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Ten Money Questions for Maria Angeline
Maria Angeline is busy. She spends her day writing, reading and editing. She is best known for publishing DailyDoseofQueer.com, an award-winning news blog for the LGBT community. She’s also young (compared to me) and carries some hefty financial responsibilities as you learn by reading below. She cites the typical struggles of a twenty-something that are…
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How Gay-Friendly is Your Hospital? HRC Reports
The cover story of the current issue of Equality magazine (Winter 2007) published by the Human Rights Campaign is titled “Are Hospitals Good for Your Health? New HRC Effort Looks at How Hospitals Treat GLBT Patients”. Together with the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, the Human Rights Campaign has launched the Healthcare Equality Index, which…
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Why Companies and Employees Miss Out on Millions
Listen up out there — there are millions of dollars to be had and untold amounts of success, productivity, innovation, and satisfaction that goes untapped and sabotaged daily. Let’s pretend you are a leader in a large corporation. Or, maybe you’re a manager or supervisor of people. Heck, let’s just say you interact with other…
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Saving Money: Voice Mail vs. Answering Machines
“If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secret of getting along — whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.” — Bernard Meltzer When it comes to money, there is really only one area where Jeanine and I don’t see eye-to-eye: this is the lease vs.…
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WWYD: Keeping Up with Fitness and a Demanding Work Schedule
This week I get to do my first What Would You Do series, and I seriously want to know: What would you do if your job were getting in the way of your fitness? One of my cases at work is steamrolling towards a trial in March. The 12-hour days and work on the weekends…
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To Spend or Hoard the $2 Bill
“It’s hard to detect good luck – it looks so much like something you’ve earned.” — Frank A. Clark A couple of weeks ago, The New York Times ran a short feature about Cameron Sinclair (the co-founder of Architecture for Humanity) and his lucky charm… a $2 bill that he received as change at a…
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Genre Goes Green?
I’m not sure why I get Genre magazine. I think a few years back when I was doing the online dating thing (which worked out for me, by the way!) I got it as part of a “bundled” subscription. That was quite a while back, and I’ve never paid a dime for it, but it…
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The Costco Effect: More than Impulse Buying
“Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.” — Baltasar Gracian Jeanine and I have yet to figure out the appeal of Costco. We’ve tried… on more than one occasion. For me personally, I just don’t get it. But millions of American swear by the place which is why I was intrigued by Julie…
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Gay Up the Wall Street Journal?
I had not given much thought about what it means to subscribe to a widely-regarded conservative newspaper such as the Wall Street Journal since I have never directly purchased a subscription. I’ve had prior access to this paper via promotional subscriptions. This time around it came through an offer with my frequent flier miles that…
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Are You Prepared to Lose Your Job?
How okay would you be financially if you were to lose your job today? That is the poignant question posed by Lifehacker in a recent post. No matter how secure you may think your job is, it could end tomorrow unexpectedly. If it does, are you prepared for this emergency? Or, would you not only…
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