Earlier this month, out of the blue, our private warlock Hermano Blanco contacted us in the New York office. "I give you a message," he wrote. "I see someone at your magazine traveling to Mexico very soon. I predict good business. It will be positive for the magazine, but be cautious." Our publisher supposedly had plans to head down there right around now, but then supposedly decided not to. Eh, that's both sides of the fencing it, but it's still a little weird, right? Well, it gets weirder…Just to test the waters a bit more we asked him if he wouldn't mind giving us another prediction. Here's what he gave us yesterday:"I see a person named Eduardo that works for you in Mexico.I felt him at an event on Friday.He is a very responsible worker, but there are people around him who don't help him or the magazine.I see very superficial people, who form an environment which will not allow Vice to prosper at its best moment.You need to circulate around Mexico more, seeing as your readers are people of a high class but who do not benefit the magazine.I see Eduardo as measuring about 1.70 m, white, with a mustache and glasses. I see him wearing a hat.He's a man who is normally alone.You need to circulate more around Mexico."The honcho of Vice's office in Mexico is named Eduardo. Here is a photo of him:He got the height right, and the mustache and the glasses and the hat. Vice Mexico threw a big party on Friday, and yes, Eduardo was there. Is it possible our warlock looked up the masthead, saw his name, and then also went to the party and took note of what he was wearing just to fuck with us? Sure, but Hermano Blanco lives in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere. The other possibility is that he's using his powers to tell us some extremely mundane business-related stuff. We know he's on our side, but is he amazingly powerful but a little boring or is he just doing that thing where a master gets his students to grow by playing confusing pranks on them? We really can't decide.
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