I just released episode #1650 of the Tom Woods Show, which reminds me that I'm closer to the 2000th episode than I am to the 1000th.
For the 1000th episode I held a special event at the Rosen Centre in Orlando, where despite having to reschedule because of a hurricane, I was still able to welcome a live audience of nearly 600.
My favorite part of that event: when my daughters roasted me. They all wrote their own jokes; nothing was fed to them by anyone.
My then-7-year-old, Elizabeth, told the audience: "When my Dad starts the day he doesn't need a hairbrush because he has no hair."
"My Dad's too short, so he can't pee in the toilet." (!)
Amy, our middle child, said to a room half of which had attended a special dinner beforehand that I'd held for supporters: "Dad buys off-brand groceries because he says you can't taste the difference. Hope you enjoyed your dinner!"
Savage.
I am always being made fun of (and not just by Amy) for buying the less expensive brand. You get what you pay for, is the general rule the family tries to insist on with me.
That is generally a good rule. But with the Internet, you can get so much great stuff for free that maybe we need to rethink it.
Exhibit A:
Several days from now there's going a free workshop for you on how to use Etsy and similar sites to sell simple print-on-demand items, primarily mugs. Every time I recommend this workshop the consensus after watching it is: "Now this is something I could do!"
A libertarian homeschooling mom just wrote to tell me that she's excited about doing it, and also that she's got her kids set to do it as well.
Lots of my folks are doing it already. One Tom Woods Show listener, Adam Schneider, even created a whole podcast about it, and pulls in thousands of smackers per month (including $25K each of the past two Decembers, which is obviously an important month).
When you watch it you'll say: good thing I listened to Woods.
The presenter is Tom Woods Show guest Rachel Rofe, who was Adam's teacher.
Here's that newbie entry point you've told yourself you've been waiting for.
No email lists, no affiliate marketing, just something fun to do in your spare time that can bring in some smackers for you -- and now that the state has made clear that it can and will shut you down at a moment's notice, who doesn't need that?
Click to reserve your spot, and I'll see you there: