The Venezuelan Pirates of the Caribbean

The Venezuelan Pirates of the Caribbean

By Jay Holmes On October 10, 2013, the Venezuelan Navy frigate Yakuna seized the ocean exploration ship Teknik Perdana from Guyanese waters and ordered it to proceed to Isla Margarita in Venezuela. On October 12, the headlines of a BBC article read “US ship detained...

Planking–It’s Not Just for Pirates Any More

Pirate’s Chest Planking at the Putt Putt Blame it on Shawna Coronado. I’m going to, anyway. When I first heard of planking, I thought it might be some sort of arid region form of waterboarding, or a type of pirates’ Russian roulette. But Shawna set me straight,...