Onawhim
03-01-2005, 12:33 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60329-2005Feb28.html
He once invested $21 million in the Russian space station Mir, saying that he hoped to rehabilitate it and charge hefty fees for millionaires to tour space. That led to a rare burst of public notice, including a profile in the New York Times Magazine in 2000 which quoted Anderson as saying he had a "personal" hatred for government. The article said his apartment had a painting based on a Smashing Pumpkins lyric, "I'm still just a rat in a cage." The story said Anderson viewed the Earth as his cage and that, as a child, he dreamed of leaving it.
very random. . . and I know no one cares
He once invested $21 million in the Russian space station Mir, saying that he hoped to rehabilitate it and charge hefty fees for millionaires to tour space. That led to a rare burst of public notice, including a profile in the New York Times Magazine in 2000 which quoted Anderson as saying he had a "personal" hatred for government. The article said his apartment had a painting based on a Smashing Pumpkins lyric, "I'm still just a rat in a cage." The story said Anderson viewed the Earth as his cage and that, as a child, he dreamed of leaving it.
very random. . . and I know no one cares