Admission of Guilt

Okay, I'll admit it. I'm a thief.

In more ways than one. As reader(s) will learn in the near future, I have conspired routinely to defraud federal, state, and municipal governments out of tax dollars. More importantly...I have downloaded software via BitTorrent.

Yes, yes, I admit, it's a sin. But wait! In my defense, I have largely employed the service to restore software that was otherwise lost. In the circles I frequent (aka, the places I live), things like system CDs or copies of recently purchased software have a nasty habit of disappearing into that great, invisible black hole that also swallows things like Pauley Shore's career or Bill Murray's ability to be unsarcastic or Michael S. Malone's capacity for reasonable writing (look, the only one of those that deserves a link is Malone, and if you really want to know why he should be spent the rest of his career writing reviews of the latest Veggie-Tales collection, just Google his name and Macsturbators...he's vile).

Right, so, now that we've cleared that up, I'd like to get to the news. Methuselah's ghost, the Pirate Bay wants to become a nation!

No, I do not jest:

The Pirate Bay to Get a Bay (kind of), Wants to Buy Nation of Sealand

To stop the international copyright laws that have been plaguing The Pirate Bay, they are looking to purchase the micronation of Sealand. This nation is really just a British naval platform in the North Sea. Donating to the cause will guarantee you citizenship at Sealand.

Oooo, too wild to be believed. It's like that dude who invented the Segway who seceded from the US and A, signing a nonagression pact with Clinton even, and now has his own island-nation somewhere off of Jersey (Seriously, the Google legwork on this one has gotta be cake).

Someday, when I grow up, I'm going to secede. Without slaves...mostly.