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Super Bowl Ads 2023
Disclosure: This year’s review is possibly the snarkiest. That’s just my honest reaction. Well, that was a pile of nothing much. Since 2015 (and maybe earlier), I’ve carved out some time to watch and comment on many of the Super … Continue reading
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Tagged advertisers, advertising, consumer, consumption, frugal, frugality, investing, personal finance, stocks, Super Bowl, wealth
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I Had A Plan
I had a plan. I had a plan to write about one thing based on What The F…, then I answered a Spam Call (I answer Spam Calls) that made me want to write about “Having Fun With Spammers, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., ElectraMeccanica, frugal, frugality, GERN, Geron, investing, LCTX, Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, portfolio, Solar Window, SOLO, stocks, wealth, WNDW
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2040-ish
It is funny how things happen. Actually, we need a new phrase because a coincidence of topics recently arrived that I find thoughtful, but not funny. My sci-fi novel, Firewatcher, is set at least a couple of decades from now. … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, assumptions, digital singularity, Dream. Invest. Live., Earth Overshoot Day, economy, finance, Firewatcher, government, investing, mortgage, MVIS, overpopulation, personal finance, Pretending Not To Panic, stocks, sustainability, wealth
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Almost A Week Off
Shh. I slept in. And then I did it again. It almost felt like the first time I retired. This year I’ve finished three books. I’ve also given presentations, helped people with their ideas and businesses, and basically been an … Continue reading
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Tagged American Dream, apocaloptimist, author, Clarity Break, consulting, Dream. Invest. Live., Dugualla Bay, Firewatcher, Fort Ebey, frugal, frugality, housing, Kettle Pot Cup, net worth, personal finance, photography, science fiction, tea, Twelve Month series, Twelve Months, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Artistic Passive Income
A reader, or at least a buyer, helped keep one of my books alive, today. Twelve Months at Merritt Lake had its first sale in over a year, today. I wrote it in 2006, definitely not even close to today. … Continue reading
Searching For A New Normal In Real Estate And Affordability
(Disclosure required because I’m writing about real estate: I’m a broker at Dalton Realty, Inc. http://whidbeyrealtor.com/. Not a plug for my services, but evidently you know where to find me.) One big thing makes me think about bigger things, and … Continue reading
Wars Words Worlds Changing
War exposess realities; not all of them, but war is actions over words. Soft words can’t hide a fist. A person talking about peace has no credibility when they’re shooting at the same time. It took me a while to … Continue reading
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Tagged CGP Grey, drones, Panama Papers, social injustice, social media, tax havens, technology, Ukraine, war, wealth, Wealth Inequality
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Semi Annual Exercise EOY 2021
As I note at the start of my stock synopses that are posted on the discussion boards listed below; “INTRO Here’s my semi-annual exercise to see if I remember why I own the stocks I own, and so I can … Continue reading
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Tagged ALAYCPYB, Dream. Invest. Live., ElectraMeccanica, frugal, frugality, GERN, Geron, investing, Investor Village, Lineage Cell Therapeutics, LTCX, Microvision, Motley Fool, MVIS, NPTN, personal finance, portfolio, reddit, Silicon Investor, SolarWindow, SOLO, stocks, wealth, WNDW
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Google MegaMillions Story Stocks In 2021
Thank you, Google. (And thanks, Vox.com for reporting on it.) One of my pet peeves is end of year compilations that are compiled before the end of the year. Google listed the top searches in 2021, already. Hey, what would … Continue reading
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Tagged AMC, Dream. Invest. Live., GAME, Game Stop, Google, investing, Lottery, Mega Millions, MVIS, personal finance, poverty, stocks, Vox, wealth, Whidbey
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Five Years Later 2016-2021
I missed my cue! Five years and one month ago I wrote a post about what life could be like five years later, September 2021. Let’s have fun tearing apart my own predictions. (Allow me to remind you and me … Continue reading
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Tagged #LearnFromHome, #WorkFromHome, artists, community, commuting, coworks, decentralized, ferry, frugality, Great Recession, Great Resignation, housing, infrastructure, learn from home, personal finance, real estate, remote work, rural distancing, sustainability, tourism, wealth, Whidbey, Whidbey Telecom, work from home
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