Author: Nina
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Ten Money Questions for Megan Mullally
Most people will recognize Megan Mullally from her character on “Will & Grace” but Megan’s life and creativity extend way beyond the clutches of Karen Walker. With this in mind, Megan launched her latest project called Supreme Story Program, a place for all you writers to share your stories. So check it out. It launched…
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Blogging for LGBT Families Day: Making Babies
“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” — George Santayana Today is the second annual Blogging for LGBT Families Day, where the LGBT community and allies come together in support of our families. Queercents offers a couple of posts on the topic of money & family. Here is mine: So I haven’t written about our…
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Miscellaneous Expenses: Where Did My Money Go?
“Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them.” — Sally Poplin On Friday, my beloved Bose “Noise Cancelling” Headphones broke just before the flight home from a long week of work in Europe. Snapped in half is a better description. I was just settling into Seat 20B when…
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Brazen Careerist Lesson #1: Not about money
“Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.” — James Matthew Barrie After reading my review copy of Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success, I immediately gave it to Jeanine and purchased two more for her brother and her best friend. The book from career columnist, Penelope Trunk is unconventional…
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Budgeting: Spending Money with Intention
“A small leak can sink a great ship.” — Benjamin Franklin Budgeting… that’s a topic that can be a conversation buzz kill at a cocktail party. So while it’s not the most riveting subject matter, it’s fundamental to establishing a good financial plan and worth giving it some thought. In this week’s budgeting column at…
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Introduction to Queercents
If this is your first visit to Queercents, then read on for a few highlights about the site. Queercents is a syndicate of LGBT personal finance writers posting daily tips and anecdotes about spending, saving, earning, investing and all things financial. Money spends the same whether it is carried in a purse or a wallet.…
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God Made Me Buy It: The Virtue of Consumption
“We are just statistics, born to consume resources.” — Horace Here’s one for the consumer file as we all head off to work on Monday morning in our effort to buy and be able to afford more stuff… Have you noticed a lot of things being marketed as “Christian” in the last few years? Case…
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Ten Money Questions for Ben Finzel and Steve Kauffman
Ben Finzel and Steve Kauffman are senior executives at Fleishman-Hillard International Communications and the force behind FH Out Front, the firm’s global gay and lesbian communications practice. They “believe outreach by businesses and organizations to the LGBT community is one of the most powerful forces for change in modern society.” Typically, in order to produce…
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Sleeping with Money: Financial Expectations
“In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.” — Peter McWilliams This week’s Sleeping with Money lesson is about establishing boundaries. I met Partner #2 right after my brief stint with Robin. It was a difficult time…
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Money and Mates: Compatibility Factor
“Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Finding a balance between money styles can be harder than negotiating other things in a relationship. After spending two years writing about money, I’ve found it to be one of the more fascinating dynamics…
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