Author: Nina
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Women and Men: Thinking Differently about Money
‘œHow is it possible that 90 percent of women don’t know anything about their own money?’ ‘“ Suze Orman A few weeks ago, Ramit Sethi at IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com, a well-known personal finance blog, conducted a reader survey about gender and money. The results (served up in a 30-page SlideShare presentation) revealed some stunning differences in how…
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The Art of Simultaneous Professions
‘œNothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.’ ‘“ James Matthew Barrie According to a guest post by A.J. Jacobs on Brazen Careerist, he predicts that the double-job trend is making a comeback! Who wants to be pigeonholed into just one profession during the paycheck collecting phase of life? Pity the…
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Social Security vs. Personal Retirement Accounts: Which Way for Gays?
‘œThey want the federal government controlling Social Security like it’s some kind of federal program.’ ‘“ George W. Bush Recently, I heard from Lea Abdnor, the Executive Director at Women for a Social Security Choice in response to my post about how gays and lesbians are Denied Social Security Benefits. In case you forgot, families…
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Ten Money Questions for Chip Conley
Chip Conley will never peak. After 20 years in the hotel business, he’s aiming higher and still climbing. As the founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, California’s largest boutique hotel company, Chip satisfies customers, inspires employees and learned how to create ‘œjoy of life’ inside his company and out. He just authored a…
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Sleeping With Money: The Scent of Money
‘œNothing is more memorable than a smell’¦ Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years. Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once.’ ‘“ Diane Ackerman Our sense of smell can evoke both emotion and memories. For me personally, some scents were potent…
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Gay Cars: Not that there’s anything wrong with that
‘œThe car has become… an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete.’ ‘“ Marshall McLuhan Last weekend as Jeanine and I picked up our rental car to drive out to the Berkshires, I laughed at seeing the Subaru sitting in the stall. Do straight people know that Subaru’s are considered lesbian…
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Health Care Planning: Protecting Partner due to Hospitalization
Laurie Flynn is a Financial Advisor with Smith Barney and is a supporter of Queercents. She’s written a few posts these past weeks on the topic of insurance and investing. These are her words’¦ What steps should I take to protect my partner or myself if one of us is hospitalized? Empower Yourself Hospitals and…
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LGBT and Caring for Aging Parents
‘œForty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.’ ‘“ Victor Hugo Jeanine and I spent the weekend in the Berkshires celebrating a friend’s fortieth birthday. We’re getting to the age where any time I see people I haven’t seen in awhile, they ask about the health of my parents and…
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Ten Money Questions for Susie Bright
Here’s a little sex talk to spice up this week’s Ten Money Questions. Susie Bright writes, speaks and teaches on the subject of sexuality. She’s every lesbian’s favorite ‘œsexpert’ and dishes it out on ‘œIn Bed with Susie Bright‘ her weekly audio show along with daily updates at Susie Bright’s Journal. If money is the…
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Male and Female Money Dynamics
Madame X over at My Open Wallet wrote a thought-provoking column this week and encouraged me to re-post it here for the queers. Read below’¦ this is why everyone loves the Madame! The (Almost) Truth About Bubbles You know, writing this blog can be a strange thing. What interests me most about money is often…
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