Dispatches from The Mayan Empire

"There is nothing wrong with spending a night in jail if it means getting the shot you need." - Werner Herzog + + +  It has occurred to me that in my posts here on 'Dispatches' I only occasionally share with my loyal readers my photography in small doses. Which is a bit of a crime, as there are so many interesting this to see here. Not that I am some fantastic shutterbug, I'm mediocre at best, but I never the less have always greatly enjoyed it as a hobby. One could always tell how desperate I am in life if I start selling my cameras, with my primary rig being the last to go. Letting go of my favorite camera has always been just a little bit like chewing off a limb to escape a trap. Sure, it works, but it leaves one slightly on the crippled side. Not that my loss of cameras in times of extreme financial desperation compares in any meaningful way to someone actually becoming disabled due to an accident, its just to illustrate how hard it is for me to

"Texas is an outrage when your husband is dead. Texas is an outrage when they pick up his head. Texas is the reason that the president's dead." - The Misfits, Bullet + + + UPDATE: Looks I might be revisiting my semi-famous breakdown of the Kennedy assassination.  Until then please enjoy the original version, found via the links below or just read the whole damn thing on this page. Might as well back it up here, as this is where the finished product will end up. Enjoy! + + + While I work on more legitimate journalist pursuits which I occasionally post here, and the novel which is now more than half way done, I've been thinking. About conspiracy theories and the like, a subject always near and dear to my heart. So here you go, easily the most famous and popular article I published on my old conspiracy blog (even linked to and listed as 'required reading' on the subject by the Huffington Post, the assassination of JFK. Hell, all those recentl