Welcome to StarkRavingNomad.com!
Twitter name is StarkRavinGnome
Q. What is Stark Raving Nomad about?
A. I am a consultant. I travel all over and fly back to my concrete condo every weekend. So I got to thinking. Why do I fly back to my concrete condo every weekend? Well, because (a) I was promoting my comic book series “Dreadnought: Invasion Six” heavily to get it made into a feature film, (b) I had a production company, (c) I had to check mail and (d) do laundry…
Well, nothing Earth shattering turned out with my comic book and the production company was to further promote the comic (plus other short films); so, after a long time trying, BUDGET EXCEEDED – just like the android police in “THX 1138″ – STOP!
So, why do I need to fly back to a concrete condo to check mail and do laundry? Why can’t I just fly back from work to… anywhere? Hence, therefore and consequently, I have decided to go nomad. Sell my condo and live in hotels. Mind you, not flea bag hotels and dumpster diving, I mean in upscale hotels with my Platinum and Diamond status…
Q. Why is your Twitter name different from your blog name?
A. Well, “StarkRavingNomad” was one letter too long for a Twitter name and “StarkRavingNoma” just didn’t cut it… So, I went with “StarkRavinGnome”. (And, I am kinda sorta shocked that such a cool name was available to register, both as a domain and tweet account.)
Q. Are you insane?
A. No, but close. Hence the name – stark raving (no)mad.
Q. How do you plan to do it?
A. I am going to get rid of everything I own and travel with my briefcase, carry-on luggage and one checked luggage. That’s it. (Okay, I did cheat a little, I did send off my sentimental items to my parent’s house for safe storage, but anything that can be replaced is gone.)
Q. Can I do it too?
A. Sure, but maybe you should wait to see how I do. That’s because even though I am selling stuff that can be sold, I am basically giving everything I have for practically nothing. I will get a nice chunk of change for my condo and my car, but the other stuff is pennies on the dollar; or free; or tossed and destroyed. My friends suggested I just move everything into storage but I said if I am going to do this, it needs to be real, so I didn’t go the storage route – except for sentimental things, as I have explained earlier…
