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Digging On Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

I swung a pulaski today. Not familiar with the tool? Take a mattock, which is like a very heavy hoe, add an axe head and you get a very heavy hunk of steel that’s great for digging out roots. Professionals … Continue reading →

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Bizarro Reaction To GigPeak News

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

If this keeps up I’m going to think I’m in Bizarro World, where everything is backwards. Just like with MicroVision’s announcement of a 140% increase in revenues leading to a 40% drop in the stock (MVIS); GigOptix, now renamed GigPeak … Continue reading →

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A Day Off

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

Even within my Rule of 7, there comes a time for a day off. Here it is. I’ll be back soon.

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Tricky Taxes Trips And Traps

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

Thanks, Elizabeth. It was time to file my taxes, and some fluky results in TurboTax were nicely resolved by Elizabeth from their help desk. Thanks to all my friends I called while fighting off anxiety attacks as I struggled through … Continue reading →

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Surprising Coworks Support

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

Sometimes the most substantial support for a community project comes from outside the community. A philanthropist, who declines the term, has been tracking our efforts to create a coworks on Whidbey. Our Kickstarter campaign generated great emotional support and attracted … Continue reading →

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Panama Papers Impact

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

The Panama Papers join the bookshelf of exposes like the Pentagon Papers. If you haven’t already heard about it, you will. (Here’s a synopsis from my other blog, PretendingNotToPanic.com) This is big, and yet, this financial news may not effect … Continue reading →

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Missing MVIS Catalysts

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

Surely, MicroVision and MVIS would finally get some good news in March. Or not. Provide four opportunities for positive surprises and at least one of them will succeed. Yes? Evidently, no. Oh yeah, and then there was the one big … Continue reading →

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Flushing Septic Anxieties

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

Finally, I can tell yet another of the stories that must remain unspoken. Making less than expenses creates chapters of stories that are either too embarrassing or expensive to reveal. Today, I got my septic tanks pumped. That may sound … Continue reading →

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Coworks Conundrum

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

Here I sit, halfway through a Wednesday afternoon, temporarily the only person in the coworks for writers hosted by the Whidbey Island Writers Association (WIWA). Coworks are successful enough to warrant magnificently innovative and productive spaces in places like Seattle. … Continue reading →

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Weirdnesses Approaching

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

As if the world wasn’t weird enough, it’s getting weirder. Sometimes that’s a good thing. Luckily, humans evolved to be adaptable, and that adaptability is being tested. The following is a Friday night random list of shifts, changes, and trends … Continue reading →

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