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

Taxes Stocks Electric Cars

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Tom Trimbath

OK. There’s so much going on that it has been hard to know where to start. So, pardon me as I literally roll up my sleeves. I didn’t need to roll them up, but that act let me think a … Continue reading →

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Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, circa 1997

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Tom Trimbath

The Berlin Wall had fallen. The USSR had broken up. I was a Boeing engineer at a ICBM assembly plant in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. The people I was working with had just been through an upheaval after an upheaval. For decades … Continue reading →

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Encouragements

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Tom Trimbath

Could it be over? Could we finally be getting out of the pandemic (even though it has become endemic?) Whether we are or aren’t, we’ve spent two years adapting as necessary. I don’t think the New Normal will become fully … Continue reading →

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Super Bowl Ads 2022

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Tom Trimbath

As @BiscottiDon, er @WIBakingCo, so eloquently put it; My yearly tradition that comes from curiosity, investing, and getting a perspective on ‘mainstream America’ (or at least what the advertisers want us to think, see, and feel – and buy, of … Continue reading →

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My Straps Snapped

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Tom Trimbath

There wasn’t even a Sproing! or a Snap!, but when I looked down at my snowshoes there was a piece of the binding sitting on the snow; not very helpful. Well, one important thing is to get a workout, and … Continue reading →

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Reasons For Optimism – February 2022

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Tom Trimbath

Feeling a bit down? Feeling like that question is an example of massive understatement? Welcome to the modern world (as of February 4, 2022, evening, US West Coast time). You’re not alone, or maybe it’s just me and I’m alone. … Continue reading →

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A Gasoline Flashback

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Tom Trimbath

I spilled some gas, as in gasoline, today. It was only about a tablespoon (~15ml), but it made me flashback and thinkforward. I’m old enough (oh no, an old geezer is going to get nostalgic – not) that I’m getting … Continue reading →

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Shower Sessions

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Tom Trimbath

Maybe I should take more showers. I’m not the only one. No. This has nothing (or very little) to do with hygiene during the pandemic. Like a lot of people, I had an idea in the shower a few weeks … Continue reading →

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The Power Of The Customer

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Tom Trimbath

I fired my bank. A few days ago I closed my account with Whidbey Island Bank. I started that account in 2005, very soon after moving to Whidbey Island. They were a bit surprised, and inquisitive, but weren’t about to … Continue reading →

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Reflecting On 2021 – A List

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Tom Trimbath

2021 is over. Yay. Whew. Wow. I felt exhausted, but that’s because I was. It was a challenging year. Ah, but there had to be good in there, and I wanted to remind myself of it. I felt like I … Continue reading →

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