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Wood Water Rocks Fire
Writing science fiction makes it easier to appreciate our planet. Tell a story about another planet and challenge assumptions. While visiting with a friend at a coffeeshop we were surrounded by things that humans built. We ate and drank things … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, fire, Firewatcher, frugal, rocks, sci-fi, science fiction, scifi, society, water, writing
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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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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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Giving Thanks 2016
If I started listing everything I’m thankful for, I could write chapters, books, series, volumes, shelves of material. An intriguing thought comes to mind, if I could live long and prosper as long as I wrote about gratitude every day, … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, community, compassion, culture, diversity, injustice, Internet, logic, objectivity, reason, society, technology, virtual reality
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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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Tricks And Treats 2015
Halloween. Another excuse for costumes and candy. I think a three piece suit is a costume, and mine doesn’t fit anymore (in more ways than one.) Candy is sweet, but I prefer sweet things like liqueurs and cookies (preferably made … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliens, alternative energy, Bell's Theorem, compassion, consciousness, dark energy, digital singularity, drought, earthquakes, health, Internet, magnetic pole flip, nuclear weapons, pandemic, PNTP, satellites, SETI, social injustice, society, solar storm, tsunamis, volcanoes
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Washingtons Gift Of Marijuana
Washington State has re-legalized marijuana. Prohibition retreats. It’s taken less than a hundred years since the re-legalization of alcohol. See? Society progresses. But progress doesn’t happen all at once, though it may seem that way in retrospect. Sitting here, typing … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol, consulting, entrepreneur, Facebook, marijuana, social, society, trends, Whidbey
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