Our Man in Antigua

yeah,a race to the finish line and no toilet jokes, ok? in a classic case of ‘what, me worry ‘ attitude I partook of some roadside stand grape juice last weekend, out Zacapa way and paid the price,plus meds, all week..a little of this, some of that and nothing worked until…’work?’ wrong image…

 should you do something dumb like eat lettuce or drink road-side stand juices…go here.

thanks again and a tip of the new hat to Andrea of NY..gave me some great ideas on how to  futz with the Our Man thing: like how to solve the simple question of ‘which version/edition’…no more of that stuff from last year like ‘First or Second Edition’…thanks. It’s obviously been a week of trials,tribulations and torture: I even believed the folks at Fotoimagen when they said that my SIM chip was ‘bad’…..bought a new one, without too much fuss but then…got to thinking…how many moving parts are there in a SIM chip? right…zero….popped the old one back into the Android and all is well, except I’m out the  50q plus for the new #….

and the last of the Guaranja series…http://www.examiner.com/article/a-gray-morning-guaranja

‘heard that Pappy’s BBQ sold out early again yesterday….what a great business model: create a demand, sell the product and get home early…the people who missed out(like me)will damn sure be there early next time..or i would, if I were eating….I’m thoroughly sick of Gator-ade by now(the electrolytes).

Joe Collins, of Houses to Homes, seen in the park yesterday (one of my 2 favorite NGO’s) and looking a lot more svelte than usual….t’was the chemo in the States but he’s back and that’s the main thing….and, one more ‘run’ with the Crew from Hell’ next weekend before half of ’em bail out for the States in May…the IQ level and depth of conversations will take a definite drop at Happy Hour…actually it already has but low tide is low tide….looks like it’ll be a short hop to Iximche and a night in beautiful downtown Xela…HBT says he knows of the Club Exceso (surprise)so i assume that it’s on the evenings itinerary. As I’ve said more than once, it’s one my top 3 list of worst places of that kind.