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Pink and Green Parenting: DIY Toddler Toys for the Craft-Impaired
Toddlers love toys. They crave novelty, and are rather fickle: yesterday’s favorite plushy is quickly abandoned for the allure of a new board book. And they love noise’”making it, hearing it, and pressing buttons that elicit it. Too often, this all adds up to pricey, environmentally unsound trips to plasticland, a.k.a. your local megatoystore. Instead…
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Guaranteed Fixed Interest Rate: APR of 96%.
Velvet Blade is a lesbian in Oregon running a blog by the name of Softly Dreaming. Softly Dreaming came to life because she wanted to run a blog close to her lesbian heart. The site covers everything from politics to rants to lesbian life… and sometimes it even dabbles in finances. These are her words……
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$700 Billion or $7 Trillion: It Makes No Difference
That’s right, I said it. It doesn’t matter how much money Mr. Paulson, Mr. Bernanke, President Stupid or every member of Congress approves to fill the greed bucket of Wall Street. There is a crisis for sure, and no amount of money will remedy this’¦ it is a crisis of in confidence. How does one…
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Past Due: Are you behind on your cable bill?
I am going to make a public service announcement to all those whose TV bills are past due. In my line of work, I regularly get contacted about the high price of TV programming and how expensive everything is. True, it does cost a lot. And if I didn’t get it free, I wouldn’t have…
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Are you being tossed by a fiscal storm?
‘œA collapse in U.S. stock prices certainly would cause a lot of white knuckles on Wall Street. But what effect would it have on the broader U.S. economy? If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.’ ‘“ Ben Bernanke A couple of weeks ago, the New York Times offered six interviews with New…
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Queercents Weekly Roundup: If You See Something Say Something
Now for a bit of shameless promotion: Last night I had the privilege of working for the very talented Mike Daisey, a monologuist who has been described as a “master storyteller.” His monologue, called “If You See Something Say Something” was both incredibly powerful and informative, speaking about Homeland Security and the issue of defense…
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Remember Layaway?
If you are my age or older, my guess is that when I ask the question — do you remember layaway? — you can answer yes. Perhaps it seems like eons ago or a faint childhood memory, but you know what it is (was). My guess is if you’re much younger, especially Gen Y, you…
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Ten Money Questions for Eddie Ross
A second season of the hit reality show, Top Design, is back on Bravo with a new group of contestants trying to win $100,000. Eddie Ross is one of a handful of gay participants this season and he’s showing us some pride with his thrifty, flea market brand of style. It’s always fitting to talk…
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Money words & phrases during tonight’s VP debate. BINGO!
Can you say economy? How about bailout? Job creation? Spending? Deficit? Earmarks? These are just a few money words and phrases lined up for Palin Bingo! Play it tonight during the VP Debate. It’s not too late to download the cards for free. Instructions: Give each player their own unique PALIN BINGO card. Whenever Sarah…
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Revisting Bolthouse: Drink those protein smoothies!
In yesterday’s post regarding Bolthouse, I speculated on whether to continue to buy Bolthouse beverages. While I did note that William Bolthouse was not making a donation on behalf of the company, the company in fact wasn’t even aware of his donation (until it was made publicly known). Lane Hudson, who was previously interviewed in…
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