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Health Insurance Confusion 2016
A toast, to paying for something I don’t quite understand yet is in my second highest expense category: health insurance. Yet again, I’m enrolled. It only took hours and days of effort to pay for something I haven’t been able … Continue reading
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Tagged ACA, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, health care, health insurance, housing, insurance, jobs, ObamaCare, personal finance, Walking Thinking Drinking Across Scotland, wealth, Whidbey
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Litany Of Optimism
Tonight there’s a full moon. Lately, every day has felt like a full moon, unexpected, uncertain, uncomfortable times as a world redefines itself. That’s what’s been happening in my life for the last several years. I’m getting very practiced at … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, coworks, employment, Facebook, health insurance, housing, investing, klout, networking, ObamaCare, optimism, personal finance, portfolio, Real Goods, Redfin, RGSE, social media, stocks, Whidbey, zillow
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Frugal Resilience
Have you ever skied over a forest? This is the time for cards with the requisite snow-draped branches, winter scenes as tradition as if everyone lived in the same climate. Let me check. Jerusalem’s forecast is for about 60F/15C. Not … Continue reading
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Tagged books, frugal, frugality, hiking, Lake Valhalla, Mt. Baker, Mt. Rainier, photos, skiing, snow, snowshoeing, Twelve Months at Lake Valhalla, writing
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Expense Report – Emergency Funds
Fortunately, I’m not the one that needs the emergency funds. The topic has been in the news, and it’s been in personal conversations. Various analyses revealed that the majority of Americans can’t afford to pay for a $1,000 emergency without … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, credit card, Dream. Invest. Live., emergencies, emergency, expense, expense report, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, investing, jobs, Lottery, personal finance, Simple Living, stocks, unemployment, wealth, zillow
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Small Cap Price To Earnings Reality
This topic has come up often enough that I guess folks aren’t reading my book (Dream. Invest. Live.) Actually aside from the sales pitch, there’s a particular aspect of one seemingly simple measure of a company that repeatedly enters conversations; … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, AST, books, Dream. Invest. Live., GIG, GigOptix, investing, LTBH, MVIS, personal finance, stocks
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One Planet Many Worlds
We all live on one planet. We live within many worlds. Ads and news show things that make me realize that isn’t my world. Good. Sad. Reality. I haven’t sung so much since last Christmas. I like Christmas carols, particularly … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, frugal, frugality, housing, personal finance, photos, Simple Living, wealth, Whidbey
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Giving Thanks 2016
If I started listing everything I’m thankful for, I could write chapters, books, series, volumes, shelves of material. An intriguing thought comes to mind, if I could live long and prosper as long as I wrote about gratitude every day, … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, community, compassion, culture, diversity, injustice, Internet, logic, objectivity, reason, society, technology, virtual reality
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Adapting To Singularities
Singularities don’t have to happen alone. One singularity is enough to make the world seem senseless. Old rules don’t apply. Old causes create new effects. It is easy to get confused. Triple that, at least. We may be experiencing three … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, Brexit, climate change, digital singularity, disruptive technology, earthquake, environment, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, investing, Lottery, New Zealand, personal finance, politics, sea ice, Simple Living, singularity, stocks, technology, tsunami
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American Catharsis
Welcome to America’s catharsis, brought to you by – unexpected events with unintended consequences. It hasn’t been a week since the election but several themes are progressing and are probably about to collide. Well, we asked for change. We got … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Bernie Sanders, Brexit, Calexit, Canada, Cascadexit, Cascadia, Cold War, Donald Trump, electoral college, Elizabeth Warren, Green Party, Greg Johnson, Jill Stein, Libertarians, migrations, New Zealand, ObamaCare, politics, Quebec, secession, Texas, USSR
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MicroVision Today The World Someday
Thanks to Brexit and Trump, I think it is easy to believe that unlikely things can happen. I intend to write about the systemic instabilities I’ve witnessed, but not tonight. It is too soon. In other news, another unlikely thing … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Dream. Invest. Live., investing, Lottery, Lotto, LTBH, Mega Millions, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, Powerball, Sony, STM, stocks, wealth
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