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Rich and Rob Go Furniture Shopping
I have a terrible, terrible confession. I’m on the Pottery Barn mailing list, and I absolutely lust after the things I see in their catalog. Their items are rather pricey, in fact not at all frugal. And yet I can’t help myself, I love what I see. In the words of Absolutely Fabulous, “they have…
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GayRealEstate.com – Part 1
GayRealEstate.com is the largest company in the nation representing the rights of queer home buyers and sellers. Queercents asked Jeff Hammerberg, the founder of GayRealEstate.com for a series of articles specific to the gay and lesbian community. Part 1: Buying Together Gay: Special considerations for the LGBT American Dream The American Dream of home ownership…
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Money Mondays: Choosing A Tax Professional Is No Longer a Coin Flip
Welcome to the second installment of Money Mondays“your 2006 tax season guide. In last week’s Money Monday we looked at determining your needs. Should you hire a tax pro? Today we’ll assume you have decided “yes”. We expect our stylists to be current with fashion trends, our medical providers respectful of our partners, and our…
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Queercents and Family Pride
Family Pride is partnering with Queercents this week to bring their readers a full of week Queercents “guest bloggers” with our posts found at the Family Pride blog. Family Pride is the national non-profit organization committed to securing family equality for all loving families, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer parents, guardians and allies.…
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The Real Cost of Gym Memberships
“Don’t go to the grave with life unused.” — Bobby Bowden Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt, the authors of Freakonomics recently wrote an article in the New York Times magazine about The Gift Card Economy and asked, “What do a gym membership, a bottle of prescription pills and a holiday gift card have…
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Ten Money Questions for Deborah Nicholson
Recently I had a chance to meet Deborah Nicholson at a networking event. She has launched a new online movie rental service specializing in serving the GLBT community called Womynsmovies.com. Since I love entrepreneurs I thought Deborah would be a great candidate for the Ten Money Questions so without much ado, let’s delve in. 1.…
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Is the Kitchen Remodel Worth It?
“Home is the most popular, and will be the most enduring of all earthly establishments.” — Channing Pollock Jeanine and I have lived in our current home for almost two years. When we first moved in we did what we called Phase 1 of the renovations. Now, we’re considering using our tax refunds to begin…
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Not Quite Freedom for All When It Comes to Same-Sex Marriage
It’s a strange coincidence that I had to serve jury duty on Valentine’s Day. As I was sitting through the jury selection process, listening to people try to weasel their way out of their civic duty, I kept having this nagging annoyance of unspecified origin. I had never served on a jury before, and I…
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Money and the Blind
“All money, no matter how much it’s worth, feels the same.” — Frank Welte, a 45-year-old blind man Hey ladies, do we have any Sarah Silverman fans out there? She’s hot and funny in a raw sort of way. However, she’s probably not the girl that you’d want to bring home to mom. According to…
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Want to Fix Your Finances? Do it in 31 Days
While there is a lot that goes into getting our finances in order, you can buckle down & make tremendous progress in a short time. Getting your finances in order doesn’t have to be like ripping off a band aid slowly. And, as we write about here a lot, finances is more than dollars and…
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