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Bomb song about “Maybe I’ll be happy when I get there, maybe I’ll be happy when I leave here. Maybe I’ll be happy if you love me. Maybe I’ll be happy when we’re finally done….”:

www.hitsofacid.com/HATT/BOMB_LucyInTheSkyWithDesi.mp3 (URL 14.1)

Best headphones in the world for under 100 bucks:

www.amazon.com/Sony-MDR7506-Professional-Diaphragm-Headphone/dp/B000AJIF4E/www30dollarfi-20

(URL 14.2)

LisaNova in her very funny Affirmation Girl videos:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e19NrkUcFEQ (URL 14.3)

and here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1EIB1MNV8k (URL 14.4)

43 folders concept:

http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/Tickler_file (URL 14.5)

Dean One-Page Plan template

http://www.stinkfight.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/deanonepageplan-template.doc

(URL 14.6)

The website for this book:

www.lifeamp.org (URL 14.7)

CHAPTER 15 URLs:

The author’s “writers’ forum”

www.lifeamp.org/forum/ (URL 15.1)

Definition of “meme”:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme (URL 15.2)

Voiceover sites for the author and his wife:

www.debrajeandean.com (URL 15.3)

www.michaeldeanvoice.com (URL 15.4)

I host with, and recommend, DreamHost. (Enter code DEAN for discount):

www.DreamHost.com (URL 15.5)

CHAPTER 16 URLs:

For AA service groups at the world level, AA also has “The 12 Concepts of World Service”:

http://www.alcoholicsanonymous-acapulco.com/12_concepts_alcoholicsanonymous_acapulco.html (URL 16.1)

Another org that works in this manner is the volunteer-run women’s culture festival series LadyFest ( www.ladyfest.org ). (URL 16.2)

The Free State Project

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_state_project (URL 16.3)

www.freestateproject.org (URL 16.4)

Which was inspired by an essay by Jason Sorens:

www.ncc-1776.org/tle2001/libe131-20010723-03.html (URL 16.5)

Other positive projects have come out of the Free State Project process, including Free State Wyoming. www.freestatewyoming.org (URL 16.6)

www.fundamentalsoffreedom.com/fswforum/index.php?topic=24.0 (URL 16.7)

(There are no URLs in chapter 17)

APPENDIX URLs:

Appendix:

Recommended reading, viewing, listening and surfing

Here’s a lot of things that have been influential and important in my formation of the PESD and Life Amplification. Plus a few things I just dig. And some stuff I wrote, directed, sang, typed, etc.

(Editor’s note: Well, I suppose Michael’s tired; expended most of his brilliance on the rest of the book. The above paragraph kind of reads like “I’m tired....”– DJD)

The books and videos listed here are all available from Amazon.

(With the exception of the stuff I made, inclusion here does not imply an endorsement by me from the people involved with these resources.

--MWD)

MICHAEL W. DEAN’S WEBSITES:

Radio Free Nestlandia. Michael W. Dean and Debra Jean Dean’s ongoing podcast.

www.nestlandia.com (URL A.1)

Stink Fight! Michael W. Dean’s libertarian ‘n’ cats blog.

www.stinkfight.com (URL A.2)

Clone the Homeless. Michael W. Dean and Debra Jean Dean’s retired (but still archived) podcast.

www.clonethehomeless.com (URL A.3)

I look forward to helping you with your many problems.

For a fee, Michael W. Dean will tell you how to solve your addictions, edit your film, get your printer to print; or he’ll come speak at your college or social club.

www.michaelwdean.com (URL A.4)

Michael Dean voice

Hire Michael to record himself narrating your film or infomercial.

www.michaeldeanvoice.com (URL A.5)

Debra Jean Dean voice

Hire Michael to record his wife narrating your film or infomercial or whatever.

www.debrajeandean.com (URL A.6)

LifeAmp

Website for the book you’re reading

www.lifeamp.org (URL A.7)

