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Taking the Plunge
I wrote a few weeks ago in “Separate But Equal” that it’s harder, I think, for gay couples to know when and how to merge their lives (especially finances) without being able to get formally married”except in Massachussetts! Well this weekend Rob and I took the plunge. It was during a conversation about another couple…
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The Cost of Finding God
“God thinks within geniuses, dreams within poets, and sleeps within the rest of us.” — Peter Antenberg Although Jeanine and I are still not pregnant, we continue to have the “how will we raise our child” conversation when it comes to religion. For the background posts, you can read In Vitro and Baby-Making Business about…
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WWYD: Bring Your Own Food
This is a new weekly series that we will be having, a question will be posed and we would like to hear your response to it. Not all questions are GLBT related, but that’s ok as our lives go beyond the glbt community as well. While I was growing up and our family got a…
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Tips for a Savvy Thanksgiving
Before you know it Thanksgiving will be upon us. In just over a week we will sit down once again with our families (biological and/or chosen) and gorge upon a feast until we need to unbutton our jeans and snooze on the couch. Whether you are vegetarian or go the traditional turkey route, the holiday…
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Coffee Grounds in the Garden
“A cup of coffee – real coffee – home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes to you dark as a hazel-eye, but changes to a golden bronze as you temper it with cream that never cheated, but was real cream from its birth, thick, tenderly yellow, perfectly sweet, neither lumpy nor frothing on the Java:…
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Dyking up Like.com
“Imitation is the most serious form of flattery” — Proverb I’ve found the next gig for Carson Kressley, the fashion maven on Queer Eye. Last week, Walter S. Mossberg’s column in The Wall Street Journal pointed readers to a site called Like.com. He writes, “Most shoppers would admit to, at one time or another, looking…
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New York City on a Budget
Without a doubt, New York City is one of the most expensive cities on the planet. It is also one of the most unique cities to visit which is why it is worth taking the time to investigate ways to take some of the cost out of a visit without sacrificing an ounce of enjoyment.…
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Ten Money Questions for Betty Young
American Airlines was the first Fortune 100 company to build a gay and lesbian sales team focusing exclusively on the LGBT community’s travel needs. Dubbed The Rainbow TeAAm, Betty Young and George Carrancho are specialists in gay and lesbian travel and they are the face of this savvy LGBT travel portal. I asked Betty a…
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Organize Your Financial Records
Keeping organized financial records is very important but most of us don’t consider it we need to retrieve information, usually at the last minute. Retaining your financial data while having easy access to it is invaluable when preparing your taxes, applying for loans, and monitoring your financial health. If you’re not organized, you’ve doubled your…
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Democrats and your money
So the Democrats have won control of both the House and the Senate, now that the winners of Montana and Virginia have been settled (though not conceded by the losers). Is this good news or bad for our queer dollars and cents? My sense is that it will be good, and here’s why: (1) We…
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