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Author Archives: Tom Trimbath
Windows and Doors
When one door closes, somewhere a window opens. Within 24 hours, one bookstore requested copies of all of my books and another bookstore asked me to take back the ones they hadn’t sold. The books won’t even have to come … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, DNDN, Freakonomics, Midway Journey, Millionaire, PSCZ, Puget Sound Convergence Zone
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Puzzle Fixes
This blog is about balancing life and money, mostly, usually, well at least that’s true within a lot of leeway. Blogs are good for open-ended musings. But I don’t expect that this blog, nor balancing life and money, to be … Continue reading
Waiting For News
Waiting for good news. Remember good news? It has been known to happen. The Dismal Decade erased it from our short term memory, but as I recall there have been days to celebrate. There will be again. Here they come. … Continue reading
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Tagged cold fusion, Dendreon, Dismal Decade, DNDN, Facebook, LinkedIn, Medicare, Provenge, Solar Leaf, Steve Smolinksy, Twitter
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Changing Corporations
If only changing corporations was like changing diapers. Imagine changing corporate culture by simply disposing of the messy bits, cleaning things up, and then hoping that a miracle happens and potty training was spontaneous. Corporations are changing, and while some … Continue reading
Turtle Investing
It was fun writing the chapter: The Investment Zoo, in my book, Dream. Invest. Live. (which is finally available on Kindle, yea!) “Lots of news stories make it sound like there are only bulls and bears, but there are also … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Dendreon, DNDN, frugal, kindle, Provenge, radiation, superconductor, xkcd
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Floating With The Universe
“How’ya doin’?” “Just floating with the universe.” “Excellent.” It isn’t a verbatim conversation, but generally that’s how I live my life. That’s an odd lack of structure for someone like me who spent years in corporate cubicle world, was raised … Continue reading
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Tagged Center for New Media, Flow Project, GSEC, Hollyhock, Karate, Langley, Orca, Orca Network, self publishing, Shobayashi, Shorinryu, Steve Smolinsky, Whidbey
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Recycling Perspective
Look at the bags of recycling gathering in my kitchen. Look at the photos of Sendai’s tsunami, Haiti’s earthquake, Hurricane Katrina‘s impact on New Orleans. I’ve got bags in my kitchen filled with waste paper, empty bottles and cans. Disaster … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Jordan, earthquake, Haiti, hurricane, Katrina, Midway, Midway Journey, Pacific Gyre, Pacific Plastic Patch, recycling, Sendai, tsunami
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Time Saving Tips
The first was inspired by the Sendai Earthquake and Tsunami. I realized that such an overlooked notion like being prepared was actually a time saver. Then I realized it was just one of a similar set of simple acts, and … Continue reading
What Me Worry
Yep. I live over an earthquake fault, have to drive through a tsunami zone to get home, am within about a hundred miles of three large volcanoes, and live on an island that is only tied to the mainland by … Continue reading
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Tagged earthquake, FEMA, global warming, ice shelf, Mt. Rainier, preparedness, Puget Sound, Rainier Mountaineering, RMI, tsunami, Whidbey Island, Wonderland Trail
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Lines In The Water
Commiseration happens. As is usual for the last few years, a friendly conversation turned to personal economics. Home improvement projects, preventative health care, and even small luxuries like a new bicycle seat have been postponed awaiting better finances. We’re both … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, dandelion botanical, DNDN, MVIS, Warren Buffett
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