Leonard Michaels, Cryptology, on pages 83-89 of the 26 May 26, 2003 The New Yorker,
". . . I fancied myself buying things like a dishwasher, but I don't work for money. You know what I mean. My salary pays my bills. I work like most people, not to waste my life. Have you been to Santa Monica? That's where I live. On the beach you see people with nice bodies and no jobs. Also no brains. Life is too short to waste a minute getting a sunburn. I've never even taken a vacation. I don't know why anybody would want to . . ."