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You can eat my Vindaloo, mega lottery, Blondie, Noa, Israel Kamakawiwo ‘Ole, art, film and a ride on the Space Shuttle

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Elvis and “You can eat my Vindaloo.”

If we had ads like these I wouldn’t fast forward thru the commercials.  I’d also buy me some New Walkers Poppadums.  Bet you can’t watch it just once:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QduTLFILORY&sns=em

My pal Trish is a whip smart, drop dead gorgeous international entrepreneur.  She’s lived and traveled all over the world.  She fled the Iranian revolution with the clothes on her back only to settle in Liberia as that country went up in political flames.  The first night her new home was invaded by machine-gun toting rebels.  I still remember a line from one of her letters written during the monsoons:  “Never in my life have I seen so much vertical water.”

Trish’s self portrait

I met her when she and Wolfgang kidnapped me in Ireland. Now I come to find out she’s an artist to boot.  Who knew such an intense life could lead to such graceful drawings each with its own little tale:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/trisharay/

Her eldest son is a film maker.

La Nina del Desierto

  I see shades of the Coen Brothers in this one:

http://www.mmrempen.com/films/lanina.html

Always had a soft spot for Ms. Blondie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppYgrdJ0pWk

Good advice sung by an angel:

Life is beautiful that way:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds5A-zAck54

Life can be tough, brutish and harsh.  When it gets that way for me I listen to this guy:

Israel Kamakawiwo ‘Ole

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5JicO2bKec&feature=related

No matter what your political views this is worth the five minutes it takes.  Laugh out loud funny political animation even if you have to laugh at some of your own guys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h8O7V-WxWQ&feature=youtu.be

Let take a ride on the Space Shuttle.

Crank up your volume so you can hear all the spooky sounds.  Oh, and just to make it interesting, let’s ride on the outside:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2aCOyOvOw5c

 

The 1975 novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz, is set several hundred years after our civilization has annihilated itself in a nuclear Armageddon.

The survivors have been reduced to the stone age and have slowly begun to rebuild. Monks now keep and try to decipher the scrapes left. The most precious of all is a bit of writing, the only such to survive. Truly, they believe, the key to the past and its secrets are here.
Endless hours of scholarship are invested in its study.  Towards the end the author shares it with us. It is a grocery list: Bread Milk Cheese Beer.  Think I’ve just ruined the ending for you?  Read the book.  And remember, anything you write could all that’s left when we’re gone.

I’ve been planning a post on Gold for a while now.  My pal Mr. 101C beat me to it.  You can read his thoughts and a couple of my comments here:

http://www.101centavos.com/2012/04/05/gold-as-an-investment/

It has been awhile since I’ve written a purely business post. Shilpan’s got it covered:

http://www.streetsmartfinance.org/2012/04/01/5-keys-to-win-customers-for-life/

His insights on the business of life make him one of my favorite bloggers and here’s another reason why:

http://www.streetsmartfinance.org/2012/03/27/7-habits-to-live-happy-life-with-less/

One of my few regrets in life is that my career never led to an international posting.  With any luck my retirement will.  Mr. Stoic provides some inspiration here:

http://thestoicinvestor.com/2012/04/05/changing-your-life-by-working-abroad-the-fun-stuff/#comment-244

Here’s a unique take on how to tell your body, “Hey!  I’m not ready to die yet!”:

http://dollardisciple.com/choose-growth/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dollardisciple+%28The+Dollar+Disciple%29

The recent mega-lottery had the hopeful in a tizzy.  Let’s do a little quick math.  The jackpot was 640m.  Assuming you took the cash option, that would be cut in half:  320m.  Then the tax man takes his share(s).  The Feds will want 40%.  State and local depends on where you live, but let’s call it 8%.  That leaves you 52%:  166m.  No small sum, but not the half a billion everybody was throwing around.

Anyway, Mr. MM asks:  What would you do with way more money in his always insightful style.  Be sure to read thru the comments.  I haven’t done the calculation but, excluding those who would invest it, my guess is you’d be hard pressed to spend even 10m meeting every desire listed.

Every young person starting on their fiscal journey should read this:

http://money.ramblingfever.com/2012/04/investing-101-magic-concept-that-grows.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RamblingFeverMoney+%28RamblingFever+Money%29

“There is no good excuse for anybody to not retire a millionaire.  It is not that hard to save $2,000 per year.”

