I take this call.  I'm told that I'm going somewhere in Alaska. I hear the word "Nome" at one point. Nome?  Sounds a little too much like 'no' and 'home' put together. For those who know better, it is. I'm sad about it. Summer’s going to come and go while I'm up there. I’ll probably … Continue reading Whatever it takes

I got kidnapped.  For real? Twice And you don't write about it? Dude, it's not who we are around here? Dude, what are you talking about? I mean we're not about all the chest thumping here. There's plenty of places to go to for that. Fuck you we're not. Dude, dudes do thump their chest … Continue reading About tmc

Years back, on New Year's Eve, in a crowded and cramped apartment in downtown Havana, my then wife and I partied with a family of Cubans that covered about three generations. They loved dancing. The spread put out by a big-butted matriarch was comprised of okay-tasting beans and yucca and expensive chicken and enough rum … Continue reading Che

When you're out in the streets and this guy is having one hell of a conversation with nobody other than himself, that's like schizophrenia, right? When someone else is screaming at the top of her lungs in rage, that's schizophrenia, too, you think. A simple greeting snaps them out of it, you've noticed. You've tried … Continue reading So what if I am