Tag Archives: Scotland
Go GigOptix Go
Go GigOptix! Go! In the last few days, GIG stock has gone up over 50%. Come on, tiny GIG. Keep that up and I might stay out of foreclosure. Don’t worry though. You don’t have to do it all on … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Art, books, Charity, consulting, dancing, Dendreon, DNDN, Dream. Invest. Live., GGOX, GIG, GigOptix, HCLE, housing, investing, jobs, LTBH, Microvision, mortgage, MVIS, New Road Map, NRM, personal finance, photos, Provenge, Real Goods Solar, RSOL, Scotland, stocks, unemployment, wealth
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Get A Job Do Less
Good news everybody! I got a job! Add that to the other one and I’m three-quarters of the way to half-time employment. If I keep this up I’ll be able to work a lot less. Yesterday I signed a contract … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, bicycling, books, consulting, entrepreneur, Financial Integrity, frugal, frugality, HCLE, housing, investing, jobs, Just Keep Pedaling, mortgage, New Road Map, NRM, personal finance, photos, Scotland, self publishing, Simple Living, social media, speaking, teaching, unemployment, walking, wealth, YMOYL, Your Money or Your Life
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Dynamic Times April 2013 Edition
“And here comes the wind . . . ” “. . . blowing in more change.” My quote . . . finished by a friend. It is windy this morning. Twenty knots or more in places. Others are more sheltered. … Continue reading
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Tagged books, climate change, consulting, digital singularity, Drew Kampion, drewslist, Financial Integrity, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, housing, inconvenient truth, investing, jobs, mortgage, New Road Map, occupy, personal finance, photos, Ray Kurzweil, Scotland, Simple Living, stocks, unemployment, wealth, wealth disparity, Whidbey, writing
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Consulting Client Success
Smile. A call from a client starts with, “Where are all of these people coming from? What do I do now?” It happens the majority of the time. We build a blog or a site or, to use the current … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, consulting, entrepreneur, Facebook, fresh ideas, housing, inventions, jobs, mortgage, ocean plastic, photos, poetry, Scotland, social media, writing
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My Jobs Report Month 19
Nineteen months. Nineteen months ago, just as I thought my portfolio would recover from an earlier decline, it took three massive hits. My optimistic side expected a recovery because the businesses were making progress, even if their stocks weren’t. My … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, Charity, consulting, foreclosure, HCLE, health care, housing, indiegogo, jobs, mortgage, philanthropy, Scotland, self publishing, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Gnawing On A Rock
“He’s worrying that like a dog gnaws a bone.” It is good to take time to consider, well, anything; mostly because for many, it is uncommon to take time for contemplation in today’s frenetic world. A dog knows there’s always … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Art, books, Charity, consulting, entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, GIG, housing, investing, jobs, mortgage, MVIS, personal finance, photos, RSOL, Scotland, self publishing, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, teaching, Twitter, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Incredible Changing Winds
The wind’s been blowing through Whidbey this week. Change is happening so quickly that hours after Wednesday’s news and blog my situation got better and worse, I heard more about others who hadn’t spoken before, offers of help included ideas … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Charity, consulting, default, digital singularity, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, Financial Integrity, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, jobs, LTBH, mortgage, New Road Map, occupy, personal finance, Scotland, sequestration, Simple Living, singularity, stocks, unemployment, voluntary simplicity, wealth, Whidbey
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Notice Foreclosure Notice
Yesterday I got the call. The mortgage company called, and in a rare case, I answered. In their usual manner, they delivered the news that they will begin foreclosure on my house on March 17th. I can’t recall their quote … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Charity, consulting, dancing, debt, entrepreneur, foreclosure, frugal, home, house, housing, investing, jobs, mortgage, occupy, personal finance, Scotland, self publishing, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth, writing
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My Jobs Report Month 18
Eighteen months. My job search has gone from regrettable but an opportunity to dive into old passions (before regular job reports), to surprise it was taking so long (at nine months) and putting my home on the market, to temporary … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, consulting, entrepreneur, HCLE, housing, investing, jobs, Lottery, LTBH, mortgage, New Road Map, personal finance, photos, Scotland, self publishing, speaking, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth, writing
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PicoP Ala Newton
I like to look ahead. I like to guess at trends and watch them develop. That skill, talent, and habit is why I live on Whidbey Island. It is why I invest in individual stocks. Decades of looking ahead is … Continue reading
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Tagged AAPL, bicycling, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, investing, jobs, Just Keep Pedaling, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, picop, Scotland, Simple Living, stocks, trends, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey
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