2014/01/15 Bug Out Bags of the Deludinnati! – I recently read that some Wall Street types have suggested Bug-Out Bags to their audience via one of the Lame Street Media outlets. I should have jotted down where I read about it and the collectivist media outlet that broadcast the recommendation, but I was too busy…
2014/01/06 Last week I read a wonderful essay by Foo Quuxman on Daily Anarchist titled, Why I’m an Anarchist (link below) and it inspired me to review my own path to embracing Anarchy. There is very little commonality between Foo and I with regard to background, upbringing or what brought us to similar conclusions and…
2014/01/01 For those of you who can’t wait to check out the Boot-Strap Expat Adventure Campaign: http://igg.me/at/Boot-Strap-Expat/x/5929170 An Update On Liquidations and Funding of the Boot-Strap Expat Adventure For those of you who have been following the Boot-Strap Expat adventure from the beginning, the original plan was for the Liquidation of Assets to be the…
2013/12/26 Smoked Ham a Perfect Food When I was a young kid, I loved certain foods, especially those associated with holidays and special occasions: Pierogi were my decreed birthday meal from the time we started the tradition that whoever was celebrating a birthday chose the menu; most special occasions involved some special meat or seafood…
2013/12/19 The Essentials Are More Numerous Than You Think A primary consideration for any adventure, especially one as ambitious as the Boot-Strap Expat adventure is assuring that you have everything you need to successfully get from point A to point B. Having spent over a year living in the wilds I’ve learned that even my…
2013/12/16 Over the last few months I’ve endeavored to share the goals, experiences, insights and challenges for potential Boot-Strap Expats. We covered all kinds of topics; from Expat motivations, planning, liquidating assets, my K9 Masters, essential gear, original art and Real Food for Real Life. But what do you want more of as we move…
2013/12/13 As a Freshman at Michigan State University in the late 1970s, Ramen was a gift from the Gods for me. I love pasta. I love Cantonese food. I love cheap. I love easy to prepare. Did I mention I love cheap? Ramen was the perfect go-to food for my 18 year old self. I…
2013/12/11 Review of Goals The Primary goals of the Boot-Strap Expat adventure are To complete a road-trip from the Great Lakes to Santiago Chile, To document the entire adventure by Blog and Vlog, To create a documentary film of the adventure, Write a companion book about the adventure, Start a business in Chile to support…
2013/12/09 Scroll down for recipe ideas beneath my babbling. Wild Turkeys almost disappeared from North America, but they have since made an incredible comeback! Now they are almost everywhere except Alaska from what I hear. During the ten months I lived in the wilds of Louisiana in 2010, I only went into town every two…
2013/12/03 Failure Is How We Get Ahead In Life I’ve been a failure since my first breath. Born with a mortal congenital heart defect I was not expected to live beyond four years of age. But in 1963 failures like me were given a chance to live beyond our natural physiology, pediatric cardiac surgeons at…
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