no…not a reference to Lance, Bruce or whoever…the BAC debacle continues to unfold…I’m wondering if the previous BAC fraud rep who was at the Feb ‘dog and pony show’ didn’t tell his Supremo that this was gonna be a easy gig..’show up, do the razzle dazzle and take the day off..why else would he have shown up on a $20K Harley, dressed for anything other than an official meeting with 40-50 pissed off gringos? re the manager of the local BAC branch, who’s name isn’t known to much or any…what the hell..let’s walk in and do the shuffle…’hi..here’s my card..is the manager in? ‘well,yes and no’…I get to meet Luis Aragon, who tells me that the manager is in the City..’for how long?’…a wave of the hands..who knows? siempre? well, we’re not sure..’ I ask for his card…he doesn’t have one…lame…no answer from El Supremo to whom i sent an email after the meeting…’gave him the ‘proof’ and a copy of the the 2nd ATM article..maybe this might jog his mind into thinking that there’s something rotten in Denmark and also Antigua..lotta bank data/notes on google about fraud/money laundering from mexico to guatemala…mexico tightened their regs..guate? a reg called PEP…Persons of External Pressure/Politics..they and their families are on a list for money laundering, unexplained deposits..over 300 a year so far(one a day)…gambling? I’m shocked!…Casablancas perpetual line from Claude Rains…its illegal in Guatemala…explain, por favor, all the casinos in the City….wash that $$..Shaun of O/lot’s birthday celebration? attended by the hard core…rum, beer, good wishes…great celebration..35? hell, my oldest daughter is that age..yep, i’m that old..older than dirt..Pangea’s expansion? i misread it, misunderstood it and i’m wrong…big time..it’s ready to rock..done 98% and looks great..manana en la noche..free food/booze..go..it works..Da Vinci continues to remove fixtures…soft opening coming..figure the public event in early May…LM excited about it all…Adan at Cafe Opera doing a version of Guantanamera..spelling? that i almost didn’t recognize…almost liked it..damn, he’s great…nelson back from nawleens…helped with a recording and played as a session musician on the tracks…the Rum Bum Bar? skipped the country owing six months of taxes and also stiffed ignacio the cuban…ooh..bad karma..Hector, not only playing music in the night is also coming up with new menu items…for me, i’m down for the rack of lamb…Robt de Oro reporting new catastrophes on the ‘river’ but not as bad as imagined…next up, a plague of locusts or the four horsemen of the apocalypse/eucalyptus/calypso…spel chek is off..i’m off..too many shots of 12 year botran for the birthday..too many friends and great stories..karla not feeling well but dishing out the product..my warthog neighbor is not on the schedule..a few days off per garbage pick up..brain damage? kudos to Bill Shetz of the American Legion..for trying to come up with/figure out a way for safe money transactions..not only for residents but for tourists…where the hell is BAC in this? answer..they don’t give a shit..Citibank might be safe..yes,the ATM is a 5B machine but they don’t appear to be running wireless data..per their age, it’s probably land lines altho after going by twice to talk with Ana Victoria(and not making the connection) I can only assume this..Yo Yo reports that the 5B machine in Bodegona is ‘safe’..no confirmation..
if you knew sushi like i knew sushi
some kinda ‘goodbye’ thing for the most tasty Lisa on Sunday..gotta go..she’s already missed..’told her we’d put up a shrine in the corner of O’lot..candles, photos..and some puja…no, not puta..puja..google it..dammit…hindoo stuff…involving ghee, flowers and…
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