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  • Business

Trump Says His Team Won’t Charge Taxes on Tips

  • UpdatedJun 9, 2024
Twitter image about Donald Trump stating that he will not charge taxes on tips when he gets into office.

Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump said his team won't charge taxes on tips when he gets into office.

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  • Digressions

The Value of College for 80 Percent of High School Students is Not Worth the Price

  • UpdatedJun 2, 2024
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A Facebook post by WKBN 27 Youngstown, Ohio regarding the number of students that recently graduated from Eastern Gateway Community College.

The price of colleges for most people is not worth it. I highlight 2024 tuition of three schools: a community college, a state university, and a private university.

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  • Outdoors

I Finally Went for a Jog, After a Five-Year Hiatus

  • UpdatedJul 26, 2025
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Image of hot air balloons from the Chester County (PA, USA) Balloon Fair. June 18, 2011.

My waist has expanded like a hot air balloon at the county fair since I stopped running and bicycling five years ago. I made a change for the better today and went for a jog!

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  • Music

67% of Americans are Irish on Saint Patrick’s Day, According to Research

  • UpdatedMar 17, 2024
  • 2 Comments
Image on the CounterIt.ch blog: Countryside Creamery Pure Irish Butter, made from grass-fed cows in Ireland, sitting on Notre Dame Magazine.

For Saint Patrick's Day, one doesn't need to be Irish or Catholic to celebrate the holiday. This post references Irish Soda Bread, folk songs, and some books.

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CounterIt.ch is a minimalist personal publication exploring Markets, Machines, Midwest, and Musings—the recurring themes that shape everyday life and many of the essays found here.

Written by Joe, an Ohio-based Linux user and former Wall Street professional, CounterIt.ch offers observations on technology, business, philosophy, books, motorcycles, gardening, politics, the outdoors, and life in Northeast Ohio. Some entries are practical, others reflective, but all share a common goal: slowing down long enough to think beyond headlines, algorithms, and the constant stream of online noise.

The site was created as a place for longer-form writing and independent thought—an alternative to the limitations of mainstream social media and the fleeting conversations that often define it. Some ideas simply deserve more than a few hundred characters.

Although the writing is rooted in the American Midwest, the ".ch" domain is a nod to Switzerland and its traditions of precision, independence, and simplicity—qualities that also inspire the site's minimalist design and philosophy.

Whether you arrived here looking for insights on markets, technology, Linux, motorcycles, books, or simply thoughtful observations about everyday life, I hope you find something worth reading—and perhaps something worth thinking about long after you've left the page.

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