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Semi-Annual Exercise – Mid 2025
Shocked. Shocked, I am, to see that I haven’t bought or sold any stock in the recent six months. Oh, wait. I’m not shocked at all. My hold time for my stocks tends to be years, and in some cases, … Continue reading
Squandered Opportunities
Bitcoin at $220. $AAPL when people laughed at the Macintosh. Canadian liquor and maple syrup without tariffs. Coulda, shoulda, didn’t’a stock up. The Peace Dividend at the end of the Cold War. Earth Day. Regular landings on the Moon. Every … Continue reading
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Too Many Things Are Completely Different
Well, that never happened before. Practice saying it. Change is a constant. So is chaos. But this time truly is different. If you liked the way things were, your best bet might be to hope that the universe is cyclical, … Continue reading
Oligarchs And Struggling Artists
Do you feel that you’re working too much? Does it seem that, at least within your circle of society, there isn’t as much money to go around as before? You’ve heard of starving artists, I’m sure. Have you heard of … Continue reading
A Frustration Of Frugality
Boycott this! Boycott that! Ignore the advertisers and the corporations! Shout it out! Ah, my blogs and my books are the closest I get to that. As for the boycotts and such, sometimes it is hard for a frugal person … Continue reading
Further From Worry
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
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
Debt Free Again – One Year Later
“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
5 And 10
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
Value In Community
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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