LifeAmp forum

Forum for the book you’re reading, and a whole bunch o’ other stuff, some related, some not, but still nifty. Check the early posts, they describe the process of writing, pitching, editing and publishing this book (which all happened in two months).

www.lifeamp.org/forum (URL A.8)

BOOKS BY MICHAEL W. DEAN:

$30 Film School, Second Edition by Michael W. Dean

www.amazon.com/gp/product/1598631896/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.9)

$30 Music School by Michael W. Dean

www.amazon.com/30-Music-School-Michael-Dean/dp/1592001718/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.10)

$30 Writing School by Michael W. Dean

www.amazon.com/30-Writing-School-Michael-Dean/dp/1592004865/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.11)

YouTube: An Insider’s Guide to Climbing the Charts by Alan Lastufka and Michael W. Dean

www.amazon.com/YouTube-Insiders-Guide-Climbing-Charts/dp/0596521146/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.12)

Digital Music – DIY Now! by Michael W. Dean and Chris Caulder.

A guide to making a living making music out of your backpack, from anywhere, and everywhere.

www.diynow.org (free!) (URL A.13)

Starving in the Company of Beautiful Women A novel by Michael W. Dean.

First book Michael published.

www.amazon.com/Starving-Company-Beautiful-Women-Michael/dp/0970539207/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.14)

The Simple Pleasures of a Complex Girl Novel by Michael W. Dean. Novel written in the second person from a female point of view. Conservative young woman joins Texan anarchist collective that takes down an evil corporate scheme to ruin the world.

www.texanarchy.com (URL A.15)

FILMS DIRECTED BY MICHAEL W. DEAN:

D.I.Y. Or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist.

www.amazon.com/D-I-Y-Die-Survive-Independent-Artist/dp/B000089Q5W/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.16)

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow.

www.amazon.com/Hubert-Selby-Jr-Better-Tomorrow/dp/B000LC4ZK8/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.17)

MICHAEL DEAN MUSIC:

(with downloads, some free, some iTunes)

Bomb. Acid-thick opiate sex rock. Michael Dean sings and plays bass. 1986-1993.

www.hitsofacid.com (URL A.18)

Baby Opaque. Death rock/Jazz/ hardcore punk with Michael Bérubé on drums. 1985-1986

www.babyopaque.com (URL A.19)

The Beef People. Hardcore punk rock with Michael Dean on guitar. 1983-1984.

www.kittyfeet.com/beef.htm (URL A.20)

Deal Machine. Michael Dean’s over-the-internet solo project. 2007-2008

www.dealmachine.org (URL A.21)

Assorted other MP3s of Michael Dean’s music:

www.kittyfeet.com/mp3.htm (URL A.22)

GREAT BOOKS BY OTHER PEOPLE:

BOSTON T. PARTY’S BOOKS

This guy gets his own section because he was and continues to be a big influence on my world view. All his books are on Amazon, and also available from www.javelinpress.com (URL A.23)

Molôn Labé! by Boston T. Party

Novel about how patriotic citizens of Wyoming practice self-defense on a large scale. I won’t give away more, but this is an intense book. There were times when it read like fiction. Other times it read like Boston’s crystal ball. Occasionally, it reads like Boston’s Day Planner.

www.amazon.com/Molon-Labe-Boston-T-Party/dp/1888766077/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.24)

You & the Police! by Kenneth W. Royce (Boston T. Party)

Verbal self-defense from being bullied at a cop stop; especially when and how to shut up (because while “anything you say can and will be used against you”, silence cannot be used against you!)

