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Fascinating Realities
I’m surprised I haven’t told this story before; or maybe I have, but even I can’t find it in the hundreds of thousands of words that comprise this blog. A friend told me a story about his road rage and … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Covid 19, economy, finance, injustice, pandemic, personal finance, politics, revolution, social injustice
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What Has Not Changed
OK, peoples. I purposely took four days off from work, largely for medical reasons (busy, busy); purposely did so over Election Day because I already voted so there was nothing I could do about the outcome; didn’t really get any … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, climate change, Covid 19, culture, debt, Dream. Invest. Live., economy, finance, fossil fuels, frugal, frugal folk, frugality, Great Recession, Income Inequality, inequality, mortgage, pandemic, politics, real estate, renewable energy, social injustice, social media, society, unemployment, Wealth Inequality, Whidbey Island
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Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2020
Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2020 Six months ago, who thought the world would look like this? (Let me check my notes. Nope. I was reading about but didn’t start writing about the pandemic until February 2020.) Six months from now, … Continue reading
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Tagged AAPL, AMAT, AMSC, climate change, coro, CSCO, FFIV, GERN, injustice, investing, LCTX, MSFT, MVIS, NPTN, pandemic, personal finance, politics, stocks, technology
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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
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
Oh Know 2020
Oh, no. It looks like 2020 is going to be bumpier than 2019. Allow me to reflect on what I know about 2020, and what it may mean for personal finance, frugality, and planning. As for predicting the future – … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American Revolution, climate, climate change, disaster, disaster preparedness, economy, election, elections, emergency preparedness, finance, financial independence, frugality, Great Recession, healthcare, jobs, personal finance, political, politics, refugees, social injustice, stocks
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Truly Scary Things
If only I could match the list of my scariest things to Julie Andrews singing My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music. Irony: The Sound of Music was about a family fleeing a government that shifted from a constitutional … Continue reading
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Tagged bitcoin, climate change, deflation, digital singularity, environment, finance, injustice, personal finance, social injustice, technology, terrorism
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Bread And Circuses
What are you and your friends talking about most: climate change, impeachment, social injustice, the economy? These are important issues, and they aren’t alone considering soil depletion, extinction events, and various – oh, you can probably fill in with your … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Giraffe Project, investing, NewGround, personal finance, politics, social injustice, social media, values
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We Are Comfortable
If you are reading this, there’s a good chance you’re comfortable. There’s also a chance that you’re reading this on your phone or in a library or at work because that’s your only choice. Those may be two answers to … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, climate change, frugal, frugality, injustice, social media, unions
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