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Triple Whammy Sixth Anniversary
Not long ago, this twisted, melted piece of plastic was a pulley. A simple, little thing; just a pulley. A simple, little thing broke. In the vast possibilities of bad luck, it broke in one of the best ways, though … Continue reading
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Tagged frugal, frugality, hiking, luck, Olympic Mountains, optimism, Simple Living
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Practicing Patience
Pardon me while I sweat. Better get some fluids before I dive much further into typing. It’s 81F in the house. A fine day for whacking weeds for Whidbey Camano Land Trust. Kyle, the Stewardship Assistant, invited me as Site … Continue reading
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Tagged consultant, consulting, dancing, entrepreneur, Great Depression, Great Recession, housing, Land Trust, mortgage, optimism, Second Depression, WCLT, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Dishwasher Celebration
Ah, the sweet sound of a machine doing the dishes. It’s been over five years since my tiny dishwasher turned itself into a complicated dish drying rack. The motor wore itself down until all it could do was make a … Continue reading
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Tagged dishwasher, DIY, drewslist, frugal, frugality, housing, personal finance, Simple Living, Whidbey
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My Overly Simplistic MVIS Valuation
I was inspired by a friend, and as so often happens, the thing I created isn’t as fancy, isn’t as detailed, but may be useful in its own way. I know it has already helped me, and only partly because … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., frugal, frugality, individual investing, investing, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, Peter Jungmann, Simple Living, stocks, wealth
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Timing Luck And A Bit Of Diabetes
According to the doctor, I’m “completely normal now”. Well, at least my cholesterol and triglycerides are. The other good news is that at least one of the measures of diabetes has crossed back into what she called pre-diabetes levels and … Continue reading
Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2017
Thank you, Peter Lynch for inspiring this exercise. For at least twelve years, I’ve regularly reviewed my investments through this one simple exercise. Every six months, I describe the companies I’m invested in, and their stocks (somewhat) succinctly. Peter Lynch … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, AST, Asterias, Dream. Invest. Live., economy, GERN, Geron, GIG, GigOptix, GigPeak, investing, LTBH, markets, Microvision, MVIS, NeoPhotonics, personal finance, Real Goods, Real Goods Solar, RGSE, RSOL, solar power, stocks, wealth, wind power
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A Study In Dilution MVIS
In the original, and innocently campy, Star Trek series, Scotty would confound everyone by using his time off to happily catch up on his technical journals. I had a couple of spare hours the other night and did something similar. … Continue reading
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Tagged dilution, Dream. Invest. Live., investing, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, Star Trek, stocks
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Corporations Meet Owners MVIS 2017
One advantage about American capitalism, you can experience its machinations in person rather than relying on other people’s opinions. Public corporations are public. They hold regular meetings, somewhat like the company’s version of the State of the Union address. Some … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., investing, Investor Village, LTBH, Microvision, Motley Fool, MVIS, personal finance, reddit, Silicon Investor, stocks, wealth, Whidbey
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