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Chaos And Continuity
Nothing extreme is likely to happen. Read that two ways: 1) in general, extreme things typically have low probabilities, and 2) specifically, civilization, society, and culture have great inertia and tend to continue with only slight shifts. As I write this, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cascadia, economy, housing, mortgage, Panama Papers, personal finance, Pinterest, politics, Westylvania
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Costly Commuting
It’s a fine, old truck. It’s generic white, has a good cap on the back, only has a few dings and dents, and could use a few thousand dollars if I decided to make it like new again. That’s not … Continue reading
Lifeboats For Our Species
Unless you’re lucky or asleep, dreams take work. Elon Musk has announced plans to accomplish one of my dreams, colonizing space. First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win. I expect a … Continue reading
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Tagged aerospace engineering, colonizing space, Elon Musk, entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, innovation, Simple Living, SpaceX, wealth
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Frugal Harvest 2016
It was possible because of friends – throwing away old stuff. The equinox is past. Harvest time is passing, too. The garden that I apologized to has been producing produce and stories. It is time to ask the frugal question; … Continue reading
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Tagged entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, gardening, Langley, mushrooms, personal finance, Simple Living, sustainability, Whidbey
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A Perfectly Imperfect Equinox
Oh, well. That’s close enough. My house has a Stonehenge moment every equinox, almost. On the equinox, the sun hits the horizon due west, putting it over a point of land across Cultus Bay called Scatchet Head. As it sets … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, Facebook, frugal, frugality, personal finance, Scotland, Simple Living
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Upscaling Whidbey
Those photos are mine. Well, they’re now the property of the WiFire Coffee Bar, the place where I’ll be part of an Economic Development Think Tank tonight. The setting is sweet (and artistically decorated, in my opinion.) The title is … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, consulting, Curbed, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, high speed Internet, housing, investing, jobs, Langley, personal finance, photos, real estate, Simple Living, Vancouver, virtual reality, wealth, Whidbey, Zestimate, zillow
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Asterias May Have One Success
One of my smaller investments had good news. It appears they’ve been able to regrow severed nerves. One of their trial patients has regained use of his arms. Amidst the cautions layered around investments and health care news it was … Continue reading
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Tagged AST, Asterias, clinical trials, FDA, health care, innovation, investing, LTBH, optimism, personal finance, Stem cells, stocks
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Five Years From September 2016
The following post will be the straight line of a joke where we get to hear the punch line five years later. I’ve been lucky enough to be part of a conversation and series of meetings about the economic sustainability … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D printing, artists, coworks, culture, digital singularity, economics, environment, Great Recession, housing, infrastructure, jobs, organic farming, pension, quantitative easing, Retirement, Second Great Depression, small town, society, virtual reality
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