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Author Archives: Tom Trimbath
Personal Debt Addictions
Debt. Yuck. Is that concise enough? Unfortunately, without it life can take more effort – until some skills are learned. Debt is a tool. Used well it can ease stresses. It can be the lubricant that lets life flow by … Continue reading
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Tagged credit cards, debt, debt ceiling, Dream. Invest. Live., frugal, health care, New Road Map, Scotland, Simple Living
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Accidental Excellence
Pursue Excellence. Strive to be Great. Oh wait. Those must be typed with exclamation points and more caps. Pursue Excellence! Strive To Be Great! Or. Follow your intuition. Let it happen. Michelangelo spent years painting the Sistine Chapel. A writer … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, Charity, personal finance, photos, POD, Pollock, self publishing
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Drunken Frat Parties
Discussion boards are powerful and unregulated, which means I use them, but only with lots of filters. Some are populated with people expressing considered opinions as if it was a collegiate debate society. Many are empty except for a solitary … Continue reading
In Dependent Relationships
Bang. Bang. Bang. No, the sound has nothing to do with fireworks or the local gun club. The banging is coming from the other artists setting up their exhibits. It’s Saturday morning before the Fourth of July. We’re setting up … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Art, Dendreon, DNDN, FFIV, investing, Microvision, MVIS, New Road Map, Penn Cove, Simple Living, Whidbey
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Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2011
Welcome to my exercise routine. I finished posting my review of my stocks, as I do every six months. The methodical part of me decided that the end of June and the end of December were the most appropriate times. … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, DNDN, GAIA, GERN, GGOX, individual investing, Investor Village, Motley Fool, MVIS, RSOL, Silicon Investor
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My Semi Annual Process
It’s the end of June and time for me to dive into my portfolio. Some may find this dull, but this is the work that comes closest to answering the frequently asked question, “So Tom, how do you do it?”. … Continue reading
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Tagged frugal, investing, Investor Village, Motley Fool, Peter Lynch, Silicon Investor, Yahoo
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Not Bad Is Not Good
“Hey, that’s not so bad.” It took me decades to realize that “not so bad” does not equal good. Anxious is not the same as eager. Feeling better is not the same as feeling well. Saving is not the same … Continue reading
Unconsciously Committed
A word can crystalize a collection of thoughts. Over the last few weeks I’ve considered my financial situation and my options. Pick through my posts and you’ll find many of the threads. I was headed to some conclusion but suddenly … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, engineering, Karate, personal finance, self publishing
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Saturday Job Reprise
Saturday morning, up at 5AM, that was my dad’s version of sleeping in. When I was a kid my dad worked six days a week putting my brothers through college and getting ready to send me there too. Saturdays were … Continue reading
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Tagged Dalai Lama, Financial Integrity, financial literacy, frugal, New Road Map, Simple Living
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Do No Harm
In retrospect, scheduling acupuncture on Monday and a dentist visit on Tuesday was lining up two ways to get poked with little bits of sharp metal. The one that involved the most needles was relaxing and less expensive. The other … Continue reading
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Tagged acupuncture, Dendreon, DNDN, frugality, health care, insurance, Provenge
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