This is a book on “Jailhouse law” to help keep you out of the jailhouse. Boston says in one of his other books that “a sidearm is only to fight your way back to your rifle” and the info here will teach you how not to “shoot yourself in the foot” before your lawyer arrives.

www.amazon.com/You-Police-Kenneth-W-Royce/dp/1888766093/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.25)

Hologram of Liberty: The Constitution’s Shocking Alliance With Big Government by Kenneth W. Royce (Boston T. Party)

Describes in detail the weasel words the Federalists (the "Founding Lawyers") inserted into our Constitution to initiate the forces that led us into the mess we're in now.

www.amazon.com/Hologram-Liberty-Constitutions-Shocking-Government/dp/1888766034/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.26)

BOOKS BY OTHER COOL FOLKS:

The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul

Plan to save America, written by someone much smarter than me. This guy is the spiritual love child of Thomas Jefferson and Barry Goldwater. Probably the only politician in America, and certainly the only congressman, who “gets it.” Vote Ron Paul for president, even if you have to write him in.

www.amazon.com/Revolution-Manifesto-Ron-Paul/dp/0446537519/www30dollarfi-20

(URL A.27)

Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus by Rick Perlstein

Many consider Barry the spiritual father of the Libertarian Party. Bérubé turned me onto this book.

www.amazon.com/Before-Storm-Goldwater-Unmaking-Consensus/dp/1568584121/www30dollarfi-20

(URL A.28)

More Guns Less Crime by John Lott

The title says it.

www.amazon.com/More-Guns-Less-Crime-Understanding/dp/0226493636/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.29)

The Founders’ Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms by Stephen P. Halbrook.

Written by a lawyer, this one traces the actual intent of the Founding Fathers and proves, by citation of letters, speeches and newspaper articles from that era, that the Founders meant it as an individual right.

The argument is effectively solved in the book’s introduction:

The “right of the people” as used in the First, Second and Fourth Amendments are contrasted with such phrases as “the militia, when in actual service” in the Fifth Amendment and with the powers “reserved to the states respectively” in the Tenth Amendment.”

The book continues for 420 pages, proving that the Second Amendment is an individual right, if anyone still has their doubts. I sent a letter to Barack Obama and recommended he read this book. (He didn’t write back.)

www.amazon.com/Founders-Second-Amendment-Origins-Right/dp/1566637929/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.30)

Black Man With A Gun by Kenneth V. F. Blanchard

Written by the cat who wrote the foreword for the book you’re holding. The man speaks the truth. Great quick primer to guns of all kinds, and the historical, legal and moral aspects of guns and self-defense. I love this guy and I dig his book.

www.amazon.com/Black-Man-Gun-Kenneth-Blanchard/dp/156167656X/www30dollarfi-20

(URL A.31)

Paths to Recovery: Al-Anon’s Steps, Traditions and Concepts by Al-Anon Family Group Head Inc

Book on codependence.

www.amazon.com/Paths-Recovery-Al-Anons-Traditions-Concepts/dp/0910034311/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.32)

Alcoholics Anonymous (a.k.a. “The Big Book”) by AA Services

The lightning bolt that started the 12-step recovery fire. Interesting, but only took me so far.

www.amazon.com/Alcoholics-Story-Thousands-Recovered-Alcoholism/dp/1893007162/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.33)

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions by AA Services

Recommended for more detailed understanding of the Twelve Traditions, if you want to apply them to Organization Building.

www.amazon.com/Twelve-Steps-Traditions-AA-Services/dp/0916856291/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.34)

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie

Good book, but I ignore the “recovery industry” bent.

www.amazon.com/Codependent-No-More-Controlling-Yourself/dp/0894864025/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.35)

Robert A. Heinlein – his books are all great, especially on the subject of “no free lunch.” Debra Jean and I especially recommend these three:

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

www.amazon.com/Moon-Harsh-Mistress-Robert-Heinlein/dp/0312863551/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.36)

Farnham's Freehold

www.amazon.com/Farnhams-Freehold-Robert-Heinlein/dp/0671722069/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.37)

Glory Road

www.amazon.com/Glory-Road-Robert-Heinlein/dp/0765312220/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.38)

What’s Liberal About the Liberal Arts? by Michael Bérubé

Michael did a blurb on the back of this book. Good antidote if you get hungover from too much Heinlein. This book hasn’t influenced me on the subject, but Michael’s writing style probably has, and he has certainly influenced me as a friend. (He also read some drafts of the book you’re holding, and gave me useful feedback.)

www.amazon.com/Whats-Liberal-About-Arts/dp/0393330702/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.39)

The Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies, Hicks, and White Trash Became America’s Scapegoats by Jim Goad.

