Avast ye mateys! PBS to air update on Blackbeard project

By Herb Everett | Published: 7/15/2009

blackbeard_flagYou can watch the most recent documentary about Blackbeard the Pirate and the Queen Anne’s Revenge shipwreck project at 10pm, July 16th (that’s tomorrow me hearties!) on PBS.

Underwater footage on Secrets of the Dead: Blackbeard’s Lost Ship was shot by our friends at Nautilus Productions.

UPDATE: You know, back in the day when the remains were found of what was believed to be Blackbeard’s pirate ship, the News & Record did a series of stories on the N.C. pirate with the addition of a cool-for-its-time website, www.blackbeardlives.com. In fact, when you Google references to “Blackbeard” the site often comes up high in the list of results.

Sadly, That site is no longer available, lost to several transitions of servers and hosts. Of course, the site hadn’t been updated since the ’90s, but it was still good to see it pop up in search engine results periodically.

I mention this because our friends at Nautilus Productions remembered the Blackbeard Lives site when we visited them at the beach a few weeks ago while we were talking with the chief archeologist on the project. He remembed the site fondly as well.

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Summer brain stimulation

By Herb Everett | Published: 7/13/2009

Abby started the tradition of spending a week in Delaware with my parents when she was 5. Her sister joined her when she turned 5, too.

They spent two weeks with my parents in June, which is probably more of a vaction for them than for us. My Dad cooks whatever they want. There are multiple TVs in the house. It’s a kid’s dream.

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Goodbye sun tea. Hello fridge tea.

By Herb Everett | Published: 7/12/2009

Based on a comment about our summer experiment with sun tea, I put the kibosh on leaving the Ball jar outside. The thought of bacteria harming the kids, well, I just wanted to be safe and not sorry.

Hello fridge tea. The Snopes link provided a good alternative. And the taste is still better than brewing to me. Camille asked for a glass after dinner and I can’t wait to have a tall glass on a hot day. The rest of the family gave it thumbs up as well.

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First swim competition under her belt

By Herb Everett | Published: 7/7/2009

What’s perfectly awesome about this is that Abby got over her nerves and put in a great performance in the last heat of the girls 11-12 freestyle at her first swim meet – ever.

After waiting five hours to do her thing, she held her own and was just nudged out at the end for second. Her smile after the race was priceless. My chest hurts from being so proud of her.

The Frogs went on to beat the Greensboro Country Club “juggernaut” 828-742. But who cares. There was enough eating and socializing to make this a cool pool party.

Abby’s in the right lane as you look at the video.

Now, it’s on to City Meet.

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MJ at the Wawa

By Herb Everett | Published: 7/6/2009
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Although I was sad to find out that I didn’t get the full video of a guy doing his best Michael Jackson dance moves at the Wawa in Wilmington, Del., I managed to get this snapshot from the seven seconds of video I did get.

I was pretty upset that several cars were blocking the way to the gas pumps, but once I saw why, I wasn’t too upset anymore. You don’t see something like this every day. Or do you?

I have to say he did do a nice job and had the patrons smiling. Apparently, there were other MJ sightings as well.

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