Stuff: Because owning a silver cross you could maybe melt down into a bullet isn't really "werewolf insurance."

I don't often get the chance to throw a link to an insurance site up on ANTSS, so when it does happen I feel weirdly elated. Term Life Insurance, of all folks, has actually whipped up the following table of super serious, very real threats for you to ponder when you debate just what sort of coverage you need. Click to read the whole thing.

Via: Term Life Insurance

Guest Blogger: The other kind of pirate chest.

For the first anniversary of the wonderful Pauline's Pirates & Privateers blog, I was asked to do a guest post. The good captain was generous emough to let me get on in my standard long-winded manner: I got carried away and turned in a big ol' two-part meditation on naked breasts, pirate queens, gay pirate marriage, the economic logic of mono-gendered pirate crews, working class revolt, Eugène Delacroix, patriarchy, and the single most expensive porn film ever made. You can read the first part today and check out the second post tomorrow. While you're there, be sure to wish the blog a happy birthday.

Huzzah for Pauline!