Volume V Issue 1

Welcome Letter

Welcome back. Lets get the ugly part out of the way first. I am still way behind on the publishing schedule. The continued delay and total lack of communication was a result of several converging events including an irresistible adventure. Some I previously mentioned while others developed in close sequence. They ranged from pure regulatory compliance and corporate gymnastics to an extraordinary adventure that would have been, at best, frowned upon by the issuer of my passport. No attempt at succinct explanation would avoid appearing cryptic, melodramatic and just plain ridiculous. I will endeavor to reveal some of the causes of my most recent absence over time as prudence and the statute of limitations permit.

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While I freely apologize for my disappearance without proper notice, I am very glad I did it. I am personally much better for the experience and I feel more alive and energized than I have in a very long time. There is nothing like a spate of revolutions and civil war to get the blood going. As much as I love the investment business, I didn´t realize how much I miss being in the throws of upheaval as they unfold. This realization will likely materialize in future additions of this publication. Perhaps it is my midlife crisis? For some a younger woman with big tits or a sports car. For others a personal trainer. For me a civil war.

I have a stack of notes from my less controversial travels that I am working through before I am off again in search of pleasure and profit. That sounds rather provocative doesn´t it? But why shouldn´t it be fun? I´m turning over a new leaf and leaving the grumpy cynic behind. As I have written before, I was bothered that I had let the current state of political and economic affairs (the politiconomy) get to me. I have been drifting for the last year or more from my normal optimist and opportunist bon vivant towards being a down right curmudgeon. If truth be told, this gloom and doom period found me smoking the same cigars and sipping the same Scotch but I somehow lost perspective. Friends call me a rabid Libertarian with hedonist and anarchist tendencies. It is a description I encourage and once did my best to live up to. As last year came to a close I realized that I had failed in this whimsical yet noble endeavor. I started to care about things that were headlines but not really important. I was sucked into the trap of information overload where everything is both urgent and sensational. This may work for those who live and die in the cyber blogosphere but it is not for me. Not that there is anything wrong with cyber blogosphere. It worked out well for Ariana Huffington. But it does not suit my personality and it was a mistake for me to try to accommodate the present trends. So this year my resolution is to keep everything in perspective. I will write about what I think is important and only write when I have something to say. I hope you stick around but I understand if you don´t. I will be happier for the change regardless of how current events unfold.

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