The “Stay Hungry” ebook is finally here! Only $5 for 44-pages of photos and story you can’t get in the magazine articles or blog posts - including photos of my father at the last family reunion, seven months before he passed away; photos of the inside of the van after 2009 remodeling.

The past two years have been a tremendous time for personal growth for me - not always reflected in this blog, but often touched on in many of my posts. There have been more and more opportunities to tell my story and recently I’ve had articles on Salon.com, MyDaily.com and today on AOL.com. I’m excited for lots of reasons - because the stories drive people to the TED Global 2009 video, but more importantly, because reading the stories and watching the video sparks a conversation about what it means to be homeless and who it can happen to. The fact is, it can happen to anyone - even millionaires. If you don’t believe that ask any of the victims of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi Scheme. Overnight millionaires became penniless and even homeless.

I’ve been writing about my homeless story so much I’ve also taken time to put together a short version of the longer book, “Staying Hungry,” that I’m working on. It’s update, photos and information I haven’t written or blogged about before - so you won’t get it anywhere else on the web. I thought about giving it away, but by selling it I’m hoping I can sell enough copies to allow me more time to work on the full-length book and on the six non-profits I help support when I can. I also just started a new venture with a friend - a life-coach. We’re talking about Boundaries and other life skills to help folks as well. The free 15-minute podcasts are at: http://morethangoodadvice.com. We also offer a longer talk (40 minutes or more) for $1. It all goes to help fund our efforts at helping, supporting our continuing ventures and people like:

Tim Brownson: How to Be Rich and Happy Tim Brownson and his co-author, John Strelecki, have written a powerful book about the steps you need to take to become rich and happy - not in the traditional financial sense (although that’s certainly possible), but to begin by being happy and identifying what matters most to you. They’re giving away ONE MILLION copies of the paperback book for free. Visit his website for more info.

Happy Tails Rescue - Rottweiler rescue and sanctuary My dog Koko has been my constant companion for the past 11 years. She came to me from my friend Toni Reita, who started and runs Happy Tail Rescue. Toni is the largest sanctuary for Rottweilers on the west coast, and possibly in the country. If you love Rottweilers and want to adopt one, or donate food, cars or cash to help feed and house them, then please visit her site.

Hope House - Shelter for minor (under age 18) girls involved in sex trafficking around the world. Hope House rescues them and gets them mental, emotional and psychological help and helps them develop skills and get the education they need to succeed.

My Orange Duffle Bag - Sam Bracken’s incredible story of survival and triumph as both a homeless and abused teen who went on to play football at Georgia Tech. His book is awesome - a work of art as well as an amazing story. Check it out.

Invisible People TV - Mark Horvath was homeless the same time I was. He travels around the USA videotaping homeless people and their stories, as well as hosting a website called http://wearevisible.com that empowers the homeless by teaching them how to set up free email, a blog and how to use twitter and Facebook to empower themselves and get a voice even though they are essentially in what seems to be a powerless position.

Stand Up For Kids - an almost entirely all-volunteer organization in 18 states. Stand Up For Kids goes out into the streets to help homeless kids and teenagers. They take the kids food and health items, help them get to the doctor and to job interviews and teach them the skills they need to get off the streets, and to graduate from school or GED programs. Amazing organization!!

If you like my story - I think you’ll like the book. $5 now.