I was really surprised finding the Minnesota reference in it today.
I had forgotten about Cooper's conversation with Tina.

Bringing that back into the Vortex was a nice touch by EU.

Well, obviously he will be able to tell me if he's not.

Remember, he was trying to publish it in 2008.
I'm just completing his request here.

Didn't you see his request to Brown in 2008 here? Well, I'm Brown.
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He's made it clear as recently as 2014 he wants it published. I'm fulfilling his wishes.

I'll mail Sheridan a check every month with any proceeds. He can use the money. I don't need any cut.

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He's okay with that?

IMO, that's something that one could consider personal. 2008 was a long time ago..

I'm sure Blevins will be informing him within an hour or two 

I believe I am acting according to Sheridan's wishes.

If he informs me otherwise, I'll mull over his concerns. I would love to have an updated version first, especially if there is more. This book is labelled Part 1, The Refugee Advisor.

No idea if there is a Part 2.

I will include the cover, and back text and photo, exactly as Sheridan specified in 2008.

I'll call it a 2nd printing with the original 2007 date from pdf. I'm making only minor formatting and obvious typographical error fixes to the text.

I think he'll be happy with the result. At no charge to him.
He will own the copyright.

I spoke with Claire, Sheridan's ex-wife, again today. Their son visited with her yesterday and was also perplexed about any talk regarding Sheridan's wife having died in the 1970s. Both Claire and her son say that as far as they know she was alive until at least a few years back.

Furthermore, Claire and I think that it is possible, if not likely, that Sheridan actually never married the Filipina wife. It is possible that they were merely a couple with kids for a handful of years. This thought is partly due to the fact that Ginger had expressed interest in having her mother move to the US. Sheridan explained that part of the problem is that she wants her whole family to move here.

wow this is startling EU. Any idea why they thought she was alive? Maybe they just assumed based on no information?

Claire has talked to Ginger? Did she get that impression from Ginger?

Good job pursuing this. I wonder what they base their impression on.

Yeah I could imagine Sheridan not having married the Filipina. His interactions with women in Vietnam in his book, is not very noble, to say the least.

This next sentence you said is the first thing that makes this whole thing sound real. If Sheridan said this, rather than saying she was dead...then things are really crazy.

"This thought is partly due to the fact that Ginger had expressed interest in having her mother move to the US. Sheridan explained that part of the problem is that she wants her whole family to move here."

Maybe she left in 1977 to take care of her mom, and just didn't want to go back to Sheridan's crazy life. I wonder how they communicated then..phone, mail.


I couldn't help think about Sheridan's parallels with Claire. He's out of work in Nepal, new mother with kids. Probably hassling him about the lack of job. Just like Claire in Richland, who dumped him. (rightly so, with the violence). Maybe in 1977, the Filipina got fed up with the same crap.

But, in 1971, one could imagine all the stress coming to a head, and deciding to do the one thing that might resolve all the problems.


If true, I was right in my guess that children would want their mother to move here.

Any idea on the Filipina's age? I'm guessing 72. She could even be younger.

I spoke with Claire, Sheridan's ex-wife, again today. Their son visited with her yesterday and was also perplexed about any talk regarding Sheridan's wife having died in the 1970s. Both Claire and her son say that as far as they know she was alive until at least a few years back.

Furthermore, Claire and I think that it is possible, if not likely, that Sheridan actually never married the Filipina wife. It is possible that they were merely a couple with kids for a handful of years. This thought is partly due to the fact that Ginger had expressed interest in having her mother move to the US. Sheridan explained that part of the problem is that she wants her whole family to move here.

wow this is startling EU. Any idea why they thought she was alive? Maybe they just assumed based on no information?

Claire has talked to Ginger? Did she get that impression from Ginger?

Good job pursuing this. I wonder what they base their impression on.

Yeah I could imagine Sheridan not having married the Filipina. His interactions with women in Vietnam in his book, is not very noble, to say the least.

This next sentence you said is the first thing that makes this whole thing sound real. If Sheridan said this, rather than saying she was dead...then things are really crazy.

"This thought is partly due to the fact that Ginger had expressed interest in having her mother move to the US. Sheridan explained that part of the problem is that she wants her whole family to move here."

Maybe she left in 1977 to take care of her mom, and just didn't want to go back to Sheridan's crazy life. I wonder how they communicated then..phone, mail.


I couldn't help think about Sheridan's parallels with Claire. He's out of work in Nepal, new mother with kids. Probably hassling him about the lack of job. Just like Claire in Richland, who dumped him. (rightly so, with the violence). Maybe in 1977, the Filipina got fed up with the same crap.

But, in 1971, one could imagine all the stress coming to a head, and deciding to do the one thing that might resolve all the problems.


If true, I was right in my guess that children would want their mother to move here.

Any idea on the Filipina's age? I'm guessing 72. She could even be younger.

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I spoke with Claire, Sheridan's ex-wife, again today. Their son visited with her yesterday and was also perplexed about any talk regarding Sheridan's wife having died in the 1970s. Both Claire and her son say that as far as they know she was alive until at least a few years back.

Furthermore, Claire and I think that it is possible, if not likely, that Sheridan actually never married the Filipina wife. It is possible that they were merely a couple with kids for a handful of years. This thought is partly due to the fact that Ginger had expressed interest in having her mother move to the US. Sheridan explained that part of the problem is that she wants her whole family to move here.

Both Claire and her (and Sheridan's) son have talked with Ginger about her (Ginger's) mother. Additionally, Claire has talked with Sheridan about the mother (Ginger's) as well. All of these discussions took place between 2000 and 2010. We're speaking about multiple conversations between Claire and her son, speaking to Sheridan and Ginger, about the Filipina wife/mother.

Welcome to the Vortex we've got fun and games
We got everything you want, honey, we know the names
We are the people that can find whatever you may need
If you got the money, honey, we got your disease

Welcome to the Vortex, it gets worse here every day
You learn to live like an animal in the jungle where we play
If you hunger for what you see, you'll take it eventually
You can have everything you want, but you better not take it from me

Furthermore, both Claire and her son think something is very strange about all of this.