2014/01/24 A wonderful woman just asked me “why” I’m pursuing the Boot-Strap Expat Adventure. I find it insightful to consider such questions because it took years of introspection for me to come to the decision to expatriate. While I will surely benefit from a move to South America, I’m also a guy with a sense…
2014/01/12 What is Agorism? – In essence, Agorism is Economic Anarchy. According to Wikipedia (Skip the Wiki paragraphs if you already have a clue and scroll down to Most Of Us Stumble Into Agorism) Agorism is a libertarian social philosophy that advocates creating a society in which all relations between people are voluntary exchanges by means of counter-economics, thus engaging in a…
Just a quickie for y’all… …I’m not a Luddite, I was selling personal computers in 1985! But since then I’ve learned that I can’t be bothered riding the latest wave of technology, it’s simply impossible and I may spend outrageous amounts of my time learning technologies that never gain wide acceptance. I don’t spend a…
2014/01/17 Are Ghosts, Demons, Angels and Nations Real or Fictions and Illusions? – How you answer these questions says a lot about your critical thinking skills, premises and how effective indoctrination and propaganda has been on you. Let’s first establish what is meant by Real. There are experiences that only we have and are unable…
2014/01/14 You may think that I’ve been away from the keyboard too long since my last essay, but I assure you I have been writing. The reason for my recent absence is that I’ve submitted an article to the Daily Anarchist (http://dailyanarchist.com/) and am waiting to hear from the editor if it has been accepted…
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…
2013/12/13 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…
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