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Author Archives: Tom Trimbath
Pretending Not To Panic Launch
Incredible. The news is incredible. Every day news splashes across my screen that is incredibly apocalyptic, in a bad way; and incredibly revolutionary, in a good way. Because of my eclectic interests, and because I have eclectic clients, I witness … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, economy, finance, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, jobs, occupy, PNTP, politics, Simple Living, singularity, social justice, technology, unemployment, wealth
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Unused And Necessary Obamacare
It was with a great sigh of relief when I signed up for Washington State’s version of Obamacare last year. I wasn’t looking for a change in my health insurance. Despite the high cost I kept paying my original premiums, … Continue reading
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Tagged ACA, health care, insurance, investing, mortgage, ObamaCare, wealth, writing
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Three Hundred Days Of Chromebook
Chromebooks are the new beginning. Or rather, the idea of a Chromebook is the new beginning. Just like many people xerox things without owning a Xerox, put things in the fridge without owning a Frigidaire, or Google things without using … Continue reading
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Tagged AAPL, Apple, Chromebook, goog, Microsoft, MSFT, MVIS, stocks
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Weeks End Evenings
“Have a nice weekend.” The person behind the cash register was more sincere than you may expect because this is an island and the small towns are our rural equivalent of the big city. It’s Friday night, after I post … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, cannabis, Cisco, consulting, entrepreneur, GERN, Geron, GIG, GigOptix, HCLE, health care, investing, Langley, Microvision, MVIS, photos, self publishing, social media, speaking, teaching, Whidbey, writing
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Dendreon Bankruptcy
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat path to your door. Cure cancer and everyone will cheer you. Dendreon didn’t cure cancer, but it did develop a cancer treatment that was better than the competition. In 2013 they … Continue reading
What A Difference A Quarter Teaspoon Makes
Listen to the news and it sounds like a dramatic week. Look around my house and the two most obvious events were a wind storm and I mowed the lawn. There was the chance for dramatic good news from MicroVision, … Continue reading
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Tagged cannabis, consulting, housing, investing, jobs, marijuana, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, stocks, Whidbey
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An Anniversary To Celebrate
It came on like lightning and has rumbled on like thunder echoing from the hills. Some forecast a storm, and at best, people found umbrellas when they actually needed an ark. In 2008, I started blogging. Barack Obama had just … Continue reading
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Tagged Dendreon, DNDN, Dream. Invest. Live., frugal, frugality, health care, investing, personal finance, Simple Living, stocks, Whidbey, writing
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What I Can Do With An Eighth Of A Teaspoon
Thank you all for putting up with the joke about making a cup of tea from two bits of a marijuana bud. Total effect: I smiled because I got past everyone else’s anxieties and anticipations. This personal finance and amateur … Continue reading
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Tagged cannabis, frugal, frugality, Langley, marijuana, minimalism, personal finance, Simple Living, tea
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Four Trade Deals Ravaging the World
If economics are more important than politics, then trade deals are more important than treaties. Americans may (but probably don’t) know the Democratic and Republican (and Libertarian for even fewer) platforms. Americans that know WTO, TTP, NAFTA, and TPP are far … Continue reading
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What Can You Do With One Gram
What can you do with one gram of weed? You can start a lot of novel conversations. Getting my picture on the front page of the local paper (The bi-weekly South Whidbey Record) helped. Marijuana is legal in Washington State. … Continue reading
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