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Trade Wars Ugh
Trade wars. For many people they are abstract news items, reasons to cheer or complain. They’re real, and sail past my house and cruise through my portfolio. Global news can affect personal finances, even if isn’t your job that’s affected. … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, economics, investing, Microvision, MVIS, NeoPhotonics, NPTN, personal finance, politics, stocks, trade
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Economics Recessions Elections And Prognostications
So, what do you think will happen next? There’s only one word in that question with more than one syllable. Such simple words are signs of ancient origins. We’ve probably always asked that question. The world is weirder and changing … Continue reading
Diabetes Begins
I look forward to writing the post that will be titled Diabetes Ends. I was delivered the shock of news last week. I am diabetic. Any doubt I had about the Gig Economy being unhealthy was proved correct, at least … Continue reading
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Tagged Coupeville, coworks, diabetes, economics, environment, frugal, frugality, health, health care, health insurance, Langley, Lottery, naturopath, personal finance, WCLT
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Five Years From September 2016
The following post will be the straight line of a joke where we get to hear the punch line five years later. I’ve been lucky enough to be part of a conversation and series of meetings about the economic sustainability … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D printing, artists, coworks, culture, digital singularity, economics, environment, Great Recession, housing, infrastructure, jobs, organic farming, pension, quantitative easing, Retirement, Second Great Depression, small town, society, virtual reality
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Chicken And Egg
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Within one lifetime that’s gone from being philosophical and rhetorical to proven and solved. The egg came first. Dinosaurs were hatching from eggs millions of years before evolution created the chicken. Sorry … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, community, consulting, creatives, economics, entrepreneur, Facebook, innovators, networking, PNTP, politics, wealth, writing
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Personal Finance Perspective
Fasten seat belts, or the mental equivalent. Today I read something that convinced me to put personal finance (the inspiration for this blog) in perspective. They’ve finally proved that the universe is weird. As if you didn’t know that, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Bell's Theorem, climate change, commodities, consulting, Dream. Invest. Live., drought, economics, economy, expenses, finance, food, frugal, frugality, health, health care, healthcare, housing, income, Information Age, innovations, insurance, investing, jobs, mortgage, personal finance, physics, PNTP, politics, Simple Living, spirituality, stocks, sustainability, taxes, wealth, Whidbey, writing, zen
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Who Is An Expert
Expert? Me? That’s not a term I use for myself, unless we’re talking about who is an expert at being Tom Trimbath, and even there I have some suggestions for improvements. Expert is a title some claim for themselves, have … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeronautics, aerospace, blogging, climate, consulting, dancing, economics, Editing, energy, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, environment, Facebook, Google+, klout, leadership, LinkedIn, Marketing, personal finance, photography, photos, Pinterest, Project Management, Public Speaking, reputation economy, research, singularity, social media, speaking, Twitter
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Rationally Irrational Finance
Humans are rational people. Ha! If you think that you obviously haven’t met any. Actually, people are rational, but in a very personal way. There’s a Robert Heinlein quote I’ll paraphrase because I can’t track it down. “People always do … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., economics, investing, occupy, personal finance, stocks
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Frugal Disaster Preparedness
Even before last weekend’s post my intuition suggested I should cancel most of my plans for the week. I made a trip to the store, bought lots of soup ingredients and oranges, and lined up low expectations. Maybe it was … Continue reading
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Tagged Cascades, Cascadia, dancing, economics, FEMA, frugal, frugality, health, Just Keep Pedaling, Langley, politics, preppers, Red Cross, Scotland, Simple Living, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Surprise A New Year
“Hello. This is the dentist’s office confirming your appointment for tomorrow morning.” Eep. I forgot. Good thing they called. Let’s see if I can get six month’s of flossing done in the next 24 hours. Where did the last six … Continue reading
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Tagged 10000 hour rule, Art, consulting, craigslist, drewslist, economics, entrepreneur, HCLE, health care, investing, Karate, photos, self publishing, speaking, stocks, teaching, wealth, writing
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