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The cost of losing weight
So my new year’s resolution is to lose weight. Big surprise there!!! I think many people have tried to lose weight over the years as their resolution. Unfortunately, last year I decided not to make losing weight one of my resolutions and I ended up gaining weight. Ooops. What I’ve come to realize is that…
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Ten Money Questions for Michael Melcher
Michael Melcher is one of the country’s leading career coaches. He’s also an attorney and author of The Creative Lawyer, a self-help and career management book for attorneys. Obviously, he took his own advice and now runs an executive coaching practice for individuals and corporate clients including such heavies as Google and Citigroup. He’s well-spoken,…
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The Most Important Question You Could Ever Ask About Money
What does money mean to you? A while back I talked about how this very question can be the source of great friction in relationships but it goes beyond that. Whether you are in a relationship or not, you are in a relationship with your money whether you spend a lot of time consciously thinking…
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Real Estate Sales Tips for Winter 2008
This is a guest post from Jeff Hammerberg, the founder of GayRealEstate.com, the largest company in the nation representing the rights of queer home buyers and sellers. These are his words… 5 tips to keep your listing active as the market cools in winter. Although winter is notoriously sluggish in terms of real estate shopping,…
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Back to Work: Queers and Family/Work Balance
Today I’m going back to work. Gulp. My partner will be staying home with my daughter until the end of the semester (I’m a college professor and writer; she’s a public interest lawyer). Then we’ll switch: I’ll be home for the summer, and she’ll be back lawyering. After that? Who knows. But for now, I’m…
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New Hampshire’s Civil Unions Provide Economic Boost
As of January 1, the state of New Hampshire is offering civil unions. Here’s an article from the Boston Globe about the potential economic boon of the new legislation. Estimates of the long-term implications of joint filing and marriage penalties on taxes, as well as the cost of marriage licenses, vary significantly depending on state…
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A Million Bucks by 30
‘œI don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be a darling at it.’ ‘“ Dorothy Parker If you’re a personal finance blogger, you get a lot of offers from publicists to read and review their client’s books. It’s a nice perk. In 2007, I didn’t buy a single nonfiction title, since…
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Store Return Policies Change
I was recently confronted with a different return policy at two different stores. At Best Buy I was used to being able to return an item with the receipt within 90 days, this changed when I was told it was 30 or 60, I forget. Anyway, I was able to exchange the item instead, but…
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