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Borrow A Bowl For A Bash
Borrow a bowl! Why yes, I’d be happy to. Why borrow a bowl? Because I had something to celebrate. A community helped, which meant the celebration would be more than just me. That sounded like a party, a bash. Got … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Charity, consulting, dancing, drewslist, Facebook, frugal, housing, personal finance, philanthropy, Simple Living, Six Bowls, social media, Whidbey, writing
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Tolerate Risk Or Not
Fear freezes people. It works for fawns. Not so well for opossums, at least since we showed up. Fear is tied to risk and risk can’t be avoided. Risk is also personal. Understanding my risk tolerance is why my bio … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, consulting, Dream. Invest. Live., employment, entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, jobs, Just Keep Pedaling, Karate, Oso, personal finance, Retirement, risk, speaking, stocks
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Something Like A Mortgage Payment
I couldn’t wait. The authorities may all expect me to act at the very last moment, but that would delay my sense of relief. Why would I do that after more than a year of struggle? For the first time … Continue reading
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Tagged co-working, coworking, foreclosure, HAMP, housing, Langley, mortgage, personal finance, Whidbey
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Geron Ouch And Yet
Great ideas rarely run smooth. Geron, a biotech with disruptive ideas that could redefine medicine and health, is probably years from proving itself, except that it suddenly looked like it would, just as suddenly looks like it won’t, and yet … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Dendreon, DNDN, Dream. Invest. Live., GERN, Geron, GIG, GigOptix, investing, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, Provenge, Real Goods Solar, RGSE, RSOL, stocks, wealth
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A Day Off
This blog is about finding balance in life. It is based on the book, Dream. Invest. Live. Dreaming and Living are essential. Investing is merely a powerful enabler. As many know I’ve been working hard as I recover from my … Continue reading
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Differing Without Begging About MVIS
I do not beg to differ. I just differ. No begging required. Investing in stocks only works because people have different opinions. Argumentative types fight the very thing that makes the markets work. I enjoy the fact that I don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged AOL, ASTM, Dream. Invest. Live., FFIV, housing, investing, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, SNY, Sony, speculating, stocks, writing
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Maybe A Mortgage Modification
Pardon me as I take a sip as I try to decide where to begin. Ah, a homemade herbed vodka martini. Today I get to celebrate, or at least breath a big sigh of relief. Skip any more suspense. I … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, foreclosure, HAMP, HCLE, housing, mortgage, New Road Map, personal finance
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Cautious Positive Suspense
“That’s excellent news! High five!”, a neighboring friend and worker in a co-working space. Me, “Oh yeah. High five.” He used exclamation points. I used periods. He’d just overheard the second of two positive calls, both of which were worth … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Charity, coworking, Dream. Invest. Live., FedEx, frugal, frugality, GERN, GIG, housing, investing, jobs, mortgage, MVIS, personal finance, philanthropy, RSOL, Seeking Alpha, Simple Living, stocks, unemployment, USPS
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Costs Up Benefits Down
I’m insured. Obamacare says so! Oops. No, I’m not. Oh wait, maybe I am again. Hours on the phone and I’ve noticed two consequences: their music is better, and I’m spending more money than I expected. Another thing has been … Continue reading
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Tagged foreclosure, health care, housing, jobs, mortgage, ObamaCare, personal finance
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Questioning When To Sell
Celebrate the lucky friend who bought his first stock within the last couple of months, and then watched it double in a day, and who knows that it can be worth a lot more. Is it already time to sell … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, AOL, consulting, Dream. Invest. Live., GERN, investing, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, Retirement, stocks, wealth
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