The notice board at my son's (Powder Monkey Black William Flint) school had a notice on it that I think you may be interested in.

"Richmond Upon Thames Libraries and The Lion & Unicorn Bookshop invite you to launch the National Year of Reading with Justin Somper author of the vampirate series.

Kick off the National Year of Reading in style with Justin Somper, celebrated author of the Vampirates series. There will be a talk, followed by Q&A and book signing. Tuesday 29th April, 7pm. Richmond Lending Library, Little Green (next to Richmond Theatre), Richmond, TW9 1QL. Tel 020 8940 0981

This free event is open to all - no booking required." Please see http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/leisure_and_culture/libraries/ypls_home/news_events.htm for more information.

To work out speed, sailors could throw a piece of wood with knotted piece of rope attached overboard. Then time how many knots passed by in a set amount to time, and therefore work out how many knots and hour they were going.

Privateers were employed by governments and merchants to plunder the opponents treasure. They owned a document called a Letter of Marque to prove it.

Take a look at Magie The Vampirate's new square. "Ok this is one of my drawings !!the drawing with the pretty
vampire "the vampire kiss" is the pic that i want to replace the treasure chest with". "thank u very much! i hope everybody likes it unfortunately i cannot send my other drawings cos i need them for my portfolio that's why I'm afraid to send them..."

Magie the Vampirate asked
"I just want to ask another thing if it isn't too bold how can I change my pic i mean the treasure chest into something more characteristic? and oh I made some drawings of vampirates and I thought that you would be interested in seing them but i have no idea how to send them"

Answer:
I just pick a random picture, if I can link it to your name or job I do. Just tell me what you would like or send me a picture and I will make it black and white and a square. As for pictures, all electronic artwork (and your photos) can go under the lookalikes pages. So far I have Tempest Twins, Lorcan, Sidorio, Others Characters and Crew. Unless you just want to do a range of black and white squares, then I can use them for crew pictures and comments. To send them, just used the email address I answer your messages with.

The You Tube entries have now got their own page under the film and TV page. I have also found three more. I hope you enjoy them.

I have been doing some cleaning up of my code, so if anything is not working properly, tell me as I may not be aware of it.