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Will MicroVision Spring This Fall
Keeping track of sports is much easier than keeping track of companies. Teams have schedules, public events, and lots of publicity. Companies can operate in stealth mode, only communicate when they need to or want to, and keep their schedules … Continue reading
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Tagged Celluon, investing, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, pico projectors, PicoAir, PicoPro, Sony, stocks
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The Frugality Of Hiking
I may not have much money, but at least I have a long list of frugal activities – until I added up the costs. The best things in life are free, and enjoying nature sounds like it should be one … Continue reading
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Tagged books, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, frugal, frugality, health care, healthcare, hiking, income taxes, Lake Valhalla, personal finance, photos, Simple Living, Stevens Pass, taxes, Twelve Months, Twelve Months at Lake Valhalla, Washington Cascades, Whidbey, wilderness, writing
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Donald Leroy Trimbath Senior
There were whitecaps on the bay today. They were nothing like the waters of the North Atlantic, or typhoon in the Pacific that my Dad survived aboard ship as a Merchant Marine in World War II. He died, Saturday, September … Continue reading
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Tagged dancing, frugal, frugality, Merchant Marine, Merchant Marine Veterans
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My Incomplete Emergency Kit
Chile was hit by an 8.3 earthquake, and then a 15 foot tsunami. They killed 12 people. The news is already fading, possibly because the death toll wasn’t higher. The one million Chileans who had to evacuate, undoubtedly are very … Continue reading
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Tagged disaster, earthquake, frugal, frugality, preparedness, tsunami, volcano, Whidbey
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Preparing To Live The Day With MVIS
I’ve witnessed a phenomenon I call, ‘Living the day’. Philosophers will jump in before hearing the rest and say, “Every day should be lived because every day is precious!” Yep. Agreed. A frugal lifestyle daily reinforces the value of every … Continue reading
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Tagged Dendreon, DNDN, frugal, frugality, investing, Investor Village, LTBH, Microvision, Motley Fool, MVIS, personal finance, Silicon Investor, stocks, wealth
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Just Keep Pedaling Anniversary
“Do nothing and nothing remains undone.” – Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu Fifteen years ago I played hooky from life for a few weeks. I got on my bicycle on an island in the northwest corner of America and aimed … Continue reading
Green Brown Grey Green
My lawn is turning green again. With the drought we had, it went from green to brown, and beyond that to grey. And then the rains came. A few days later and back to green and back to mowing, no … Continue reading
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Tagged apocaloptimist, dancing, frugal, frugality, graphene, Great Depression, health care, optimism, personal finance, PNTP, Pretending Not To Panic, stocks, wealth
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Who Is An Expert
Expert? Me? That’s not a term I use for myself, unless we’re talking about who is an expert at being Tom Trimbath, and even there I have some suggestions for improvements. Expert is a title some claim for themselves, have … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeronautics, aerospace, blogging, climate, consulting, dancing, economics, Editing, energy, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, environment, Facebook, Google+, klout, leadership, LinkedIn, Marketing, personal finance, photography, photos, Pinterest, Project Management, Public Speaking, reputation economy, research, singularity, social media, speaking, Twitter
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News News And No News
Waiting for news from one source, get twice as much from somewhere else. The clock is ticking, or the calendar pages are flying, as MVIS shareholders wait for news about a disruptive technology in consumer electronics. The wait continues. In … Continue reading
Social Media Manners Matter
Will someone please come up with a better name than ‘social media’? Yes, it is correct because the media that is Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and such are media driven by socializing, but too many people either don’t use the term … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, consulting, dancing, Ello, entrepreneur, Facebook, Google+, klout, LinkedIn, Pinterest, self publishing, social media, speaking, Twitter
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