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Author Archives: Tom Trimbath
Wealth Evaporates Instead Distributes
Want to kick off a touchy subject? Talk about wealth in a group that isn’t all rich or all poor. We already have enough taboos about money. Talking about money is usually tough because we recognize how easily it can … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, personal finance, stocks, wealth
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A Lot Of Bland Versus A Bit Of Awesome
Frugal is mistaken for cheap. Frugal is realizing that a bit of awesome is much better than a lot of bland, and costs a lot less too. Tiny houses are getting busy. They were ignored, and then laughed at, and … Continue reading
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Tagged frugal, frugality, housing, investing, jobs, Langley, mortgage, personal finance, Simple Living, Tiny Houses, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Hunting For The Funny
There’s fun in the dysfunction. There are also shouts and outbursts; but look at the industry that was built around Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Jon Oliver, and Larry Wilmore. How can you laugh at a time like this? Because, it … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, housing, wealth
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PicoAir Meets ShowWX
Finally. I got to see, hold, and use a PicoAir. PicoAir and PicoPro are projectors that fit in your pocket, or at least mine. They, and the technology within them, have the potential to positively disrupt the electronic display industry. … Continue reading
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Tagged Celluon, Dream. Invest. Live., investing, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, PicoAir, picop, PicoPro, picoprojector, Showwx, Sony, stocks
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Three Guys Walk Into A Bar
A day trader, a commodities speculator, and a traditional investor happened to meet each other over a bar, or at least above a restaurant that serves beer and wine. It wasn’t a joke, but we had to laugh. We’re all … Continue reading
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Tagged commodities, Dendreon, flash crash, high frequency trading, investing, jobs, personal finance, stocks, wealth
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Passionate Hope
Seven billion people can’t all be right or wrong. If we were all right about the same thing at the same time it would be spooky. Of course, maybe that’s what a common cosmic consciousness would be like. If we … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, bankruptcy, consulting, Dendreon, DNDN, entrepreneur, GERN, Geron, GIG, GigOptix, graphene, investing, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, stocks
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A Quiet Graduation Day For GigOptix
Did you ever have a party, and had no one show up? I’ve almost had that happen. Did you ever have something to celebrate, and find yourself in a crowd of strangers? That’s happened more than once. GigOptix hit a … Continue reading
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Tagged Dendreon, DNDN, Dream. Invest. Live., GIG, GigOptix, investing, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, stocks
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Dance When You Can
Swing, waltz, salsa, or just shaking it. Has it really been that long since I blogged about something light and easy? The local children’s theater held a dance-a-thon as a fundraiser. The last full day I took off was Christmas, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, dancing, frugal, frugality, personal finance, Simple Living, stocks, wealth, Whidbey
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Real Wealth Inequality Worries
A cascade of thoughts can become an avalanche of insights from one piece of information. I’ve been tracking wealth inequality for years. Data drives most of the thoughts, but after consuming dozens of articles and videos it only takes one … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, income, Income Inequality, investing, jobs, occupy, personal finance, PNTP, Pretending Not To Panic, stocks, unemployment, wealth, Wealth Inequality
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The Real Super Bowl Competition 2015
“A toast to the Seahawks. I heard that they … ” lost. Just a one word edit from last year’s Super Bowl post. Ah, the power of words. I worked through the game, or at least most of it. So … Continue reading