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Ten Money Questions for Rebecca Walker
With Mother’s Day approaching, it made perfect sense to interview Rebecca Walker, the bisexual author of the new memoir, Baby Love. Rebecca is also the offspring of another famous mother, Alice Walker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Rebecca provides us with poignant views on family and finances, fused with a healthy respect for the almighty dollar.…
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MyMint Interviews John
The nice folks at MyMint interviewed me about personal finance. They have an interesting Personal Finance Interview series that goes around probing the wallets and minds of other money bloggers. It’s pretty cool to learn what we all have and don’t have in common. Click here to read what I know and don’t know about…
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Sleeping With Money: Communication and Control
As I thought about writing this installment of Sleeping with Money, I thought I’d ask my partner Kim what her insights were on this topic. After over 15 years together, I’m sure she has some lessons learned as well. And, since I don’t have any exciting sordid tales of flying across the country to meet…
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How Many Hours of Net Pay Are Going Towards This Stuff?
Money, Matter and More Musings came up with a great idea to curb spending: think about the number of hours you will need to work for stuff. For instance, ask yourself, “How many hours of work will it take to pay for dinner out tonight at that place that usually costs $40?” You’ll probably reconsider…
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WWYD: Cheat With Octane?
In January of this year, I finally bought a “new to me” new car. For three years I had driven my grandmother’s ’89 Buick Century, tape over all of the broken tail-lights and transmission threatening to give out. I had meant to buy a VW TDI (Biodiesel) but I couldn’t seem to allow myself to…
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Trading Authenticity for the Chance at CEO
If you’ve been following along with my writings over time, you already know that I am very big on being true to yourself, authentic, and comfortable in your own skin. That’s why I find a recent article from the Gay & Lesbian Leadership SmartBrief so disturbing. Called, “Gay? It’s OK … unless you’re the boss”…
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Matters of Life & Death: The Importance of Wills
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” — Mark Twain Our neighbor, Betty died recently. She was a lovely woman and reminded us of an aging Hollywood starlet. She was in her eighties, never had any children and was widowed…
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Driving Too Much Car: Not Millionaire Next Door
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” — Epictetus Last week, Jeanne Sahadi at CNNMoney.com put together her list of 7 Net-Worth Killers. She writes, “Saving and spending aren’t the only factors affecting your net worth. How you manage (or don’t manage) your assets and liabilities can make a big…
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Reduce Junk Mail: Five Money Saving Tips
“I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees.” — Dr. Seuss The Lorax tells the story about the plight of the environment and how we need to shift our emphasis away from consumption to a sustainable quality of life. Dr. Seuss encourages 4-year-olds to save trees. As a 40-year-old, I’m trying to save the…
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