On the Road

[David Morris]

Very much in keeping with this is this video "Random Lunacy" about the
life of "Poppa Neutrino" (David Pearlman), who just passed away last
month.  It's an hour in length, and worth every moment.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/122393/random-lunacy

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" David Pearlman, a restless and migratory soul, a mariner, a
musician, a member of the Explorers Club and a friend of the San
Francisco Beats, a former preacher and sign painter, a polymath, a
pauper, and a football strategist for the Red Mesa Redskins of the
Navajo Nation. When Pearlman was fifty, he was bitten on the hand by a
dog in Mexico and for two years got so sick that he thought he would
die. When he recovered, he felt so different that he decided he needed
a new name. He began calling himself Poppa Neutrino, after the
itinerant particle that is so small it can hardly be detected. To
Neutrino, the particle represents the elements of the hidden life that
assert themselves discreetly.

Inspired by Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki, Neutrino is the only man ever
to build a raft from garbage he found on the streets of New York and
sail it across the North Atlantic. The New York Daily News described
the accomplishment as “the sail of the century.” National Geographic
broadcast an account of the trip as part of its series on extreme
adventures.

The philosophical underpinnings of Neutrino’s existence are what he
calls Triads, a concept worked out after years of reading and
reflection. He believes that each person, to be truly happy, must
define his or her three deepest desires and pursue them remorselessly.
Freedom, Joy, and Art are Neutrino’s three."

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There’s a wonderful book about Poppa written by New Yorker contributor
Alec Wikinson called “Poppa the Happiest Man in the World: An Account
of the Life of Poppa Neutrino” that is genuinely inspirational.

http://www.amazon.com/Happiest-Man-World-Account-Neutrino/dp/1400065437/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295936528&sr=1-2

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 3:01 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Letter responding to an article that appeared in Salon about a woman who lived in her van by choice. Has that refreshing lived life w/o the utopia media bullshit about hippies which I think Pynchon would agree with.