Author Archives: Tom Trimbath

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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

From the Middle

I am a moderate, which in today’s land pundits and opinions is looked upon as boring, non-committal, uncertain, and inconsequential. I like the middle. The middle is where balance is achieved and is the fulcrum for motion. I’ve been called … Continue reading

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Busy People

A literary manager who needs to be a bit more selfish and find time for her own writing too, a serial novelist who is great at picking titles and knows her genre, (Hanna Rhys Barnes, author of The Scorpion Moon … Continue reading

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Unpopular Innovations

Want to drive a lot of traffic to a blog? Get angry. Vent against the injustices of the world. Lambast the causes of the issues that are being overlooked or marginalized. The media and the politicians are caught up in … Continue reading

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Merika

Obvious to some, but not to all, ‘Merika is what many islanders call the mainland. ‘Merika is that different world, that place that works from a foreign set of rules, mores, and attitudes from what’s normal on the island. I’m … Continue reading

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Cents and Percents

Thank you MVIS and DNDN for serendipitously setting a fine example for today’s post. As I type, they are both up about 20 cents. That’s a yawn and a whoopdie-do, both and neither. MVIS is up $0.20 from about $1.70. … Continue reading

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Heard and Said

The world edits a non-fiction writer’s choice of topics. I’d planned to write a rather dull arithmetic post that would answer some frequently asked questions about penny stocks and interest. Well, the world was more interested in delivering an excellent … Continue reading

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Hear and Say

“Hear and say” sounds like the kids’ toy “Speak and Spell“, but the kids get a better chance of learning something. The adults are more likely to merely parrot an increasingly inaccurate message. The problem is that “hear and say” … Continue reading

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UnShameless Self-Promotion

Self-promotion is something every entrepreneur and artist is supposed to utilize. Sole-proprietors are frequently one-person shows, president, treasurer, sales staff, cook, clerk, and advertiser. We all have many skills and we all have flaws. One of mine is that I … Continue reading

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Fruitcake and Compost

What a combo. The only way compost gets into a fruitcake is through plants grown in organic soils or an atrocious pantry. I’m not even sure that fruitcake can become compost. Consider how long some fruitcakes are passed around without … Continue reading

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Sound Bites

Sound bites, yuck. There’s a sound bite right there. The distillation of a complex issue into as few words as possible can be artistry, but taken too far can be tragic. A bit of time and heat can produce a … Continue reading

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