you re a good friend of charlie s. you ve partied with him and been through similar drug problems yourself. when you watch what s happening with charlie right now, what are you thinking? p.t. barnum. i think that it s like watching a car in its last two laps at the indy 500 being on fire and no longer wondering whether he ll finish but whether it will explode and how many people it will take with it. it s a very damning prognosis you paint. you re obviously a good friend of his. yesterday tmz boss harvey said he thought charlie sheen may be possibly acting now that he was enjoying the attention playing up to it, all the stuff of waving machetes. this may be part of some elaborate ploy to promote himself. do you accept any of that. i think maybe the whole machete thing might have been something that he s running and gunning with right now but certainly the home tape that he