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This classic clapper board was last used in an independent film made in Tacoma in 1995. You can find new (or vintage) versions of this board here: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=clapper% (Photo by Morf Morford)

Lights, Camera…and Action!

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 18, 2022 1:30 am

The film industry returns to Washington

The price of gas, or gold or building materials may surge or drop with the headlines, but the cost of a Costco hotdog stays steady. (Photo by Morf Morford)

The stonk market

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 15, 2022 1:30 am

By Morf Morford

<em>Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 50th Percentile Rent Estimates (2022) </em>

Renting in 2022

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 14, 2022 1:30 am

Like everything else in 2022, it’s complicated

Westgate is not in Ruston, but the Westgate Barber is. (Photo by Morf Morford)

What became of old-school barbershops?

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 13, 2022 1:30 am

They are still around, but you have to look for them

We may not know where we are going, but we are getting there quickly. (Photo by Morf Morford)

The times are certainly changing

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 12, 2022 1:30 am

Something’s happening here and we don’t know what it is

Sometimes investment in foreign currencies is an appropriate escape from currency evaluation complications at home. And sometimes not. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Beware of the inverted yield curve

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 11, 2022 1:30 am

By Morf Morford

In our era of ever-present screens and devices, the perennial, and ever more urgent question is, who is watching whom? (Photo by Morf Morford)

Kaspersky is declared a US national security threat

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 8, 2022 1:30 am

By Morf Morford

I’m not convinced that “build it and they will come” is the best philosophy in the housing industry. (Photo by Morf Morford)

The mirage of “affordable housing”

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 7, 2022 1:30 am

By Morf Morford

The correlation of value between currency and any object is always in flux. Interest rates rise and fall - and take our investments with them. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Good news/bad news: interest rates rise

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 6, 2022 1:30 am

When interest rates go up – it’s complicated

The Grand has been named the Best Indie Theater by Best of Western Washington, Evening Magazine, and the Best of The South Sound multiple times. You can find it at 606 Fawcett in one of the most interesting neighborhoods in Tacoma near the eastern end of 6th Avenue. (Photo by Morf Morford)

The Grand Cinema at 25

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 5, 2022 1:30 am

By Morf Morford

In spring, love, or something like it, is in the air. One of the certain signs of spring is the welcome and promising vision of the long-awaited return of chicks. (Photo by Morf Morford)

March 2022 – In like a lion, out...

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 4, 2022 1:30 am

March Madness has a whole new meaning in 2022

Cats never forget what is important; food and naps - and the occasional shiny distraction. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Is it cancel culture? Or is it history?

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 1, 2022 1:30 am

Slogans are where thinking stops

Silly me. I always thought that the whole idea of business was to provide goods and services at a profit. I never would have guessed that refusing to make a sale would be a priority. (Photo by Morf Morford)

It’s the culture, stupid

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • March 31, 2022 1:30 am

By Morf Morford

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