Author: Nina
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Ten Money Questions for Alexandra Billings
Alexandra Billings sings and acts. She had a groundbreaking role in 2003 by being the first transgendered female to play a transgendered female character on television. See, there’s no need for Rebecca Romijn! Last year, she guest-starred on the award-winning, Grey’s Anatomy, and this particular episode won at The 18th Annual Glaad Media Awards. All…
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Spending Money to Renovate a Rental Apartment
“There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” — Jane Austen Some people live in cities, specifically New York, where it’s common to rent long term. For example, I have a friend that’s been in a rent controlled apartment in the Haight section of San Francisco since the mid-nineties. Buying a condo is…
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Financial Impact of First Apartment
“The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.” — Denis Waitley Anybody remember their first apartment? I can still see the look on my father’s face as he drove the U-Haul up to the building. It was located on Des Plaines Avenue in Forest Park:…
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Queercents introduces Moorea Malatt
Notice anything new at Queercents? Moorea Malatt joined us yesterday as a contributing writer. Moorea (pronounced Mo-ray-uh) writes from the Pacific Northwest where she is a folk-singer and performance artist. She has a business practice, Metamorphosis Life Coaching that combines her creative success with helping people. She supports queers of all genders in balancing finances…
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Avocados and Other Frugal Produce Tips
“By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest.” — Agesilaus I love avocados, but avocados are expensive. Typically, they cost $.99 a piece at my neighborhood produce market. They are over a dollar at my grocery store. I never buy them there unless on sale. Because I enjoy them I can justify the expense,…
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Perma-lancers: Full Time Work without Benefits
“The greatest wealth is health.” — Virgil I feel fortunate. I’ve never had to live without health insurance. Even during stints of self-employment, I carried an inexpensive policy that covered me for catastrophic events. I was in my twenties: healthy and lucky enough to stay out of harm’s way. There weren’t any tragedies but I…
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Ten Money Questions for Jacob and Joshua Miller
Jacob and Joshua Miller are the identical twins that form the singing duo Nemesis. You may recognize them from their show on Logo, the gay and lesbian network from MTV, where they have broken new ground in the music world as openly gay pop/rock artists. They reside in Los Angeles, but their life and career…
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Sleeping With Money: First Time Home Buyer
“The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality.” — Robert Pirsig I’ll preface this now: there isn’t anything hot about this week’s Sleeping with Money story. Sorry to disappoint. I have other steamy episodes, but this wasn’t one of them. I dated Robin for…
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Inheritance: Relying on It for Retirement?
“The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.” — Isadora Duncan Oddly, the topic of inheritance has come up in my conversations lately. One friend emailed this about her wish to buy a house. She said, “I will inherit my…
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Reaching Live Person at Call Center
“Any proverbs about weather are doubly true during a storm.” — Ed Northstrum Yesterday, the big news before the Virginia Tech incident was the Nor’easter and the morning shows were full of footage about cancelled flights and airport lines. One in particular provided a tip that should be in everyone’s anger management toolkit. Or at…
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