This just came in from Tman. i haven’t looked into any of this, nor do i have any special insight into what’s going on in colombia. frankly i’m surprised by the dire tone of this message. it could be a scam, it could be a humanitarian effort, it could be satire gone horribly wrong.

what do i know? i barely know what’s happening in panama. Tman’s a regular here, so i felt inclined to post his message. but feel free to ask him anything you’d like about this. Cojito

in light of the most recent USA govt warnings about travel to Colombia based on breakdown of recent prisoner exchanges in that country with the farc…we are posting the following news item and appeal … read more»

i know many of you freaks are fans of Hunter s. Thompson. so i thought i’d better mention that rolling stone has thrown up a cool gallery of hunter old-school photos. it’s featured on the front page.

i’ve been mostly offline for the last couple of days. seems a virus, or worm, penetrated the vaunted cojito defense system, and crashed my laptop. if only i’d spent a few dollars more and installed the lasers.

i lost everything. that seems to be the trend since my ill-advised move from apple. of course, panama after hours, my writing, and photos were backed-up. and with the help of an excellent new add-on for firefox, called foxmarks, all my bookmarks to obscure porn sites were saved.

praise the lord.

a friend writes asking if i’ve found “clarity.”

no my friend, not since i was 15 and i knew with a great degree of moral certainty that i needed to get laid. 3 times a day if i remember correctly.

clarity’s just not something i’ve experienced in a long long while. i think it all gets sketchy after 50. things fall apart, marriages end, health fades, friends sicken and die. read more»