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About Tom Trimbath

program manager / consultant / entrepreneur / writer / photographer / speaker / aerospace engineer / semi-semi-retired More info at: https://trimbathcreative.net/about/ and at my amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0035XVXAA

Loving Living Leaving A Tourist Town

Loving, Living In, And Leaving A Tourist Town The following is the culmination of several months of notes and observations about life on the south part of Whidbey Island, a place now known more for being a tourist town. They … Continue reading

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Geron Approved

GERN Achieves FDA ApprovalAh, investing in biotech. Welcome to a mostly-incomprehensible title for a major announcement. “Geron Announces FDA Approval of RYTELO™ (imetelstat), a First-in-Class Telomerase Inhibitor, for the Treatment of Adult Patients with Lower-Risk MDS with Transfusion-Dependent Anemia” – … Continue reading

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They Are Selling My Park

The following is largely a link to my blog about life in a tiny house. Because this issue and event deals with personal finance risks I post it here, too. https://www.mytinyexperiment.com/blog/they-are-selling-my-park As I wrote in that post; “Housing isn’t simply … Continue reading

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Basic Needs – Inspired By A Ferry Ride

Want a real-life lesson in basic needs? Academics can point to Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs. My parents would have a more peer-reviewed, or really peer-pressured list. I’ve been moving from Whidbey Island to Port Townsend by taking lots of ferry rides. One particular trip took longer than … Continue reading

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Time To Buy But What

I watch stocks almost every day. (Sundays happen.) But, I rarely buy or sell, as frequent readers know. My style of investing is basically Long Term Buy and HOLD (LTBH), which in some cases takes decades. (Come on, GERN and MVIS; you’ve made progress. … Continue reading

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My Money (And Almost My House) Lost In The Wire

My Money Lost In The Wire You Can Not Make This Stuff Up This is one of those things that is supposed to be funny, maybe in a year or more. This was supposed to be a post about the … Continue reading

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Debt Free Again

I am debt-free, again. I am also officially homeless. But, let’s not quibble. (Such a strange word. But, I digress.) Today, May 7, 2024, I officially relinquished my ownership of the only house of mine that truly felt like a … Continue reading

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Moving From What To Why

A friend, “Can you see the end of the tunnel?”Me, “Yes, but through very squinty eyes. Moving is exhausting!” If all goes according to plan (that’s an old phrase that is well to remember), within a week I’ll have successfully … Continue reading

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A New Gig – Island Roots Housing

Add this to the mix of the weird and wonderful. I signed the contract to be a Communications Consultant for a non-profit devoted to providing housing for the rest of us. Island Roots Housing “Island Roots Housing is a homegrown … Continue reading

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FATE – One Company One Story

Welcome to another story and another video in my One Company One Story series.This time, Fate Therapeutics (FATE). Here comes the amateur legalese. I began investing in companies and their stocks in the late 70s, but am Not a certified … Continue reading

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