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Quick Beginnings And Slow Turkey
It is the first Friday in February, and I’m celebrating two beginnings while watching an old show. Julia Child is making a Cold Turkey Galantine. I made two new web sites. I think I had the easier job. Flashbacks may … Continue reading
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Fresh Idea – Patient Filtered Sunglasses
Fresh ideas, inventions that I pass along to the world. Maybe they already exist. Maybe they’re useful. Maybe they’re fun. Maybe I don’t have the time, money, and resources to patent them, or develop them, or both. At least by … Continue reading
Economics Of Distractions
Economics of distractions sounds like a PhD dissertation. Maybe I should go back to college and get a doctorate. Maybe I wouldn’t be surprised that someone else has already written about it. In reality, I’m hearing about football tickets, trying … Continue reading
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Tagged distraction, distractions, focus, productivity, writing
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Ten Years Of Twelve Months On Whidbey Island
15 years (16? 17?) and done – a ten year photo essay of Whidbey Island’s waterfront nature “Whidbey Island is more than one place. It is more than one visit. Most tourists carry away a few photos. Few locals get … Continue reading
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Resilient Deer And A Dodgy Device
The deer are here. Seven deer are grazing their way through my front yard. They just survived days of freezing air, freezing rain, rain, snow, and winds. Eat up. My Roku died. What am I going to do for background … Continue reading
65 Years
65 Years January 14, 1959. (In no particular order:) January 14, 2024 January 14, 2089 Ha! Let’s see… 2089? I’m not even sure what will survive to 2044. Once upon a time, a nationwide radio program interviewed me about my … Continue reading
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One Company One Story – 2023 retrospective
Pet Peeve: end of year retrospectives published before the end of the year, hence, 2023’s retrospective publishes in 2023. But first… Here comes the amateur legalese. I began investing in companies and their stocks in the late 70s, but am … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, BYND, Dream Invest Live, Dream. Invest. Live., EVTL, finance, GAIA, GERN, GMGMF, GOEV, investing, LCTX, LFLY, LLAP, LUNR, MVIS, personal finance, QBTS, RKLB, RRGB, SOLO, stock-market, stocks, TGCB, WNDW
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Why Write
News As has happened before, this blog has spun off another blog. My writing activities are getting busy enough to deserve their own space, and this blog deserves to concentrate on its original purpose, personal finance. This first post ties … Continue reading
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Popular Posts 2023
Where to begin? Change accelerated in 2023, and that included changes at the personal level. Sure, the world saw an acceleration in AI, climate change, societal unrest, and technological achievements. In my smaller world I recovered from one job, got … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, drewslist, fresh idea, GOEV, health care, health insurance, healthcare, HoloLens2, housing, job, Microvision, MVIS, ObamaCare, politics, Retirement, Solar Window, tidal power, travel, Whidbey Island, WNDW, work
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Semi Annual Exercise EOY 2023
Ah, 2023, the year that was going to be The Year. It’s not yet midnight December 31, but the outlook is not immediately encouraging. But, if not 2023, how about 2024? This gets interesting. A commendable effort by all.Doesn’t look … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., ElectraMeccanica, finance, frugal, frugality, GERN, Geron, housing, investing, LCTX, Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, Solar Window, SOLO, stock-market, stocks, WNDW
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