If you're brave enough--or foolish enough, you decide--this country affords you a lot of lattitude to live exactly the way you want to.

The LA Times writes about a 52-year-old man, who was unemployed, twice-divorced, and had no savings, but who decided that he 1) wanted to live on the water in Newport Beach, 2) didn't want to work too much, and 3) wanted to play golf and tennis several times a week.

The Times reports that he's been doing that for eight years. (And no, he's not--at least, according to the Times--doing anything illegal.)