Christopher McCandless

Ok, I just was over at The Multitude, which is the kinder, gentler Occupy Wall Street forum, and I said something that is likely gonna get me kicked off there. One guy was raving about how "communal subsistence living" is gonna save us all, and I wrote that the difference between this post...

ITW doesn't say exactly. It does say that his parents went nuts when Chris told them he didn't need a college education, and they talked him into going. He still thought it was a waste of time and money. From what the book said, family friends paid for it, so he had no student loans. And college was...

Wayne Westerberg said that an alcoholic drink called "White Russian" "were what Alex liked to drink." Wayne said that Alex would sit at the end of the bar and talk for hours about his travels.

You are right Pezar. The good news is there are people like us who know there is a problem that is too big for us to fix. That is why we plan for a future away from this madness. It is better to plan a different future for ourselves than try to adapt and live based on what is happening today. If we...

I would guess it was because of the Stampede Trail itself-the feds wanted to include the mountains north of the trail in the park, the state of Alaska wanted access to the mine, and by then some cabins had sprung up along the first few miles of Stampede Road, so they compromised. I think the adding ...

And the thing is, because of economic mismanagement, those kids chasing the golden ring will NEVER get it. They're like the donkey who is chasing a carrot that he doesn't realize is tied to a stick held by his master so he will go and not stop. The whole point is for the master to ride the donkey, b...

Wedelen, "freedom" is what the govt defines it to be. I learned that lesson from George Orwell: when the govt writes the definitions, words mean what they say they mean. I should dig up the lyrics to the old Metallica song Eye of the Beholder, because it describes the situation well. Indep...

I was watching the whole "Occupy Wall Street" protest thing, and it occurred to me that the "protesters" aren't REALLY rebelling against the banking system, but simply regurgitating opinions they've been told to have. The same goes for the Right. BOTH the radical movements on eit...

I probably shouldn't have gone off on my drug rant, actually. It was somewhat off the point. People desire money because it's what they're told to desire. Most people don't think for themselves, they just regurgitate other people's thoughts. They go to school for 12 years, then they are fully brainw...

Yes a well deserved thankyou to all!! However another little question has arised. While at a Chinese restaurant with my father, I eased into a convo about my future. In short, it ended in my dad calling the waitress over to try and help explain to me why money is important. She insisted to me that ...