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    The bottom line is the bottom line
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • June 17, 2021 1:30 am

    The literal bottom line is how all the numbers, assets, expenses and debits add up…

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    In a real life emergency, who are you going to call? (Photo by Morf Morford)
    Who’s working? Who’s looking for work?
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • June 16, 2021 1:30 am

    And who’s essential?

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    Seattle, late May 2021. Does this look like a dying city to you? With four or five building cranes in almost every direction, Seattle is poised for growth. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    ‘Tis the season – for that first serious...
    By Morf Morford • June 15, 2021 1:30 am

    Graduation is just the beginning

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    This is a schematic of the entire internet in 1973. Image courtesy of ARPANET
    June 8th – the day the internet died
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • June 14, 2021 1:30 am

    About half the world’s population has internet access, thanks to DARPA more than 50 years ago

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    Much resistance to change is about as productive as this lock on a chain link fence. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    When electricity was new
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • June 11, 2021 1:30 am

    Change and innovation are never easy to adapt to…

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    We may not agree with how desirable it ever was, or how or if we will ever get back to it. But in 2021 “Normal” seems like the ultimate fantasy destination. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    Brave New Words
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • June 9, 2021 1:30 am

    The world around us has changed – so have our words for it

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    The once near-universal single-family home is increasingly out of reach for first-time buyers. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    It might not be a bubble, but……
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • June 7, 2021 1:30 am

    When it comes to housing, we need a new metaphor

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    ‘Tis the season – for graduations
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • June 4, 2021 1:30 am

    And graduation advice

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    Trees fill our yards, our horizons, our economy, our history and our local lore. We depend on them for our basic sustenance from timber to shade to oxygen. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    Trees seem to be everywhere, but they are...
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • June 3, 2021 1:30 am

    Standing or cut, the bottom line of our forests is immense…

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    May of 2021: From Amazon to zombie fires
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • June 2, 2021 1:30 am

    Thanks to the vaccine and plateauing COVID cases, the economy has been slowly reviving…

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    As this FAA Controller Chart shows, transit of people and products is immensely complicated. Every product we use goes through many hands and processes before we see it. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    Welcome to the era of the everything shortage
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • June 1, 2021 1:30 am

    From plumbers to chicken wings, good luck finding what you need

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    Ransomware and hacking
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • May 28, 2021 1:30 am

    When it comes to ransomware and hacking, the party is just beginning

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    Many cities use the term “city on a hill”. They usually mean a city on top of a hill, but Tacoma is literally a city on the side of a hill. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    Assets & liabilities
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • May 27, 2021 1:30 am

    Like beauty, they are often in the eye of the beholder

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