Good antidote if you are hungover from too much Michael Bérubé.

www.amazon.com/Redneck-Manifesto-Hillbillies-Americas-Scapegoats/dp/0684838648/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.40)

Zen Guitar by Phil Sudo

This slim volume was a huge influence on me, though some people don’t “get it”, like with my books. Zen Guitar is more the “why” of music than the “how.” When I read his book, I was home. I had always been seeking this, I just didn’t know what I was seeking. When I read Zen Guitar, I felt I’d arrived.

www.amazon.com/Zen-Guitar-Philip-Toshio-Sudo/dp/B0013L4CU4/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.41)

The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence by Ray Kurzweil

http://www.amazon.com/Age-Spiritual-Machines-Computers-Intelligence/dp/0140282025/www30dollarfi-20
(URL A.42)

WEBSITES I LIKE:

FREE STATE PROJECT WEBSITES:

Jason Sorens wrote an article in 2001 proposing a Free State Project. Free State Projects are groups of libertarian people committed to moving to one state and encouraging more liberty-minded people to move too.

www.ncc-1776.org/tle2001/libe131-20010723-03.html (URL A.43)

Free State Project (New Hampshire)

Forum: http://forum.freestateproject.org/ (URL A.44)

Ridley Report.

New Hampshire Free Stater Dave Ridley video reports on all the liberty news that fits, and all while wearing a pistol on his hip.

www.ridleyreport.com (URL A.45)

Free State Wyoming

www.freestatewyoming.org (URL A.46)

Forum also has an FAQ, linked off of this page:

www.fundamentalsoffreedom.com/fswforum/ (URL A.47)

“The Price of Liberty”

MamaLiberty’s very cool liberty information and essay site.

www.thepriceofliberty.org (URL A.48)

OTHER SITES:

Kylben’s blog (Kyle Bennett)

www.humanadvancement.net/blog (URL A.49)

Smart liberty-lovin’ guy writing about a number of things, some of them political, all of them interesting.

John Scalzi

http://whatever.scalzi.com/ (URL A.50)

Blog by the guy who said that libertarianism basically boils down to “Get off my property!”

Pastor Kenneth V. Blanchard, Sr.

More good stuff from my friend who wrote the foreword for this book. Check out his podcast, “The Urban Shooter.” (There’s a link on his site.)

www.blackmanwithagun.com/ (URL A.51)

The Orange Papers

www.orange-papers.org (URL A.52)

Intellectually undoing AA for many years, and doing a good job, in my humble opinion.

Stewart Brand’s website.

http://sb.longnow.org (URL A.53)

Fiscal conservatism with social compassion, and a lot of smart futurism. Also ran one of the first online communities, the Well, started in 1986.

Free MP3 Creative Commons reading of The Constitution of the United States.
“A portable civics lesson” --Wired Magazine’s GeekDad

www.debrajeandean.com (URL A.54)

Free State hedgie video. Debra Jean and I made this to advertise the New Hampshire Free State Project

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd8ihmk1YUM (URL A.55)

Big Head Press

www.bigheadpress.com/ (URL A.56)
Libertarian gun-toting sex-filled alternative history sci-fi graphic novels / comix by written by L. Neil Smith. The comic “The Probability Broach” broke my mind, in a great way. I recommend it be read in two-hour or less chunks, or you may find yourself dehydrated, needing to pee, but unable to get up. The one called “Roswell, Texas” is great too.

ORGANIZATIONS

Gun Owners of America

www.gunowners.org (URL A.57)

Very no-compromise Second Amendment protection organization. I’m a member. How ‘bout you?

Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership

www.jpfo.org (URL A.58)

America's Most Aggressive Defender of Firearms Ownership

National Rifle Association

www.nra.org (URL A.59)

The largest Second Amendment protection organization.

