The Bounty Mutiny: Captain William Bligh's Firsthand Account of the Last Voyage of HMS Bounty
Fresh Bilge (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
At an estate sale in England, someone turned up a rare document — a logbook from the ship that found HMS Bounty’s mutineers on Pitcairn Island. It was not particularly informative. It merely confirmed from a new angle what was already known. But it afforded the opportunity to tell the whole strange story of the [...]
Eater LA (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. It all began six years ago when three friends decided upon the brilliant idea of eating through 11 restaurants in 11 hours. Brilliant. Last year 26 brave souls joined forces to...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
It was the moment the Royal Navy finally caught up with the mutineers who had taken over HMS Bounty and set its captain William Bligh adrift in an open boat.
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Boat noodles from Sapp's Coffee Shop at 7:37 a.m. (Photo by Lindsay William-Ross/LAist) Think you can eat? Think you can eat pretty much all night? About 40 up to the challenge embarked on a pretty staggering food-venture this weekend, aiming to tackle 11-in-11 overnight, as in 11 Los Angeles-area restaurants and bars in 11 hours, starting at 11 Saturday night and ending at 11 Sunday morning. (We're...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
The HMS Bounty sailed up to the Palm Beach Maritime Museum Saturday, flanked by a flotilla of recreational boats welcoming it to Peanut Island.<p/> Onlookers lined up along the inlet jetties and on the docks at the Maritime Museum, exclaiming over the beauty of the ship as it rode in under sunny skies.
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
exegesis \ek-suh-JEE-sis\, noun; plural exegeses \-seez\: Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text. Exegesis comes from Greek, from exegeisthai, "to explain, to interpret," from ex-, "out of" + hegeisthai, "to lead, to guide." Thus an exegesis is, at root, "a leading or guiding out of" a complexity. darth breather Adj. a person who...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
THE crew aboard HMS Bounty had it easy. For the matelots, life on the ocean wave had its origin in leaving the pub after a heavy drinking session and being headhunted by the R
Gadling (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Filed under: Oceania Ritual hazing is common practice in hierarchical societies, as demonstrated in the grand traditions of the Russian army and your local high school football team. As the new kid on the blog, I can expect the mental humiliation and all-in-good-fun beatings intended to shatter my spirit in favor of the greater collective. Thus, it comes as no surprise that the good folks at Gadling...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Wanted: social worker for rocky outcrop in Pacific Ocean hit by child-abuse scandal. Those who dislike isolation need not apply.It's not your typical job ad, and while the real wording's less blunt, the message is the same: the...
Show Tracker (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Oct. 18 - 14 in PDF format This week's TV Movies PLEDGED: Phoebe Strole, left, Amanda Schull and Lucy Hale star in the 2009 TV comedy 'Sorority Wars,' about a...
Political Wrinkles (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
I must confess that one of my bad habits is starting two or three books at the same time. Sometimes it is OK especially when they are good books. ...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
IT IS a tale which has captured the imagination of writers and filmmakers for decades, and almost every generation has enjoyed its own film version ofMutiny on the Bounty.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
It's a tale which has captured the imagination of writers and filmmakers for decades and almost every generation has enjoyed its own film version of Captain William Bligh, Fletcher Christian andMutiny on the Bounty.
Rector's Ramblings (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
A tall ship used in the Pirates of the Caribbean film trilogy has been raided while docked in Scotland. Thieves targeted HMS Bounty while she was berthed at Custom House Quay in Greenock, Inverclyde, at about 0410 BST on Saturday. A sum of cash between £50 and £100 was taken, along with several items of clothing with the Bounty's insignia. A survival suit, book, life ring and an American...
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
A ship featured in one of the Pirates of the Caribbean films has been targeted by thieves, police said today.
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