Early Retirement Extreme

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Spring 2011 update

Published in March 31st, 2011
Posted by in Personal, Timely
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Time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana. I figured it would be time for an update. If your resume says “detail-oriented” you’ll have noticed that most of the posts on this blog are now reposts of older posts—you can tell by the date-stamp at the bottom of a post. The reason […]

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DW’s idea of fun and Christmas cheer

Published in January 25th, 2011
Posted by in How to, Personal
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While Jacob isn’t really into the present exchange thing, I still regularly do it with my immediate family (who are on either side of the US). This year I decided to hand make all the presents, because it gives me an excuse to make things and I get great pleasure from this. Last year I […]

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See what I’m reading on goodreads.com

Published in November 10th, 2010
Posted by in Personal
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Many have asked me for book recommendations and I’ve tried to write an occasional post about books I’ve read. Now you can “friend” me on goodreads. Here’s my profile. I’ll try to keep my reading list updated. I haven’t really gotten around to rating or adding every book I’ve ever read, but I’ll try to […]

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