Ahoy there literary seafarers and welcome to the Crow's Nest, our latest navigational tool for the literary sites associated with The Jolly Roger. In the frame above, the first few links are to the front pages of our literary campfires, cafes, and lecture halls, of which there are now over 400. The Crow's nest is the central real time gathering place for people looking to engage in live chats. Click on one of the links above if you're interested in a specific chat topic, and then enter the crow's nest to tell people where you're going to be and when. We hope that this second navigational window enhances yer helmsmanship, and too, we have also instituted the Crow's Nest Live Chat so that you can meet other people who're also currently in the masthead up here, enjoying a bird's eye view of our sites. Feel free to let everyone know where you're going as well as where you've been, as well as your favorite hangouts. Bookmark this page on your browser, and let it serve as an overview for all of our sites. We'll be updating it regularly, and if ye should glimpse the white whale from here, sing out!

All the best & Smooth Sailing-- The Captains.

Choose the number of old messages to be displayed if you wish to display some older messages along with the new ones whenever you refresh the chat message list.

Additionally, if you use Netscape 2.0 or another browser that supports the HTML Refresh tag, then you can state the number of seconds you want to pass before the chat message list is automatically refreshed for you. This lets you display new messages automatically.

If you are using Netscape 2.0 or another browser that supports Frames, it is highly suggested that you turn frames ON. This allows the messages to be displayed in one frame, while you submit your own chat messages in another one on the same screen.