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Feministing.com interview
Queercents received a nice nod from Feministing.com yesterday when Celina De Leon posted my interview. The writing staff, led by the lively Jessica Valenti, is *the* place in the blogosphere for young and fresh feminist voices. I was flattered they wanted to talk about queer money!
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Gay Executive Life: Headhunters!
Welcome to a new series by Queercents called “Gay Executive Life”. What’s it really like to be an executive at a global corporation? What are the perks, the trials, the cloak-and-dagger politics? How does reality stack up to the myth and legend? Most importantly, what are the lessons learned that can help others interested in…
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Procrastination Can Be Fun, But Not for Finances
It’s amazing how many strategies exist for killing procrastination. Lifehacker has perhaps the best self-help compilation because they link to everything that helps you understand, combat or even make procrastination your friend. I haven’t gotten around to implementing the handy techniques though, mostly because I’m enjoying doing other things. OK, you can say that I’m…
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Ten Money Questions for Mitchell Gold
If you don’t recognize the face, you’ll recognize the name of Mitchell Gold. He’s the well-known maker of stylish furniture that anchors living rooms across America. There are a growing number of Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams branded “Signature Stores” in such cities as Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta, and now more. Since they showcase their…
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Sleeping with Money: To Merge or Not To Merge
Once you’re in a relationship for good, do you merge your finances, keep them separate, or somewhere in between? I don’t think there is any one right or wrong answer, but it sure is an ongoing conundrum in my quest for blissful money matters with my mate. When we first merged lives some 15+ years…
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WWYD: Shop at Trader Joe’s?
I have been touring, conferencing and researching for my writing by car for the last two weeks. I have eaten almost nothing but successfully corporate Trader Joe’s from my cooler for the entire time. I loaded up at Joe’s first in Portland, then Seattle, then San Francisco and again in Vegas. But I’m starting to…
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Avoiding Hidden Costs with Hotel Rooms
“People expect good service but few are willing to give it.” — Robert Gately Whenever you stay at a resort, there seems to be 10 bellmen eager to help with your bags. This was the case on our recent long weekend in Mexico. When I returned, I half caught a segment on The Today Show…
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Almost Debt Free: Too Much Sacrifice?
“Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.”- William S. Burroughs In this series about preparing for life after debt and how to get there, I’ve covered how to identify bad debt; ways of organizing your finances to reduce bad debt; ideas for implementing a functional budget; and I released the Queercents Expense Tracker to make developing…
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Yellow and blue make green
Ad campaigns have a funny way of sticking in our minds. Even the simplest slogan can reverberate in our lives longer than we wish. Although I was very young when the ads came out, I can still sing “I’d like to buy the world a coke”. It’s no wonder major corporations spend billions upon billions…
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Now is the time to talk about Long-Term Care Insurance
Write down three words along the left margin of a piece of paper. You will want to remember these words, as they are the collective key to unlocking a financial debacle that is imprisoning our nation. Simple, easy to remember, yet seemingly impossible for some to internalize: Risk Cost Solution Risk The risk to which…
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