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Author Archives: Tom Trimbath
How Far We Have Come
Spy cameras were probably never this good. Saturday I’ll help teach a class in iPhone Photography, but I’ll take creative license and talk about how to take pictures with tiny cameras. I’ll take license partly because tiny cameras are everywhere, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, economy, education, Facebook, HCLE, inequality, iphone, New Road Map, NRM, photography, photos, social media, teaching
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Cheer Good Cheer
Good Cheer! Not just a holiday greeting on the south half of Whidbey Island. Good Cheer is a food bank, thrift shop, garden, and – the folks I’m more familiar with – a group of gleaners: the Good Cheer Gleeful … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, Clinton, Freeland, Greenbank, housing, inequity, Langley, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Thanksgiving 2013
A short and random list of thanks: Most prominent considering Monday’s meeting: Thanks to whoever pushed for and passed the homeowner protection regulations and legislation And then, thanks to: The flora and fauna that sustain me Friends and Family that … Continue reading
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Tagged frugality, Simple Living, speaking, teaching, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Mesmerizing Mortgage Mediation Meeting
Well, that certainly didn’t go according to plan. Housing limbo continues. Today was the long awaited and comically delayed mediation meeting with the mortgage company. Finally, I’ve got enough work to make enough money to pay my mortgage, but would … Continue reading
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Tagged foreclosure, housing, jobs, mediation, mortgage, personal finance
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Simple Social Media Choices
Social media. We’ve got to come up with a better term for it than that. That’s like calling a dance party an “aerobics and conversation congregation”. Yes it may be correct, but “dance party” is a lot more fun. I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, consulting, Facebook, Ferengi, frugal, frugality, Google+, klout, LinkedIn, philanthropy, Pinterest, Reputation based economy, Simple Living, social media, Socrates, teaching, Twitter, WICEC
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Discounted For Risk
What can I say about the tiny company that is MicroVision? I don’t know any more than any other non-insider, and the insiders shouldn’t be saying anything. Investing in stocks can be a powerful way to manage your money, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., investing, Investor Village, LTBH, MEMS, Microvision, Motley Fool, MVIS, personal finance, pico-projector, picop, picoprojector, quantitative easing, Silicon Investor, stocks, wealth, Yahoo
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A Believe It Or Not Party
Thanks to everyone who showed up for the party. The dancing was memorable, as always. It was “A Believe It Or Not Party”, held because waiting for a big reason to celebrate was taking too long. Life shouldn’t be held … Continue reading
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Tagged dancing, employment, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, Kirkintilloch, Microvision, mortgage, MVIS, party, scotch, Scotland, Simple Living, stocks
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Value Planning
Plan for the future? Sure. Lately, I’ve been planning for the next hour or day. Planning for my far future, like next year, only happens if I want to get a headache. Long term life plans for coming decades are … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, Charity, dancing, Dream. Invest. Live., frugal, frugality, hiking, income, investing, jobs, Langley, net worth, optimism, personal finance, photos, Retirement, Simple Living, stocks, values, wealth, Whidbey
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Wealth Through Health
Yes, it is possible to hear good news from the biotech community. The problem is understanding what they say, why they’re saying it, and what they’re not saying. Geron (GERN) had some great news. Pardon me as I look up … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, Dendreon, DNDN, FDA, GERN, Geron, health, health care, imetelstat, investing, mortgage, occupy, personal finance, philanthropy, Provenge, Simple Living, stocks, telomerase, wealth, Whidbey
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Poverty Recovery Retirement
Celebrate! This is worth much more than a cupcake. Today I wrote myself a check. The check was the largest I’ve ever written from my business to me. Maybe, maybe, I can convince the mortgage company to renegotiate my mortgage … Continue reading
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Tagged census, consulting, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, HCLE, housing, investing, mortgage, MVIS, New Road Map, personal finance, poverty, recovery, Retirement, Simple Living, stocks, wealth, Whidbey
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