Author: Nina
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Sleeping with Money: Safeguard Finances Before The Break-Up
We have a new category at Queercents called Sleeping with Money. These are financial lessons learned from partners (past and present) including men and women we might have dated for two minutes or perhaps only knew for one night but walked away from the experience with some insight to share about money. These are our…
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Sleep in Truck: Student Pays Off Credit Card Debt
“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” — H. G. Wells Here’s some financial news of the strange just the down road from me. On Monday, Seema Mehta at the LA Times reported on how Andy Bussell is living in his truck in her feature: Homeless by Choice, O.C. Student Learns Self-Reliance.…
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GayRealEstate.com – Part 1
GayRealEstate.com is the largest company in the nation representing the rights of queer home buyers and sellers. Queercents asked Jeff Hammerberg, the founder of GayRealEstate.com for a series of articles specific to the gay and lesbian community. Part 1: Buying Together Gay: Special considerations for the LGBT American Dream The American Dream of home ownership…
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Queercents and Family Pride
Family Pride is partnering with Queercents this week to bring their readers a full of week Queercents “guest bloggers” with our posts found at the Family Pride blog. Family Pride is the national non-profit organization committed to securing family equality for all loving families, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer parents, guardians and allies.…
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The Real Cost of Gym Memberships
“Don’t go to the grave with life unused.” — Bobby Bowden Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt, the authors of Freakonomics recently wrote an article in the New York Times magazine about The Gift Card Economy and asked, “What do a gym membership, a bottle of prescription pills and a holiday gift card have…
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Is the Kitchen Remodel Worth It?
“Home is the most popular, and will be the most enduring of all earthly establishments.” — Channing Pollock Jeanine and I have lived in our current home for almost two years. When we first moved in we did what we called Phase 1 of the renovations. Now, we’re considering using our tax refunds to begin…
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Money and the Blind
“All money, no matter how much it’s worth, feels the same.” — Frank Welte, a 45-year-old blind man Hey ladies, do we have any Sarah Silverman fans out there? She’s hot and funny in a raw sort of way. However, she’s probably not the girl that you’d want to bring home to mom. According to…
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Tax Refunds and Other Lump Sums Part II
“Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. All the financial experts agree that if you are getting a refund then you have given your money to the government interest-free for a year and this is just plain wrong. But I disagree and follow Rich’s reasoning on this one. Here’s…
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When Life Gives Hurricanes: Make Hurricane Aid
“Who practices hospitality entertains God himself.” — Proverb Lewis Routh and his long term partner lived in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina devastated the region. This is their story about how they lost everything but found kindness and hospitality through the queer community in Galveston Island, Texas. This experience gained them a new life, a…
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How To Cut Living Expenses
“Frugality without creativity is deprivation.” — Amy Dacyczyn Business 2.0 recently named the 101 Dumbest Moments in Business for 2006 and Northwest Airlines made the Top Ten when they issued a handy guide to laid-off workers called, “101 Ways to Save Money.” They write, “The advice includes dumpster diving (“Don’t be shy about pulling something…
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