Hi all,

This video created by Splork really made me chuckle when I came across it a while back.  Its a funny and also truthful commentary on the web sewer of spam that has been created by internet marketers over the past few years.

Hi everyone,

I came across the work of casetteboy on youtube a while back and thought some of you might enjoy the audio clips as much as I do. Im sure most of you will know who David Attenborough is but for those who don’t, he is a wildlife documentary legend and a personal hero of mine. Nick Griffin is the leader of the British National Party, a fascist political party.

BTW Stella refers to Stella Artois, a popular brand of beer here in the UK.

What a c**t!!

Hi Everyone.

Lately I have been really enjoying reading inspirational, witty, and profound quotes, poems, and social commentaries. I have even dropped some of my favorites in a few of my previous posts where they seemed appropriate. I have decided to take things one step further and create this post which will be continually updated as I find more material that I think is relevant to the working vagabond lifestyle:

Only when the last tree has been cut down,
And the last river has run dry,
Will man finally realise,
That you cant eat money,
And that reciting ancient proverbs
Makes you sound like a twat.
Banksy,
Wall And Piece

“Once upon a time there was a bear and a bee who lived in a wood and were the best of friends. All summer long the bee collected nectar from morning to night while the bear lay on his back basking in the long grass. When winter came the bear realised he had nothing to eat and thought to himself ‘I hope that busy little bee will share some of his honey with me.’ But the bee was nowhere to be found. He had died of a stress induced coronary disease.”

Banksy,
Wall And Piece

“A lot of people never use their initiative because noone told them to“
Banksy,

“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”
Gandhi

“A man’s got to believe in something.  I believe I’ll have another drink”

W.C. Fields

I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying.

Woody Allen

If you have come across any short poems, jokes, or quotes please feel free to post a comment or email them to me and I will add them to the list.

Enjoy.

Hi everyone,

This section of the working vagabond website is reserved for my random ramblings.  Anything that doesnt fit into the other categories will appear here.

Thaks for browsing the working vagabond site.  Please get involved by leaving comments.

Rodders

“You don’t like my peaches, then don’t you shake my tree.  Get out of my orchard, let my peaches be” Harry Manx – Sittin’ on top of the world, (2004).

I have had a few irritating encounters these past few days that made me realise that the path of the working vagabond can initially be a bit isolating.

A few days ago I bumped in to an old friend who proceeded to ask me what I was up to these days.  I guess I gave him a brief update of what I’d been doing since we last saw each other (university, work, travelling etc).  When I started telling him about my new business plans (working remotely from anywhere in the world, earning money from websites etc) he became very negative about the whole thing.  You will never make a salary doing that, how will you ever afford a house blah blah blah.  I ignored all that nonsense and went about my day.

Today I have had the same negative response to my plans from 3 separate people.  The first encounter was with a former colleague who proceeded to tell me that my business would never work, but there may be a job going in the office if I was interested.  No thanks matey.  Next I spoke to a friend from university and got pretty much the same response “grow up, get a job, yada yada yada”.

I was already sick of hearing that my ideas were pipe dreams when an old family friend popped round to see my new house.  While enjoying a cup of tea she proceeded to heap piles of negativity on top of me.  “Still renting then I see”.  “When are you going to settle down and buy your own house?”  After biting my tongue several times I then had to sit there and listen to how well her children are doing, all the money they are earning, the big houses they own, the new cars etc etc.

After she had finally left me in peace I went a bit mad and found myself alone in my house laughing my head off while shouting “HOW DARE I” “HOW DARE I DO WHAT I WANT WITH MY OWN LIFE”.

I guess when you decide to try and start what many people consider an unconventional business it will always be met with scepticism.  I also think that all of the people who are being so negative towards my plans are probably unhappy with their own lives.  When confronted by someone who is trying to start a business that will enable them to work anywhere in the world and be their own boss, perhaps they feel a bit inadequate.  It’s a shame because it’s starting to make me not want to bump in to people I know and love. I really dread that question “so where are you working at the moment?”

Anyhow, I have no intention of giving up on my dreams because a few people don’t believe that I can achieve them.  I am at a point in my life where if I don’t give this business model a shot now I may never get another chance.  If I fail, all I have lost is a bit of time and a bit of money, no big deal.  At least I won’t spend my life bored out of my mind with a crappy 9-5 and an a**hole of a boss wandering what might have been if only id given it a shot.

Fortunately there are thousands of people like me who actually make a full time living online.  It is their success that keeps me going when the lunatic in my head tells me to quit.