Finally, in the comments section of this post  http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/04/06/get-rich-with-nature/#comments you get to see jlcollinsnh called a “totally wrongheaded ultra-naturist.”  I’ve been called a lot of things over the years, but this is a first.  Kinder than most, too.  Oh, and the post is a great read.

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Comments

  1. Andy says

    April 7, 2012 at 10:42 pm

    I read that book back in 1977. I remember the story well and I remember the ending well after all these years. In fact the book is sitting on my shelf.

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      April 7, 2012 at 11:53 pm

      time for a re-read!

      Reply
  2. Shilpan says

    April 7, 2012 at 11:39 pm

    Jim – thank you. I am both humbled and honored for your kind words and friendship. I always enjoy your wit and valuable perspective on my articles. I am eternally grateful to you my friend.

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      April 7, 2012 at 11:52 pm

      I keep a mental list of people I’d like to have coffee with. Yer on it, pal.

      Until I get to Atlanta, or you to NH, reading your posts keeps reminding me of important things and introducing me to others.

      Reply
    • Shilpan says

      April 8, 2012 at 12:01 am

      Absolutely. Please be my guest if you come to Atlanta. I will definitely inform you if I am in your neck of the wood. It will be my pleasure to meet with you my friend.

      Reply
  3. 101 Centavos (@101centavos) says

    April 8, 2012 at 9:37 am

    I did see it twice… I now want me some Pappadums.

    Good remind on Canticle. It’s been on my SF reading list for a while. Now currently in the middle of The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross.

    Thanks for the link, btw…

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      April 8, 2012 at 11:22 am

      only twice? you’re a better man than I.

      Seems my small town local library doesn’t have The Fuller Memorandum but I’ll track it down….

      Reply
  4. JTH says

    April 8, 2012 at 10:23 am

    Nice. Very nice …. Really like the content and the ability to have a choice. Thank you JCollins. You are an inspiration. I choose not to decay ….. Now I get to move on this choice ….

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      April 8, 2012 at 11:19 am

      Hi Julianne….

      what a pleasure seeing you here and I’m thrilled you’ve chosen to subscribe.

      Thank you for the very kind words. You made my day!

      Reply
  5. Trish says

    April 8, 2012 at 11:49 am

    Okay, I love that “drop dead gorgeous international entrepreneur”.
    I’m hanging that quote on my computer (and on my mirror for tough mornings!) Grazie mille, you are very kind.
    In return, I have found and cleaned up a few images of Jim in Photoshop. The time you were out on the Irish bog, digging turf in the pouring rain. (Yes to the kidnapping charge. It was for your own good, to save you from being “just a tourist”.) You standing atop an ancient (Druid?) dolmen.
    And I mentioned you in the drawing I just did of Nepal and “rhino-herding” on elephant back. I don’t have a picture of being attacked by the giant sloth bear.
    And I didn’t find one of sleeping in the haystack at the Irish music festival. I could draw one…..

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      April 8, 2012 at 1:41 pm

      You forgot the whip smart part. 🙂

      Thanks for the pictures from when I was your kidnapped Irish bog cutting slave. good memories.

      BTW, I tried to download one of your drawings for this post but your site wouldn’t let me. If you send me one I’ll insert it. Perhaps a self portrait?

      Reply
  6. mmrempen says

    April 8, 2012 at 4:17 pm

    I wonder if it would actually be possible for every single person to retire a millionaire.

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      April 8, 2012 at 5:12 pm

      now that’s a very interesting question.

      The numbers tell us that, compounded over time, it actually takes very little money invested to grow to 1m. For instance, 15k invested in the Dow stocks in 1975 would be worth over 1m today. Pretty amazing considering the financial turmoil of those years.

      But compounding takes time. So it helps to start young.

      Then there are countless stories of people of modest income who by way of very fugal living and dedicated savings get there in remarkably short time.

      Then too, I remember having lunch with a friend of mine many years ago just before Christmas. He’d just gotten his annual bonus: $800,000. He spent the lunch complaining to me that it just wasn’t possible to make ends meet on what he made. Listening to his expenses, he was right.

      What I’ve learned is it has less to do with how much you earn — high income earners go broke while low income earners get there — than what you value. Money can buy many things none of which are more important than financial independence. But few even see that as an option.

