Skinflint Hints
by Erin Lale
Price: $2.99 USD. 27380 words.
Published on June 4, 2011. Nonfiction.
Skinflint Hints is:
A guide to surviving the "new normal" for the formerly middle class.
A guide to saving money, for those who still have some, so you can get rich slow.
A guide to using as few of the Earth's resources as possible, because prices are good at telling you how much resources you're using.
Guaranteed to save you at least 10 times the cover price your first week.
Location: United States
Member Since: April 18, 2011
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Erin Lale
Biography
A polymath genius, Erin Lale is the world's most prominent contemporary sunprint artist, publisher and editor of Time Yarns, and a skinflint extraordinaire who practices radical recycling and freetarianism in Henderson, Nevada. She was the founding Chairman of City Lights Artists' Co-op, served on the Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Advisory Board, ran for Nevada State Assembly (her campaign is the subject of her book How to Lose at Politics, Or, Not Bad for a Libertarian), wrote for The Sonoma Index-Tribune, invented technical processes in iDEN and CDMA technology, sang in the Celtic folk-rock band North Wind, got the Double Ruby Award from the National Forensic League, bred a new type of creeping phlox flower, conducted the Sage Women Drum Circle, ran a custom fabric dyeing business, published and edited a print magazine, taught Russian in a university, wrote and directed the magical realist art film Rain Dance, worked as an alarm dispatcher, and farmed. Her Bengal Cat, Beni-Wan Cat-Obi, is the star of the award-winning Cool Cat Campaign Commercial.
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- The Road to Grafenwöhr
on Aug. 29, 2011
This is a delightful tale of a man's personal journey to fulfill his destiny. The story grabbed me right away with the young soldier's realistic confusion trying to make his way in a foreign country, with moments of humor and glimpses of the magical real. As the story progressed, the elements of marvel grew more apparent, but always against the backdrop of a realistic portrayal of military life. The Grimmortz die Traumer was completely believable as a being out of folk customs and fairy tales. All the varied ingredients of the final story mix dropped in one by one, each changing everything incrementally, until the stirring conclusion brought it all to perfection like one of the many local dishes the characters revel in throughout the book. The place and all its customs, its language, its forest, its beer, was almost a character in itself, a larger spirit generating ghosts that might or might not be real, conjured out of imagination. The Road to Grafenwohr is a compelling story and a fine read.
- Space Trippers Book 1: Trippin'
on Sep. 08, 2011
Space Trippers is a fun read, but this adventure is no romp for the main character, Valesque, who has to deal with a colorful cast of characters when she gets her ship, her self, and her invention stolen, and then gets into real trouble. The book hints that Valesque’s culture not only has very different motivations than human cultures, but that aliens might be responsible for Earth’s vampire legends; I hope we get to find out more in the subsequent books in the series. The story is a great blend of action and humor, and I look forward to reading the next Space Trippers book!