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Negative Oil Prices And More
Economists do not like negative numbers, at least not ones that make the economy diverge from some norm. A new one showed up in the last few days (mid-April 2020), negative oil prices. Yep. Want to buy some oil? You … Continue reading
Emergency Preparedness April 2020 Revision
I admit it. Sometimes I feel silly about maintaining an emergency preparedness kit. It is prudent to have a kit considering Whidbey Island’s potential for disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, and wild weather. Decades of keeping a kit that is never … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, earthquake, earthquakes, emergency preparedness, Island County, Nick Zentner, pandemic, tsunami, Whidbey Island
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Gig Economy Training For StayHome
I confess. Others are having a tough time adjusting; but working from home has not been a big problem for me. #StayHome feels remarkably like a typical day in the Gig Economy prior to becoming a real estate broker. Rather … Continue reading
Dining By Due Date
Hmm. Best by May 21, 2017. That may be a bit past its prime. But then, it is an extruded potato product heavily salted. Maybe it is fine. So goes my visit to my pantry. This coronavirus crisis seems like … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, emergency preparedness, frugal, frugality, pandemic, pantry
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Home Workers
Gloves are back in style. Well, at least they’re popular. I’m in Washington State where we’re effectively on lockdown as of about 24 hours from when I post this. Lock down. Stay home. Try to get work done. Except for … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, coronavirus, Gig Economy, real estate, real estate broker, rural distancing, self publishing, Whidbey Island, writing
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Virus Interest Rate Oil Elections Change
We’ll get through this. (Reality check. Most of us will get through this; but that’s true of every moment. None of us are immortal, yet.) Opening a bottle of dishwashing detergent reminded me of other threats that we got through, … Continue reading
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Tagged health, health care, politics, real estate, real estate broker
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Popcorn And Wine And A Virus
I imagine this place will be a lot quieter within weeks. That was one of my thoughts as I shopped at the community grocer (The Goose). Almost by current requirement, the aisles were busy, toilet paper was sold out, as … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, emergency preparedness, frugality, Great Recession, health, health care, healthcare, joy, real estate broker, Scotland
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Simple Sayings
Some days are just like that. Sounds vague? Sure. But, the feeling persists. Tough times and bad fortunes can happen to anyone. Accidents happen. We can’t control everything. Good efforts may plant seeds that take decades to sprout. In the … Continue reading
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Waiting And Tea
Step one (and two): fill the kettle and turn it on. Listen to it burble while beginning to type. There’s a lot waiting in this weird world. Even deciding to sit and sip a cup of tea takes time. Maybe … Continue reading
Coronavirus Implodes MicroVision
When bad news hits, I prefer to wait a day before writing about it, unless telling the story is therapeutic. A company I’m invested in was hit by ripples from coronavirus. It wasn’t because an employee was infected. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, DNDN, individual investing, Individual investor, Microvision, MVIS, pandemic, personal finance, stocks
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