Here are the rules for the different games:
- Traditional game: Player tosses a Crazy Bone into the air. Points are scored depending on which side it lands on, with less likely sides (for example, landing straight up, or upside down) receiving more points. Standing up=5, on it’s side=2 face up=1 face down=0
- Battle: Two players arrange their Crazy Bones in parallel rows a distance apart. Players take turns trying to knock their opponent’s Crazy Bones out of the row. This is often the most popular game for school crazes as it can be played quickly and easily without much need to set up and without such a high chance of Crazy Bones being stolen.
- The Bomber: Players take turns throwing a single Crazy Bone into a circle containing all player’s Crazy Bones, attempting to remove them from the circle.
- Airborne: Throw your bone as high as you can being able to still catch it.Then pick up as many crazy bones as possible. (Like jacks)
- Basket: Players try to get their Crazy Bones into a shoebox by bouncing it against the floor and into the box.
- On the line: Flip a coin to decide who goes first. The person who goes first rolls, not throws, a Crazy Bone towards a drawn line. The person with the Crazy Bone closest to the line wins.
Bob isn’t much for fads, and for all he knows this one might already be over. But he likes collecting weird things. He can’t help it. He’s a pirate.
WHERE DO I GET IT?
Well, Bob stumbled across them in the collectible cards section at Target. A pack of three figures and three stickers only costs $1. You may not know what you’re getting, but that’s the fun of it, right? Whether you collect them ‘cuz they’re weird or ‘cuz you wanna play the game doesn’t matter. They’re pretty fun either way. When you’re stuck on a long voyage, sometimes you just want to sit on the deck with yer mates, play a game or two of crazy bones, and take yer mind off yer troubles.
RiffTrax
WHAT IS IT?
You may be saying to ye self: “Arrrg, Bob, what be a ‘rifftrax’?” Well, my dearest, scurviest dog, RiffTrax are hilarious DVD commentaries done by the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (or MST3K to those in the know). 
You listen to a RiffTrax in sync with your movie. As they say on their website, it’s like watching a movie with your funniest friends. Since Bob only has one friend, and that friend is un-funny firstmate Arnav, it’s important to both of them to have that bunch-
of-funny-guys-watching-stupid-movies experience. And RiffTrax provides that for them.
Thank you, Rifftrax. Thank you.
There are 70+ movies that have been Riffed. Most of them are even movies you’ve heard of! Some of Bob’s favorites include Eragon, Twilight, and X-men. The newly released Dragon Wars: D-War (link) will hopefully be just as awesome!!
WHERE DO I GET IT?
From their website, of course! You can search through their selection of movie commentaries or just see what’s new! Now, here’s the thing: What you’re buying for $3.99 isn’t the movie itself. What you are buying is the commentary audio file! You have to go buy/rent the movie itself. (Bob would be disgraced with you if you illegally downloaded the movie). In the description they tell you which version of the movie they’re using. You can sync the video/audio yourself (they’ll help you) or you can use their new RiffTrax Player. There are some Riffs that are the video and commentary, and these you can usually get for $0.99 (Bob recommends Shake Hands with Danger). They’re not full length movies but they’re still awesome. The prices are good and the Riffs are golden. Try one out and see for yourself.
Quirk Classics: Sense and Sensibilty and Sea Monsters
By now you know all about Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. And if so, hopefully you know that the next installment, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, is also out! If not, fire and thunder! What is wrong with you?! Perish and plague me, but have ye been livin’ beneath a rock?
This is completely relevant to Bob’s interests. After all, what pirate isn’t interested in the lore of sea monsters? And what pirate doesn’t secretly want an excuse to read Jane Austin? Perfect~!
So far, SSSM is an even better, and more satisfying, read than PPZ. With more mayhem mixed in by new co-author Ben Winters, there won’t be pages and pages of the original Austen plot left un-sea monster-y. Plus, the illustrations by Eugene Smith are breathtakingly epic.
WHERE DO I GET IT?
From any bookstore, of course! Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, Borders… even WalMart had it (but don’t shop at WalMart, they treat pirates like dirt). Price runs about $12.95, and it’s worth it. You need to educate yourself about the horrid Alternation of the sea that changed English life forever…
ALREADY READ IT?
Then give Bob a piece o’ your mind! But don’t ruin the ending for him!
Harney & Sons Fine Teas: Hot Cinnamon Sunset
WHAT IS IT?
It’s delicious tea, of course! There’s nothing a pirate loves more on a cold night at sea than a hot cup of cinnamon tea. Mmmmm.
Wait…. Others pirates do that too, right….? Right…?
Well, Bob enjoys his tea, none-the-less. And when he travels, he gets to sample all the fine teas of the world. Yet one of his favorites is one he can get right at home: Hot Cinnamon Sunset by Harney & Sons. As they say on their website:
“Our most popular flavored tea, this is a blend of black teas, three types of cinnamon, orange peel, and sweet cloves. It is remarkably assertive, and that is its most admired quality.”
Not only is the flavor amazing, it’s luxurious. But the aroma alone is enough to brighten your day. Even the sachets the tea is packaged in seems to be made from the finest silks. Bob can’t resist it’s allure.
WHERE DO I GET IT?
You can always order it online directly from Harney & Sons here. Right now a tin with 20 sachets is on sale for $5.95 (marked down from $7.95). There are also mini-tins with 5 sachets for $3.50. Bob has also seen the brand on sale at Barnes and Noble. Mmmm. You need to get yourself some of this!
ALREADY HAD IT?
Then tell Bob about it! You loved it, didn’t you? Or did you hate it? Let us know!
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October 1, 2009 at 11:53 am · Filed under Pirate and tagged: Adoptable, Comment, Fun, Happiness, Squiby
WHAT’S UP, BOB?
Bob just got a comment on his blog!! He is beyond happy! Thank you thank you~!
See it here: the comment.
Now Bob has 3 comments on his blog: The first, a comment from his wife on a early post (she denies it), a ping-back where Bob linked one post to another (not sure why WordPress counts that one…), and now his first real comment!! <3
Happy day!
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