Author: Nina
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Economic Disparity Among Retiring Americans
“Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.” – George F. Burns In London, the Underground has signage that reminds commuters to Mind the Gap. This gap is the space between the rail car and platform and it’s a crevice that is big enough to swallow an ankle or baby…
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Preparing for the Unexpected
“Nobody says you must laugh, but a sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through the day” — Ann Landers The rains hitting the Northeast stressed out more than a few friends last week. One in particular suggested that I write a post about…
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Coaching4Lesbians
Last week, Paula Gregorowicz interviewed the ladies from Queercents over at Coaching4Lesbians. If interested, then catch our interview here.
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Family Travel
“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” – Ovid I recently wrote an article appearing in the July issue of the BLADE, a Southern California GLBT magazine. As thoughts turn to summer vacations, I thought it was worth repeating here… In my twenties, I read the book by Alexandra Stoddard called…
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Long Weekends Combat Vacation Deprivation
“Sometimes it’s important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it’s essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow.” — Douglas Pagels Many will be heading our early today… after all,…
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Amazing Race: Gay Women Encouraged to Apply
“It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.” — Camille Paglia I love reading about successful women, so I always look forward to the annual list from POWER UP that ranks 10 Amazing Gay…
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Easy Button
“Anything simple always interests me.” — David Hockney I met a guy at the Madrid airport while waiting to board my flight to London. My typical rule of thumb is never to engage in conversation while en route. I find it distracting and airplane time is my reading time. Although my guard softens when standing…
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Corporate Sponsorship
While I’m traveling this week, Madame X over at My Open Wallet wrote a gay-friendly column today and said I could re-post it here for the queers. Read below… this is why everyone loves the Madame! This past Sunday was New York’s Gay Pride Parade. (Ok, it’s really the Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender parade…
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Virtual Wealth
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Confucius There’s an advertising campaign running right now that promotes the web site: LoanToLearn. I have not actually heard the commercial since I’ve only seen it on the volume-less television set at the gym. But the URL was enough to make me go…
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McMansions Creating Neighborhood Stir
“When you get there, you’ve arrived.” — New York Times headline in 1971 referring to Greenwich, CT It seems that McMansions are still a hot topic these days. Recently, Jeff Collins at the Orange County Register reported, “For sale: modern Corona del Mar (Newport Beach) beauty, featuring state-of-the art electronics, a water treatment system, three…
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