Check out their excellent magazine, “America’s First Freedom”

Appleseed

Me and Debra Jean took a free rifle lesson from them. Learned more in a couple hours than I’ve ever learned in any lesson. They’re sort of like my tech books, they teach the “why” as well as the “how.” They tell you a bit about The Constitution and why citizen riflemanship is important before they teach you how to hit a dinner plate at 500 yards. We’re taking a full weekend Appleseed retreat course soon.

(Warning: site contains loud martial drum music. I turn down my speakers for this one.)
www.appleseedinfo.org/ (URL A.60)

MOVIES AND TV:

A GREAT MOVIE WITH AN EXCELLENT CAUTIONARY EXAMPLE OF WHAT PHYSICAL SELF-DEFENSE IS NOT

Felon starring Stephen Dorff and Val Kilmer. Shows how your life can be totally screwed if you don’t know the difference between self-defense and assault.

www.amazon.com/Felon-Anne-Archer/dp/B001AK3S4O/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.61)

GREAT MOVIES WITH EXCELLENT CAUTIONARY EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE BEING VERY CODEPENDENT

(Though in true Hollywood fashion, they usually “learn their lesson” by the end, often a little too conveniently to seem convincing to me.)

Badder Santa (uncensored, unrated version of Bad Santa)
http://www.amazon.com/Badder-Santa-Unrated-Widescreen-Thornton/dp/B00020HAB0/www30dollarfi-20
(URL A.62)

Swimming with Sharks

www.amazon.com/Swimming-Sharks-Special-Kevin-Spacey/dp/B0009A40EI/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.63)

GOOD MOVIES WITH EXCELLENT CAUTIONARY EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE BEING VERY CODEPENDENT

The Royal Tenenbaums

www.amazon.com/Royal-Tenenbaums-Criterion-Collection/dp/B0000640VJ/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.64)

Scrooged

www.amazon.com/Scrooged-Bill-Murray/dp/6305609764/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.65)

TV on DVD:

AMAZING TV ON DVD WITH EXCELLENT CAUTIONARY EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE BEING VERY CODEPENDENT

“The Sopranos”

Don’t be like any of the people in this series. Especially Tony, his sister, his mother, or his wife.

www.amazon.com/The-Sopranos/e/B001CFVQXM/www30dollarfi-20

(URL A.66)

“The Shield”

Best cop TV ever. A lot of codependence and bad choices too, but maybe they do the best the can with what they’ve got.

www.amazon.com/The-Shield/e/B001CGBOAG/www30dollarfi-20

(URL A.67)

“Metalocalypse”

Pickles’ brother’s wedding (episode “Deth Wedding”) is a pretty brutal example of why some people should never speak to their families, ever again.

www.amazon.com/Metalocalypse-Season-2-Tommy-Blacha/dp/B001DZOD7C/www30dollarfi-20 (URL A.68)

MEW! That’s all he wrote.

p.s.

I love life. I would never take my own life. Mark my words. If I’m ever found dead of a drug overdose, a suspicious car crash or an apparent suicide, IT WAS MURDER.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
An anagram for “Michael Dean” is “Deal Machine,” and that truly fits. Dean never sits on his laurels, and he’s constantly touching the world in special places.

Michael Wareham Dean is the author of the books $30 Film School, $30 Music School, $30 Writing School, Starving in the Company of Beautiful Women, The Simple Pleasures of a Complex Girl, D.I.Y. NOW! Digital Audio and YouTube: an Insider’s Guide to Climbing the Charts. He runs the libertarian pop-culture blog, Stink Fight.

Michael directed the films Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow and D.I.Y. or DIE: How to Survive as an Independent Artist.

Michael played guitar in the band The Beef People. He sang and played bass in Baby Opaque and Bomb (Warner Brothers).

Michael W. Dean and his wife Debra Jean Dean are both professional voiceover artists, and also run The Nestlandia Institute, a think tank. They live in an undisclosed location in Southern California with their three cats. They plan to move to a farm in rural Wyoming as soon as possible.

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