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Author Archives: Tom Trimbath
Ruts Routines Revolutions
April 20th, a fine day for a party. A fine day to celebrate the break from tradition that was the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Most folks thought April 20th, 2014 was Easter. Well, yes; but someone had to spend … Continue reading
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Tagged Bagpiper Don, beer, books, Declaration of Independence, Easter, eggs, entrepreneur, housing, Ideaworth, jobs, Langley, Langley Library, mortgage, MVIS, patriot, Revolutionary War, routine, ruts, Scotland, Sno-Isle, speaking, talking, Thomas Jefferson, traveling rabbit, unemployment, Whidbey
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Utopia Yourtopia Mytopia
I am glad to see that utopia is still more commonly used than dystopia. (Check Google Ngrams and Google Trends for data.) That alone means there’s hope for the human race. But, except for magazines like Yes! and Intelligent Optimist, … Continue reading
Personal Trust Diversification
Here’s my plan. It’s Saturday, the day I tend (with several long lapses in recent years) to post about investing and the markets. Here’s reality. It’s Saturday and the more cyber-astute are reacting to and recovering from Heartbleed, a phenomenal … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, books, consulting, cryptocurrency, diversification, frugal, Heartbleed, Internet, investing, occupy, personal finance, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, teaching, trust, Vatican
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Tax Inequity Increase
“I paid lower taxes when I was rich.” I said that last year. This year proves it out even more. Income was down about 40%. Income tax was up about 40%. I was traumatized by the numbers. Surely our system … Continue reading
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Tagged books, capital gains, Charity, consulting, entrepreneur, Facebook, health care, housing, income tax, investing, jobs, LTBH, mortgage, personal finance, photos, poverty, self employment, social media, stocks, tax, TurboTax, Twitter, unemployment, wealth
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Googly-eye-ing Disney And Projectors
Smartphones are it! So are tablets. So were laptops. So smartwatches and eyewear and wearable computers shall be. So we can be proud we’re working the trends. You ain’t seen nothing yet, and when the next thing shows up it … Continue reading
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Tagged AAPL, Apple, DIS, Disney, education, goog, Google Glass, Google+, HCLE, investing, Microvision, museums, MVIS, MW2014, personal finance, picoprojector, smartwatch, social media, stocks, STQRY, wearable computers, wearables
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The Day After The ACA Deadline
The deadline passed. Obamacare, ACA, the Affordable Care Act, the great grandiose pack of wonders or horrors depending on your point of view reached and surpassed its quota of subscribers. The wonders and horrors are already being touted. It sounds … Continue reading
Shopping For A Coin
I want to buy some money. That can sound like a silly idea. “Hey, how much will you charge me for that dollar?” And, no, I’m not about to go on about trading in currencies. That’s been going on for … Continue reading
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Tagged auroracoin, bitcoin, cryptocurrency, litecoin, Money and Life, peercoin, personal finance, potcoin, taxes
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Borrow A Bowl For A Bash
Borrow a bowl! Why yes, I’d be happy to. Why borrow a bowl? Because I had something to celebrate. A community helped, which meant the celebration would be more than just me. That sounded like a party, a bash. Got … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Charity, consulting, dancing, drewslist, Facebook, frugal, housing, personal finance, philanthropy, Simple Living, Six Bowls, social media, Whidbey, writing
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Tolerate Risk Or Not
Fear freezes people. It works for fawns. Not so well for opossums, at least since we showed up. Fear is tied to risk and risk can’t be avoided. Risk is also personal. Understanding my risk tolerance is why my bio … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, consulting, Dream. Invest. Live., employment, entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, jobs, Just Keep Pedaling, Karate, Oso, personal finance, Retirement, risk, speaking, stocks
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Something Like A Mortgage Payment
I couldn’t wait. The authorities may all expect me to act at the very last moment, but that would delay my sense of relief. Why would I do that after more than a year of struggle? For the first time … Continue reading
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Tagged co-working, coworking, foreclosure, HAMP, housing, Langley, mortgage, personal finance, Whidbey
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