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Show Up

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Tom Trimbath

The folks that show up may not have signed up. The folks that signed up may not show up. That explains the traffic on the dance floor last night. At the urging of others I reserved a table for dinner … Continue reading →

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Restless Society

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Tom Trimbath

Retire. Relax. Take the time to wander around town and watch the world go by. If I did too much of that I’d gain too much weight and lose too much money. We talk about slowing down our frenetic society, … Continue reading →

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Show Art Sell Art

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Tom Trimbath

It’s Saturday morning which, until last week, meant wake up eventually, then breakfast and blog. As of last weekend, Saturday mornings became wake up early and devote hours to art, selling art. Or, from another perspective, getting to spend a … Continue reading →

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Windows and Doors

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Tom Trimbath

When one door closes, somewhere a window opens. Within 24 hours, one bookstore requested copies of all of my books and another bookstore asked me to take back the ones they hadn’t sold. The books won’t even have to come … Continue reading →

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Puzzle Fixes

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Tom Trimbath

This blog is about balancing life and money, mostly, usually, well at least that’s true within a lot of leeway. Blogs are good for open-ended musings. But I don’t expect that this blog, nor balancing life and money, to be … Continue reading →

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Waiting For News

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Tom Trimbath

Waiting for good news. Remember good news? It has been known to happen. The Dismal Decade erased it from our short term memory, but as I recall there have been days to celebrate. There will be again. Here they come. … Continue reading →

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Changing Corporations

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Tom Trimbath

If only changing corporations was like changing diapers. Imagine changing corporate culture by simply disposing of the messy bits, cleaning things up, and then hoping that a miracle happens and potty training was spontaneous. Corporations are changing, and while some … Continue reading →

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Turtle Investing

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Tom Trimbath

It was fun writing the chapter: The Investment Zoo, in my book, Dream. Invest. Live. (which is finally available on Kindle, yea!) “Lots of news stories make it sound like there are only bulls and bears, but there are also … Continue reading →

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Floating With The Universe

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Tom Trimbath

“How’ya doin’?” “Just floating with the universe.” “Excellent.” It isn’t a verbatim conversation, but generally that’s how I live my life. That’s an odd lack of structure for someone like me who spent years in corporate cubicle world, was raised … Continue reading →

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Recycling Perspective

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Tom Trimbath

Look at the bags of recycling gathering in my kitchen. Look at the photos of Sendai’s tsunami, Haiti’s earthquake, Hurricane Katrina‘s impact on New Orleans. I’ve got bags in my kitchen filled with waste paper, empty bottles and cans. Disaster … Continue reading →

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