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Pushing Hurts

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Tom Trimbath

It’s Wednesday morning and time to blog, but I’m frustrated because two of the topics I had in mind are waiting for links to be posted in places and by people that I can’t control. Staring at the screen and … Continue reading →

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Writing Competition

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Tom Trimbath

Hey, for once the title isn’t some clever, yet obtuse word play. This post is actually about a writing competition. Details are below, and have been announced in other places too, but I wanted to spread the word farther. Feel … Continue reading →

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Semi-Annual Exercise

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Tom Trimbath

Investor geeks, dig in. Anyone that wants an insight into how I think, join them. It’s the last day of the year and time for my semi-annual exercise. Don’t worry. This exercise isn’t very sweaty. Twice a year I review … Continue reading →

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TV Less

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Tom Trimbath

On Monday I gave myself a Christmas present. I turned off my TV. More specifically, I canceled my DirecTV service, a satellite that will continue to beam a signal at my house, but that I will ignore and not pay … Continue reading →

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Little Gifts

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Tom Trimbath

Merry Christmas! And yes I do celebrate it despite my ambiguous religious philosophy. The world needs more celebrations, so I’m grabbing them as they go by. When’s Buddha’s birthday? As I’ve aged, matured, gotten older, the pile of presents around … Continue reading →

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From the Middle

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Tom Trimbath

I am a moderate, which in today’s land pundits and opinions is looked upon as boring, non-committal, uncertain, and inconsequential. I like the middle. The middle is where balance is achieved and is the fulcrum for motion. I’ve been called … Continue reading →

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Busy People

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Tom Trimbath

A literary manager who needs to be a bit more selfish and find time for her own writing too, a serial novelist who is great at picking titles and knows her genre, (Hanna Rhys Barnes, author of The Scorpion Moon … Continue reading →

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Unpopular Innovations

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Tom Trimbath

Want to drive a lot of traffic to a blog? Get angry. Vent against the injustices of the world. Lambast the causes of the issues that are being overlooked or marginalized. The media and the politicians are caught up in … Continue reading →

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Merika

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Tom Trimbath

Obvious to some, but not to all, ‘Merika is what many islanders call the mainland. ‘Merika is that different world, that place that works from a foreign set of rules, mores, and attitudes from what’s normal on the island. I’m … Continue reading →

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Cents and Percents

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Tom Trimbath

Thank you MVIS and DNDN for serendipitously setting a fine example for today’s post. As I type, they are both up about 20 cents. That’s a yawn and a whoopdie-do, both and neither. MVIS is up $0.20 from about $1.70. … Continue reading →

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