Tag Archives: personal finance

Adaptation And AAM2014

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

Have you ever spent four full days thinking about museums? Most people think about museums for a few hours every year, yet museum folks necessarily think about them every day. Me, I think about them about three or four hours … Continue reading →

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Telling Retirement Tales

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

Tomorrow night I tell a tale. The tale I’ll tell will be of a year of life in nature in near-wilderness. The fact that I was able to triple the task and turn it into a series is also a … Continue reading →

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Encouraging Work And Play

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

Sunday night, my weekend begins. Oops. No, this isn’t a whine, a rant, or a lament. It simply is. It is not, however, news to most entrepreneurs or small business owners. Balancing work and play, money and time, means challenging … Continue reading →

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MVIS Before The 2014 ASM

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

Welcome to the world of investing in small companies. MicroVision’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders approaches yet again. That’s a good sign. That means they hadn’t gone out of business in the meantime. Seriously, the way I describe MicroVision is that … Continue reading →

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We Listen To Stories

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

Let me tell you a story. What else do writers do? Actually quite a bit within non-fiction. But stories are what we listen to in the news, to inspire change, and even in how we handle money. Objectively we know … Continue reading →

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You Make Me Feel So Young

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

I sat down to lunch at a local restaurant, felt a bit annoyed, and then realized it was a symptom of youth. I was reminded that you’re only as old as your thoughts, regardless of what my joints are telling … Continue reading →

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Off The Market

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

See anything different?  The For Sale sign is gone. My house, my home, is off the market – for at least a while. Welcome to yet another episode in “Maybe I Get To Keep My House”. After two years of … Continue reading →

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You Are Not Your Job

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

A friend lost a job. How often have you heard that one? How often has it been their fault? Lately, losing a job means a corporation downsized, outsourced, or randomly re-organized. Decades ago losing a job probably meant doing something … Continue reading →

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Utopia Yourtopia Mytopia

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

I am glad to see that utopia is still more commonly used than dystopia. (Check Google Ngrams and Google Trends for data.) That alone means there’s hope for the human race. But, except for magazines like Yes! and Intelligent Optimist, … Continue reading →

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Personal Trust Diversification

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

Here’s my plan. It’s Saturday, the day I tend (with several long lapses in recent years) to post about investing and the markets. Here’s reality. It’s Saturday and the more cyber-astute are reacting to and recovering from Heartbleed, a phenomenal … Continue reading →

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