"Don't get sick." Gee, that's always worked so well for me. If only I'd willed myself out of getting sick on that business trip so I didn't need antibiotics and three days off. (Or having a doctor merely want to check on my cholesterol, given the latest post-insurance bill.) "Avoid injury" doesn't even merit these words.<p>"Learn to fix things." Let's resolder my motherboard's BGA at home!<p>Most risible to me, though, is the comment on bicycle physique. My employer is a certified bicycle-friendly company... and based on my bicycling coworkers, if calories are not restrained, you just get muscle under fat. If you're lucky. (Also, many bicyclists will tell you that once you're at your goal weight, there isn't the delta between food costs and gas costs you were hoping to have.)<p>OTOH, given the all-caps and fuckety fuck fuck, it's not surprising his author page has a photo like the one at the top. <a href="http://monofonuspress.com/artists/thor-harris" rel="nofollow">http://monofonuspress.com/artists/thor-harris</a>
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The overall idea seems to be that you'll have a lot more free cash flow if you avoid stupid expenses. You'll have a job if you have a skill that can't be outsourced. You don't have to have X million dollars, you need a reasonable income and not to waste it.<p>So, mostly, reasonable points. Worth taking a minute to think about, since our society pushes us toward wasteful spending (most advertising, many TV shows, other peoples' expectations, and so on).
not much here that hasn't been said, basically be thrifty and don't get sick or have kids...so its too late for all the parents out there, no king livin' for you...