We were stunned — in a good way, mostly — by what Miles Doran did earlier this year. In an homage to both former CL Tampa writer (and current Sarasota CL Editor) Max Linksy and cheapness, University of Florida telecom major Doran put up a website (web.mac.com/milesdoran) in which he declared he would duplicate Linsky’s famous “The Free Way” story and live on the mooch for one week. He didn’t do anything as Linsky-venturous as sneaking into the showers at USF; most of his days were spent hanging out poolside with friends. Not exactly roughing it.
This article appears in Sep 13-19, 2006.