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Fresh Idea – Patient Filtered Sunglasses

Fresh ideas, inventions that I pass along to the world. Maybe they already exist. Maybe they’re useful. Maybe they’re fun. Maybe I don’t have the time, money, and resources to patent them, or develop them, or both. At least by … Continue reading

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Surrendering To Medicare

(Gotta chronicle this now because there are so many details that my memory won’t hold them for long. It may not even want to. If I Had More Time I Could Have Made It Shorter. #IIHMTICHMIS) Aargh!!! Sign up for … Continue reading

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Scared By Medicare

Do you mean to tell me that is all there is to signing up for Medicare? I’ll take Classic, please. Thanks, ads that interrupt my shows, thick brochures mixed in with my bills, barely overheard horror stories about the service. … Continue reading

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Loneliness Costs

How to write this without sounding like a lonely old guy? But, it is news and personal finance plays a part. I guess I’ll just begin. From one of my other blogs, Pretending Not To Panic; “A new report from … Continue reading

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My Economic Development

I haven’t felt so relieved in years. The check cleared the bank. A steady income? Nice to see you, again. Life isn’t all about money, but when you’re frugal by necessity rather than choice, it does matter. My first paycheck … Continue reading

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R Is For Retirement

Let’s take that phrase and see where it leads us, or at least leads me, because the topic of retirement has been part of a few conversations lately. Wishful thinking? Presenting one’s self with the ultimate present? A necessary next … Continue reading

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A Three Month Long Country Music Song-ish

I almost moved. I’m not surprised that others have found it a necessity, and that others find that they can’t. Three months of unexpected financial weirdness seem to be almost over. Somewhere in those three months are enough episodes for … Continue reading

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Hiking And Health

Yesterday was a good day. By the end of it, my Jeep was dusty, I was sweaty, I’d spent four hours driving and another three hours sitting in traffic delays, and I had a lot of laundry to do. I … Continue reading

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Retiring Anxieties – Plumbing, Health, Government

Use By Dates? Ha! In the midst of tackling yet another anxiety, I found a bottle of (probably haz-mat) stuff that was so old the bottle didn’t have a Use By Date, or a bar code, or (gasp!) even a … Continue reading

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My Healthcare Plan For 2021

For folks in Washington State (and probably other places, too) it is that time of year to pick a healthcare plan for 2021. At least that’s true for people using the Washington State health insurance marketplace. The entire process took … Continue reading

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