Nautical Nomads

Why Religon Sucks; Part 1 - Tempting Jesus?

2007-11-13T08:32:00.000-05:00

What really happened to Jesus during his 40 days and nights in the wilderness? Was the temptation offered by Saten to Jesus that Jesus would be the most famous man ever to live, that people would worship him for thousands of years, that he would be able to do some simple miracles like raising the dead etc, etc... Did he offer him the position of the savior that Jewish legends predicted. That he would be given the coveted title of "The Christ". "The Son of God". I think if Jesus knew of the atroscities that were to be commited in his name, how his words would be used and twisted by greedy men to gain power and wealth. I think Jesus would have never bothered to return from his his walk in the wilderness.

I cut my own hair

2007-11-12T12:02:00.000-05:00

Saved $10

Doesn't it look good?

Doesn't IT!!!!!

Life is a finite Journey, Don't Overpack

2007-11-09T08:51:00.000-05:00

Your life is a finite journey, don’t over pack it will just slow you down. Aquire only what you really need to live your dream, If you buy stuff buy quality and when your done with it pass it on to another dreamer who will use it. Don't collect stuff because it has value to someone else, Just collect the stuff you need to satisfy your goals. What possessions you will accumulate in your life are irrelevant and in the end will not define you or the quality of your life.

In the begining

2007-11-08T08:27:00.001-05:00

Hi I’m Michael, I’m now a 49 year old frugalist (Frugalist: A follower of the Frugalism movement, opposite of a Consumerist: follower of the Consumerism movement). I wasn’t always 49 and I wasn’t always a frugalist. Before the turn of the century I was a Mechanical Engineer living in the burbs of Boston, raising a family and killing myself to keep up with the Joneses. I was struggling everyday to get ahead in the rat race. My family, my friends, practically everyone I knew was in the race. We were all living “The American Dream” a bigger house, a bigger car, bigger stress, and monster debt that would keep us “workin for the man” until we could retire at 72. Then soon after we would conveniently pass away from diseases brought on by the stress of competing in the rat race for most of our lives. Every one of us longed for the freedom of living a simpler life, but we felt trapped on the treadmill. Today I live a very different life than I did eight years ago. I once read somewhere “You can’t control which direction the wind will blow, but you can adjust your sails.” Because of a combination of circumstances beyond my control and decisions I made in response to those circumstances I was able to reinvent my life. Today I live on the water in a tropical paradise. Living on a 30ft sailboat means I must live simply. My bills are less then 10% of my income, even though my income is half of what it was eight years ago. And in three years when I turn 52, I will never have to “work for the man” again. I’ll leave the rats to their race, sail away to new adventures, and live the simple life I could only dream about before. This is my story, welcome aboard.

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