Triseult

That's what I did last May. I'm a digital nomad and freelance writer. My passport is Canadian, my business is in Hong Kong, and I live in Mexico (for now). My clients are worldwide.

You don't pay tax on business profits in Hong Kong if the money is generated outside the country, but you do pay (very reasonable, e.g. 5-10%) personal income tax on money you take for yourself (after business expenses).

Coupled with the awesome international banking in Hong Kong, it's an awesome deal.

I'm trying to picture Rob Zombie shopping for a Christmas tree and doing yoga, and now my brain hurts.

*: words and stuff.

Oh, GOD, yes. The stuff promoted on Boingboing is generally atrocious.

I did end up liking one book they recommended; it was decent, flawed, and kind of engaging. Of course, it was being promoted as this genre-redefining historical monument to literature. Someone needs to cool it with the hyperboles.

(For reference, it was Liminal States.)

Shaktopusnado! Please make it happen!

By the way, although Salatin's Polyface Farm sounds amazing, I think it's important to keep in mind that Salatin was an example of a trend, not the single exception in the food system.

After I read Omnivore's Dilemma, and while in Edmonton, Alberta, I visited my farmers' market and found one meat producer who, while not as boisterous and outspoken as Salatin, exhibited a lot of the same qualities in his products and work ethics. I had long, fruitful conversations with him, which led me to volunteer as a farmhand for one month. It was a life-changing experience.

Edmontonians: the man in question is Jerry Kitt from First Nature Farms, at the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market. His meat is simply superb, and I can attest first-hand that he raises very happy animals.