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Further From Worry

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Tom Trimbath

Further, Farther – Google it, the AI should know which describes my mostly positive week. It was positive in many ways, financial and more, but this blog is about the financial, so you’ll have ot guess at the ‘more’ (or … Continue reading →

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An Unfrugal Year

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Tom Trimbath

Pardon me as I am distracted by a wobbly laundry machine, a furnace that had to turn on during a dismal Salish Sea Spring, and a useless but fun check on one of my YouTube videos. Hmm. Almost a thousand … Continue reading →

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Debt Free Again – One Year Later

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Tom Trimbath

“You look a lot better, a lot less worried.” (paraphrased)  That may be the easiest way to comment on my new life in my new old big tiny house. (New = to me, old = built in 2006, big = … Continue reading →

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5 And 10

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Tom Trimbath

How old do you have to be to remember a 5 and 10-cent store? Just by chance I decided to check on the inflation rate from 1959 to 2025 and found it is almost exactly 1,000%. One thousand percent since … Continue reading →

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Value In Community

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Tom Trimbath

This shouldn’t need to be said, but considering how long the human race has been saying things, repetition is popular and maybe even profitable. There’s value in community. Dull. Yes, we know that. Tell us something we don’t. Yes. No. … Continue reading →

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After Mega-corps And Oligarchs

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Tom Trimbath

And another innovative startup grows phenomenally, disconnects from its foundations, and leaves loyal users behind. If it wasn’t for their protection as a monopoly, their next step could be an apologetic revelation, or a fall from grace. Ah, but this … Continue reading →

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Taxes 2025 Or Not

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Tom Trimbath

Whew. That’s done, and done in time. Welcome the annual celebration of relief at having the taxes done. Done? Paid. Paid? Not this year! My taxes totaled to zero. Whew! I couldn’t have done it myself. Thanks. Thanks to my … Continue reading →

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Catching Falling Knives

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Tom Trimbath

Advice for catching falling knives: don’t. If all it’s going to hit is the ground, let it fall, then pick it up. That’s the overly dramatic version. The personal finance version is narrower and deals with stocks. If a stock’s … Continue reading →

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Again Is Gone – Population Trickle Down And Technology

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Tom Trimbath

Some macro-personal finance thoughts. Again is gone. The only forward is forward. And we don’t know where we’re going. I’ll spare you the logic that got me thinking about this seemingly off-topic topic, but I think there’s a change coming that … Continue reading →

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Temporary Ten-Bagger – QBTS

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Tom Trimbath

QBTS, the quantum computing company, has been both great and terrible, or doing just fine. It depends on how and when you look at it. And if one of the competing CEOs is about to talk, don’t be surprised to … Continue reading →

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