      There is a huge marketing effort designed to keep people spending and in debt slavery. One of my key objectives with this blog is to present another way.

      More importantly, mm, cool film clip eh?

      Reply
      • mmrempen says

        April 9, 2012 at 2:21 pm

        Makes sense to me. But I saw that quote, “there is no good excuse for anybody to not retire a millionaire,” and I wonder how much of our economic strength is based on reckless spending, and what would happen to it if EVERYONE started acting more responsibly with their money. I might well be out of the job! After all, who needs to spend so much on movies?

        It’s no knock on your financial advice, now. Just a thought experiment.

        Reply
        • jlcollinsnh says

          April 9, 2012 at 3:01 pm

          no worries, MM….

          …my advice should be expected to stand up to a few knocks. 🙂

          In fact, the whole point is to have plenty of money to do with your life as you choose. If that includes movies great. I’ve always liked movies although now we rarely go to the theater. Netflix!

          Your concern is based on a widely held view that consumption is the primary driver of economic success. counterintuitive thought it may be it is only one part of a far more complex mosaic.

          As to the concern that everyone might suddenly become responsible, it is a classic “non-problem.” “Non” because:
          1. It is unlikely to happen.
          2. If it does it will be at a very gradual rate allowing for easy adjustments.
          3. If it does it would be a very good thing. Less consumption would make for a far more sustainable world. No small consideration with 6.5 billion of us running around.

          Certainly such a change would cause a round of “creative destruction” as retailers peddling cheap crap like Wal Mart faced major adjustments. But this is already part of the capitalist system.

          In a society with frugal, debt free, financially independent people the necessary and highly beneficial process of “creative destruction” vital to a dynamic economy is far less traumatic.

          And my bet is they’ll still be going to movies.

