Our Man in Antigua

is it better to be pissed off or pissed on?

 thank John Heaton, one of Antigua’s brighter commentators, for this shot(so to speak)from his Quinta Maconda on Saturday night…where are the ‘tourist police’ or the Muni water truck?  this is not the Wailing Wall..tis the pissing wall..actually saw the water truck today…no, not doing a damn thing about the dust…just passing thru..waiting for the rains, probably, when the price of water is cheaper..Valentine’s Day…love, flowers and words of ….

catch me if you can

 garter belts? a pain in the….i tried them on once, for a Valentine’s night thing…kinda like panty hose…don’t go there, cuz shaving your legs ain’t fun…Shaun of Ocelot reporting typical Gaute /bureaucratic/insanity regarding a new DPI card…welsh? what’s that? inglaterra si, welsh no…welcome to the third…no, the 3.5 world…even India has more of an understanding..whatever happened to the State of Siege in Peten? oh…extended for a while…gotta round up more rusty machineguns and dumb ass dopers hanging/hiding in the hotels..it’s an IQ test…should i check out or answer the door? A is the answer,dipshit..thank you again, US Embassy, for clear answers to various questions…a straight El Salvador article coming out next week, not like the ‘lite’ nicaragua travel notes..as mentioned, meant for the ‘short attention span’ theatre..on yahoo/the Ex..looks like i’ve been dc’d..i.e, dropped from the Gaute Times..no big loss..no $$ but the Reilly’s eviction stories made me look like dogshit..hey…sometimes, who knows? at least i don’t have to write for the ‘other magaziine’ and go back 3-4 times for a tiny check and get the excuse that the ‘accountant’ hadn’t shown up..if there ever was one…maybe they actually have an accountant..as I’ve said more than once…”thank you” and I truly meant that..being retired and not beholden to anyone(other than my bank for a new ATM card) is exceedingly liberating..try it sometime…ah, what’s up with the BAC these days? still taking the tourists for a ride, ATM-wise? no signs, warnings or red flags..ca-ching! take those ‘service charges’…keep the $$ moving…hello, Botoga! no..Bogota…memo to self..plug in the Breathalyzer now..Alex! open up the freakin’ ice store!