There is not so much to tell about Larko, really. Actually, he is quite a boring fellow. Sometimes you do not even notice his presence until the man starts to snore. When that happens, however, you can not possibly fail to acknowledge that Larko is present.

With one foot in Estonia, the other in Finland, the man must have quite long legs. (Tallinn is about 60 kilometres from Helsinki with the Gulf of Finland in between.) Larko carries a Finnish passport in his pocket because that is where he first greeted the World loud and clear in 1957. He was 3 weeks overdue to enter and ever since he has been late where ever he goes.

Larko has been a railway enthusiast all his life. As a young man he made several Inter Rail train tours all around Europe. That is more fun and defenetly more healthy than the sort of Trainspotting that the youngsters of this day and age are about. Larko is more than slightly pissed off with some European governments´ policy of closing down their national railways.

Even Larko's closest friends do not know so much about him but everybody knows that the man loves beer. Larko has a shadow personality, Joodik whose special interest is very much about beer, booze and public houses. Joodik has a web site of his own Punase Viinakuu Kolhoos (The Collective Farm of Red October) where he contemplates in Estonian the various subjects connecting to the special interest. Larko and Joodik are angry about the mishabit of Finnish breweries to serve raindeer's piss and charge the customer for lager.

Larko is very much involved with weblogging and other forms of Internet publishing as you may have discovered already. The Internet brings a whole new dimension to the idea of freedom of speech. Larko despices all forms of censorship. Luckily enough, it is practically impossible to censor the Web in the long run.

The wonders of World Wide Web also make it possible to actually be present in many places simultaneously. It does not really matter where you spend your time in the non-virtual dimension. The Web does not, however, replace the need for contacts with real life persons. Or when did you last time have sex with your computer?

When not in the cyberspace or in the pubs guided by Joodik, Larko very much likes to go to theatre. A good place to combine the two would be the provincial town of Rakvere in Estonia. The local theatre is exellent and the theatre's bar even more so. After a good play and a few pints of Viru Nigula beer the theatre's guest house would be a good place to spend the night in, that is unless you absolutely want to hit the local night life.

Larko is anxious to increase his knowledge of history, culture and literature. The funny thing with these subjects is that the more you learn about them the less you actually know. The same defenetly goes to the subject of women. Larko will propably not live long enough to truly learn to understand them.

Is there a conclusion to be reached about all of above? Sure there is. Better keep rolling but leave the rocking for younger people! And anywhere is better than somewhere else.