          Reply

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      • Republic Wireless and my $19 per month phone plan
      • Case Study #3: Let's get Tom to Latin America!
      • The Stock Series gets its own page
    • ►September(2)
      • Case Study #2: Joe -- off to a fast start!
      • Chautauqua 2013: A Week of Dreams
    • ►August(1)
      • Closing up shop plus an opening at Chautauqua, my new podcast, phone, book and other random cool stuff
    • ►July(1)
      • They Will Kill You For Your Shoes!
    • ►June(4)
      • Stocks -- Part VIII-b: Should you avoid your company's 401k?
      • Shilpan's Seven Habits to Live More with Less
      • Stocks -- Part XIX: How to think about money
      • My path for my kid -- the first 10 years
    • ►May(5)
      • Why your house is a terrible investment
      • Stocks — Part XVIII: Investing in a raging bull
      • Dining with the Ghosts of Sarah Bernhardt and Alfons Mucha
      • How we finally got the house sold
      • Stocks — Part XVII: What if you can't buy VTSAX? Or even Vanguard?
    • ►April(4)
      • Greetings from Prague & a computer question
      • Swimming with Tigers, a 2nd chance on the Chautauqua, a financial article gets it wrong and I'm off to Prague
      • Storage, Moving and Movers
      • Homeless, and a bit on the strategy of dollar cost averaging
    • ►March(4)
      • Wild Turkeys, Motorcycles, Dining Room Sets & Greed
      • Roots v. Wings: considering home ownership
      • How about that stock market?!
      • The Blog has New Clothes
    • ►February(5)
      • Meet Mr. Money Mustache, JD Roth, Cheryl Reed & me for a Chautauqua in Ecuador
      • High School Poetry, Carnival, cool ads and random pictures that caught my eye
      • Consignment Shops: Best business model ever?
      • Cafes
      • Stocks -- Part XVI: Index Funds are really just for lazy people, right?
    • ►January(5)
      • Social Security: How secure and when to take it
      • Fighting giraffes, surreal landscapes, dancing with unicorns and restoring a Vanagon
      • My plan for 2013
      • VITA, income taxes and the IRS
      • How to be a stock market guru and get on MSNBC
  • ►2012 (53)
    • ►December(6)
      • See you next year....until then: The Origin of Life, Life on Other Worlds, Mechanical Graveyards, Great Art, Alternative Lifestyles and Finding Freedom
      • Stocks -- Part XV: Target Retirement Funds, the simplest path to wealth of all
      • Stocks -- Part XIV: Deflation, the ugly escort of Depressions.
      • Stocks Part XIV: Deflation, the ugly escort of Depressions.
      • Stocks -- Part XIII: The 4% rule, withdrawal rates and how much can I spend anyway?
      • How I learned to stop worrying about the Fiscal Cliff and you can too.
    • ►November(2)
      • Rent v. owning: A couple of case studies in Ecuador
      • So, what does a month in Ecuador cost anyway?
    • ►October(4)
      • See you in December....
      • Meet me in Ecuador?
      • The Podcast: You can hear me now.
      • Stocks -- Part XII: Bonds
    • ►September(6)
      • Stocks -- Part XI: International Funds
      • The Smoother Path to Wealth
      • Case Study #I: Putting the Simple Path to Wealth into Action
      • Tales of Bolivia: Calle de las Brujas
      • Stocks -- Part X: What if Vanguard gets Nuked?
      • Travels in South America: It was the best of times....
    • ►August(1)
      • Home again
    • ►June(4)
      • Yellow Fever, closing up shop for the summer and heading to Peru y Bolivia
      • I could not have said it better myself...
      • Stocks -- Part IX: Why I don't like investment advisors
      • Happy Birthday, jlcollinsnh; and thanks for the gift Mr. MM!
    • ►May(6)
      • Stocks -- Part VIII: The 401K, 403b, TSP, IRA & Roth Buckets
      • Mr. Money Mustache
      • The College Conundrum
      • Stocks -- Part VII: Can everyone really retire a millionaire?
      • Stocks -- Part VI: Portfolio ideas to build and keep your wealth
      • Stocks -- Part V: Keeping it simple, considerations and tools
    • ►April(6)
      • Stocks -- Part IV: The Big Ugly Event, Deflation and a bit on Inflation
      • Stocks -- Part III: Most people lose money in the market.
      • Stocks -- Part II: The Market Always Goes Up
      • Stocks -- Part 1: There's a major market crash coming!!!! and Dr. Lo can't save you.
      • You can eat my Vindaloo, mega lottery, Blondie, Noa, Israel Kamakawiwo 'Ole, art, film and a ride on the Space Shuttle
      • Where in the world are you?
    • ►March(7)
      • How I lost money in real estate before it was fashionable, Part V: Sold! and the taxman cometh.
      • How I lost money in real estate before it was fashionable, Part IV: I become a Landlord.
      • How I lost money in real estate before it was fashionable, Part III: The Battle is Joined.
      • How I lost money in real estate before it was fashionable, Part II: The Limits of the Law.
      • How I lost money in real estate before it was fashionable, Part I: Impossibly Naive.
      • You, too, can be conned
      • Armageddon and the value of practical skills
    • ►February(6)
      • Rent v. Owning Your Home, opportunity cost and running some numbers
      • The Casanova Kid, a Shit Knife, a Good Book, Having No Regrets, Dark Matter and a bit of Magic
      • What Poker, Basketball and Mike Whitaker taught me about Luck
      • How to Give like a Billionaire
      • Go ahead, make my day
      • Muk Finds Success in Tahiti
    • ►January(5)
      • Travels with "Esperando un Camino"
      • Beanie Babies, Naked Barbie, American Pickers and Old Coots
      • Selling the House and Adventures in Staging
      • The bashing of Index Funds, Jack Bogle and a Jedi dog trick
      • Magic Beans
  • ►2011 (22)
    • ►December(1)
      • Dividend Growth Investing
    • ►November(2)
      • The Mummy's head, Particle Physics and "Knocking on Heaven's Door"
      • "It's Better in the Wind" or why I ride a motorcycle
    • ►October(1)
      • Lazy Days and School Days
    • ►July(2)
      • The road to Zanzibar sometimes goes thru Ecuador...
      • Johnny wins the lotto and heads to Paris
    • ►June(16)
      • Chainsaws, Elm Trees and paying for College
      • Stuff I’ve failed at: the early years
      • Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Defeat
      • The. Worst. Used. Car. Ever.
      • Top Ten reasons your future is so bright it hurts my eyes to look at it
      • The Most Dangerous Words Your Customer Can Say
      • How not to drown in The Sea of Assholes
      • What we own and why we own it
      • The Ten Sales Commandments
      • My ever so formal and oh so dry CV
      • How I failed my daughter and a simple path to wealth
      • The Myth of Motivation
      • Why you need F-you money
      • My short attention span
      • Why I can’t pick winning stocks, and you can’t either
      • The Monk and the Minister
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