Archive for January, 2010
Melancholy in Medellin
Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: An affair with an eighteen year old prostitute from downtown Medellin.
I had an affair with an eighteen year old prostitute from downtown Medellin. This girl already had two kids, so more of an adult than me in some ways.
I was in downtown Medellin with an American whoremonger drinking … Read more
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South London Gangster in Colombia
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: The story of John Rowley, a British conman and gangster, includes famous heists, jaw-dropping excess and drug abuse, prison, and an early death. Told by The Mick.
The Mick first heard of John Rowley in his days in the London underworld. Both worked in petty crime and bank robberies. The Mick had heard of him but they never met until their paths crossed in Colombia… Read more
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Recession: An American Experience
Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: My observations from my first time living in America since the global recession / credit crisis.
The subprime mortgage meltdown started around 2007, the last year I lived in the States. Economists believed the risk was contained to only subprime or the domestic house market. Since then we’ve seen big banks fail, investments plummet, and trillions of public dollars injected into banks around the world. We’ve learned about collaterized debt obligations (CDO), credit-default swaps (CDS), and a slew of other culprits in what amounts to the steepest recession since the Great Depression… Read more
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Women from South America in Pictures
Posted on 12. Jan, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Pictures of women from Peru, Colombia, and Chile.
Alternate Title: Stop Asking for Pictures of Latinas!
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Smuggling Contraband from Colombia
Posted on 08. Jan, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: From Colombia I smuggled marijuana, cocaine, steroids, and Sinalgen (Colombian Vicodin) into the States.
I was to arrive in St. Louis just before Thanksgiving. The men in my family always burn one after dinner. It’s usually the same guys who provide the jibber. I realized I’m never the provider as I stared at a big pile of cheap Colombian marijuana on my counter. So I stuffed a fat bud into the pocket of one of the artesania handbags I bought as Christmas presents… Read more
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My 1st Time Bribing Cops in Colombia
Posted on 08. Jan, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: The Mick and I got busted smoking a joint in Chapinero. We paid our way out of it.
One morning I ran into The Mick at the bike repair shop in Chapinero on the west side of Avenida Caracas. They usually have our bikes ready within an hour so we wait. After The Mick dropped his bike off, he struck a match to light a joint fatter than his nose hanging from his lips all the way down past his chin. We walked down the block… Read more
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