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05-16-12 : Mark Sundeen Pays Out 'The Man Who Quit Money'
Over the Edges
Paradoxically, what proves to be most interesting about Daniel Suelo, the titular "Man Who Quit Money," is not his lifestyle without money. That's pretty straightforward, and while it is certainly pertinent in a world where half the wealth was effectively wiped out by forces nobody claims to fully comprehend, it's not exactly a story.
Yes, Daniel Suelo manages to live on onions he pulls from the desert sand, dumpster diving and a sort of evangelical freeganism that is pretty unique, even when more and more families are living in their cars.
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What is The Agony Column?
"He took down the great book in which, day by day, he filed the agony columns of the various London journals. "Dear me!" said he, turning over the pages, "what a chorus of groans, cries, and bleatings! What a rag-bag of singular happenings! But surely the most valuable hunting-ground that ever was given to a student of the unusual!"
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Red Circle
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05-15-12:
Time to Read Episode 44: David Vann, 'Dirt'
05-16-12:
A 2012 Interview with Mark Sundeen and Daniel Suelo
"What would happen if we actually practiced this stuff?" — Daniel Suelo
Mark Sundeen and Daniel Suelo were in high spirits when they arrived at the Capitola Book Café to talk about Sundeen's biography of Suelo, 'The Man Who Quit Money.' Suelo was not wearing his trademarked hat, and his shock of gray hair gave him a rather professorial air. Hunkered down in the lounge with big cups of chai tea, they could have been TA's on break from UC Santa Cruz.
05-14-12:
A 2012 Interview with Marika Blossfeldt
"...we tend to look for foods to fill the gap..." — Marika Blossfeldt
Some interviews are almost too easy, and talking to Marika Blossfeldt about 'Essential Nutrition' was really just fun. We managed to meet at the Capitola Book Café and talk in the back office. The hour flew by, and as we spoke, I was thinking that I could easily have prepared any two of the dishes I cooked in prep for the interview we spoke in that hour.
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•The Agony Column Live with T. M. Luhrman, Capitola Book Café, May 5 2012 : "It's a real experience."
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•A 2012 Interview with Anne Rice : "..the potential for tragedy, the potential for redemption..."
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