With all this swinging your sword talk and the history of pirate fandom with Leach I was wondering if Leach channels his inner pirate while watching re-runs of "Pieces of Eight"?  When I was a kid, I used to watch it on Sunday afternoons.  It's about pirates of course, but really obscure.  Does anyone remember this show? 

I thought about sending Mike the box set but I can't find it.  I would also recommend the book, "The fighting Texas Navy".  Yes, Texas had a navy when it was an independent country, and it was described as "semi-piratical".  It's a great read and full of characters, and historical.  You've got to love a country that rents its navy to Yucatan for $8000 dollars a month.  And you know there are some issues when president Sam Houston outlawed the whole navy and issued a proclamation that any nation that found them on the high seas should treat them as PIRATES!  Holy Hell, our own president did that???  Check out the book.  You'll love it...