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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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Do Not Wait Live
Are you still waiting? It’s the week before the US election. There’s a lot of waiting going on. People are waiting for the election, ah, the Electoral College, ah, the start of the new year, ah, the Inauguration, ah, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art of War, Dalton Realty, economy, frugal folk, frugality, investing, politics, real estate, real estate broker, time
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Weeds In The Community
Oh, come on, people. Pull some weeds. But many don’t. My neighborhood has rules about these things. Curse homeowner’s associations if you will, but I admit that I like some of the rules, like the one about keeping the weeds … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., economics, economy, injustice, pandemic, personal finance, politics, science, social injustice, society
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Quarantines Vaccines And Generations
So see that word ‘Generations’ in the title? That’s the hint that this will be a bit of a throwback post to contrast with today’s situation. Astrologers know that when you are born makes a difference, but here I’m reflecting … 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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Billionaires Taxes And Perspective
A billion dollars is hard to visualize. And that’s a major understatement. Major. Understatement. Yet, billionaires are increasing their influence, increasing their numbers, and accumulating more of the world’s wealth. And then, there are taxes. And a fun idea to … Continue reading
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Tagged billionaire, economy, EvenItUp, finance, income, Income Inequality, Jeff Bezos, Millionaire, sustainability, tax haven, wealth, Wealth Inequality
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Semi Annual Exercise EOY 2018
From me (slightly edited from previous posts); “Decades ago (was it really that long?), I started following Peter Lynch’s example by regularly seeing if I could describe each of my investments simply. The idea was that, if an investor can’t … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, AST, Asterias, biotech, BioTime, BTX, CES2019, economy, GERN, Geron, investing, markets, Microvision, MVIS, NeoPhotonics, NPTN, personal finance, stocks
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My 40 Year Mortgage
Another interview! Not for a job, but for someone else’s article. (Someone out there must need a writer who can write about engineering in English.) The folks at Nerdwallet.com wanted to write about 40 year mortgages and were having a … Continue reading
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Tagged digital singularity, economy, health care, housing, inflation, mortgage, personal finance, Whidbey
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