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  • Year in Review: The Best of Dawn

    While we’re taking a break during the holidays, follow along each day as our contributors provide a recap of their best posts from 2007. Thanks for reading and being a continued supporter of Queercents. Enjoy! Most Commented: An Aversion to Generic Ultimate Tip: Car Winterizing: Inside and Out Recurring Themes: The F word 25 Ways…

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    ~Dawn

  • Financial Resolutions for 2008, Part II

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    Last week I analyzed my 2008 financial plans in spending and saving. This week I want to look at the rest of the categories: debt, credit and career. Debt As I’ve discussed before, my only debt is my massive student loans. One of the most interesting things about the comments to my original post was…

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    Melissa

  • Year in Review: The Best of Nina

    While we’re taking a break during the holidays, follow along each day as our contributors provide a recap of their best posts from 2007. Thanks for reading and being a continued supporter of Queercents. Enjoy! Most Commented: Would you risk your life to get out of debt? Ultimate Tip: Home Equity Line of Credit at…

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    Nina

  • Year in Review: The Best of John

    While we’re taking a break during the holidays, follow along each day as our contributors provide a recap of their best posts from 2007. Thanks for reading and being a continued supporter of Queercents. Enjoy! Most Commented: Annual Cost of Alcohol is a Buzz Kill: Spend Anyway? Ultimate Tip: Expense Tracking with the Queercents Free…

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    John

  • Queercents Weekly Roundup: The Barbie Car

    My roommate got me an awesome birthday present back in September, so it was a pretty big deal to get her something quality for Christmas.   Inspiration struck when we were arranging my Christmas village (okay, I have a Christmas village) and she said, “It’s like somebody finally got me a Barbie car!” The fact…

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    Melissa

  • Sleeping With Money: Trading In Dreams

    Okay. I have been avoiding these “Sleeping With Money” posts because I was in the closet about something. I’m dating a lawyer. A corporate litigator, no less. I was in the closet partially because this seems to clash with my radical hippy tightwad version of myself ; and because money with us is hard and…

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    Moorea

  • Ten Money Questions for Lane Hudson

    A year ago, Queercents interviewed Lane Hudson, after he gained fame as the Washington Whistle-Blogger by posting improper e-mails sent by Mark Foley to a congressional page. Today, we check back for an update on fame, fortune and the price attached to activism. 1. What has been the cost of notoriety? The cost of notariety…

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    Nina

  • Femme Economics: The Ultimate Bling

    The holidays are upon us and I didn’t get an engagement ring for Chanukah. I mean, I wasn’t really expecting one, I can give that another six months at least. Still, the holidays always seem like such a magical time to pop the question. Of course, being as femme and disgustingly traditional as I am,…

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    Moorea

  • Can’t Buy Me Love…Last Minute Holiday Shopping

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    We’re less than a week away from the big retail day of reckoning known as Christmas here in the United States. This coming weekend is bound to be filled with door to door gridlock for people headed to malls, outlets, and other shopping meccas. I will be far away from the maddening crowds opting instead…

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    Paula

  • Retirement and the Savings Gap for Women

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    ‘œRetirement: It’s nice to get out of the rat race, but you have to learn to get along with less cheese.‘ ‘“ Gene Perret For many people, contemplating retirement can trigger anxiety about having enough money. There are gobs of books one might read to make sure the magic number has been saved. There are…

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    Nina