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Carnival of Bent Attractions
Welcome to February’s installment of the Carnival of Bent Attractions. We appreciate you stopping by Queercents and hope you’ll take a moment to poke around our site. Queercents is a personal finance blog written by and for the LGBT community. We offer tips and epiphanies about money… packaged and posted daily from a queer perspective.…
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Ten Money Questions for Ed Salvato
Ed Salvato is Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning Out Traveler magazine. His name is synonymous with gay-travel and he is often quoted in the press as a queer travel expert. Since traveling costs money, I asked Ed to share some tips and elaborate on how both lavish and scaled-back vacations can enrich our lives. Find your…
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Emmitt Smith Does the Real Estate Dance
“Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.” — Wayne Dyer Jeanine and I love our accountant. We only see and talk to him once a year, even though he promises to call Jeanine to play tennis after the conclusion of every tax season. The artificial invite is probably just…
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WWYD: Revealing How Much Money You Make
So how come you’ll never hear a talk-show host ask a movie star how much money she made on her latest film? Because money is still considered one of those taboo topics and it doesn’t play well on the circuit of celebrity chatter. But what if we bring the topic closer to home. If someone…
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Rules of Engagement on Television and In Real Life
“We shall stand or fall by television, of that I am sure.” — E.B. White In my single days, I lived without television. I had a TV but it was on a metal cart (the kind once found in a 1950’s doctor’s office) and I would roll it out of the closet on the occasional…
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The Dismal Savings Rate in America
“The habit of saving is itself an education. It fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind.” — Thornton T. Munger On Friday, the headline screamed: Savings Rate Falls to Lowest Since ’33. The LA Times reported, “Americans again spent everything they made and then…
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Ten Money Questions for Maria Angeline
Maria Angeline is busy. She spends her day writing, reading and editing. She is best known for publishing DailyDoseofQueer.com, an award-winning news blog for the LGBT community. She’s also young (compared to me) and carries some hefty financial responsibilities as you learn by reading below. She cites the typical struggles of a twenty-something that are…
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Saving Money: Voice Mail vs. Answering Machines
“If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secret of getting along — whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.” — Bernard Meltzer When it comes to money, there is really only one area where Jeanine and I don’t see eye-to-eye: this is the lease vs.…
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To Spend or Hoard the $2 Bill
“It’s hard to detect good luck – it looks so much like something you’ve earned.” — Frank A. Clark A couple of weeks ago, The New York Times ran a short feature about Cameron Sinclair (the co-founder of Architecture for Humanity) and his lucky charm… a $2 bill that he received as change at a…
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The Costco Effect: More than Impulse Buying
“Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.” — Baltasar Gracian Jeanine and I have yet to figure out the appeal of Costco. We’ve tried… on more than one occasion. For me personally, I just don’t get it. But millions of American swear by the place which is why I was intrigued by Julie…
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