Do you remember when people did not drink coffee everyday?  Slowly, but surely, caffeine has changed the way Americans start their day.  

Caffeine is a drug.  Caffeine is in the classified the same as methamphetamine. Caffeine & methamphetamine are both stimulants.  Caffeine is a much milder than methamphetamines. However, after years of daily intake, the effects of stimulants are the same: highly addictive.

Perhaps you've noticed that caffeine is addictive.  Maybe you did not like coffeea t first.  B ut not you drink coffee straight black with extra shits of espresso to get the same effect.  That is an addiction.  Your brain has become aware that your body has a stimulant so it counters by releasing hormones.  One of those hormones is called insulin.  Insulin in high doses will kill you.  In small doses, insulin will make you tired, sluggish, irritable, depressed and tell your body to store excess sugar as fat cells. 

People who have low blood sugar levels should eat 15 grams of a fast digesting carbohydrate, such as glucose tablets or a high-sugar food. High-glucose foods include: raisins, soda, fruit juice, fruits, honey, & candy.

More severe symptoms of excess insulin, sometimes referred to as diabetic shock or insulin shock, include: concentration problems, seizures, unconsciousness & death.

Caffeine is a helluva drug.  It makes you think you're sped up but really everything in your body has slowed down so you only "feel" sped up.  Worse, caffeine masks the brains ability to determine which hormones are in your bloodstream.  The brain responds by releasing more hormones to counter the effects of caffeine.  When the caffeine wears off, you now have more insulin in your bloodstream than before you had a cup of coffee.  

If you started taking caffeine to lose weight, it won't work long term. In fact, caffeine will have the opposite effect on your weight loss program.  Caffeine is the assassin in your weight loss program. 

Each day that goes by, The Jedi notice more and more activity on the streets.  There is still a mandatory mask to be worn in public and there is still a 6 hour curfew from 11pm until 5AM.

We took a $4 Uber to our old neighborhood from 2013.  It's almost exactly the same.  Amazing. 

Panama celebrated it's 500th birthday last August 15th, 2019. Panama was founded 501 years ago, but it did not receive independence from Spain until 1821.  In 1671, British Pirate Henry Morgan successfully defeated the Spanish army and in the process of looting Casco Viejo,, his men accidentally burned the the city to the ground.

Here are some photos from our first 24 hours.  We also gathered a lot of footage that needs to be edited for viewing.  Lots of work to be done here. 

Jedi Rich would frequent this convenience store across the street to our weekly rental.  On a one morning in December, Jedi Rich brought his gear down to the Rebel Gas station where he met and recorded rapper SMART. This took place around 5am.