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Prevent Foreclosure — Dial the Lender
“The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.” — Fran Lebowitz According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, there are 167,000 new families entering foreclosure every three months. Lew Sichelman wrote an article that appeared in the LA Times a few weeks ago about how the mortgage…
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Keeping Spiders at Bay, Naturally
Surfgirl is allergic to spiders and spotting one by either of us, puts me on a mission to destroy, but we don’t use chemicals, especially since we have a dog in the house. Instead, I have a few simple things to help us cut down on spiders that we do find crawling around on the…
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Creating Intentional Communities in Retirement
“Retirement is the ugliest word in the language.” — Ernest Hemingway The baby boomers are making people think differently about retirement. Mitch Anthony in the New Retirementality explains that, “Most people don’t really want retirement as we know it. What they want is freedom to pursue their own goals and interests.” “When people talk today…
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IRS Announces Telephone Tax Refund
Here’s one we’ve all been waiting for. Drum roll please…the IRS announces a telephone tax refund! What? You haven’t heard of this yet? Well, back in May, the United States government issued notice that it would stop collecting federal excise tax on long-distance telephone service. An excise tax is a tax levied on the manufacture,…
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Money & Relationships
“Money is not something we ever discuss. Talk of money is like speaking of bodily functions at the dinner table.” — Novelist Elizabeth George in A Traitor to Memory In case you didn’t notice, we changed the weekly interview format at Queercents. Over the past months, I learned that people are willing to talk about…
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Straight Talk about Viatical Settlements
“For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death.” — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross To be honest, until researching for this post, I never knew much about viatical settlements. Sure, I’ve seen the advertisements over the years about…
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Ten Money Questions for Dan Savage
Dan Savage writes a nationally syndicated sex-advice column called “Savage Love” that is read by more than 4 million people each week. Sex is the juicy part, but often times, financial compatibility can be just as significant in the success of a relationship. I asked Dan a few questions about money, couples and kids. 1.…
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Gay Men and Keeping Up Appearances
Today a guest post… and a different perspective than what you typically hear from the four lesbians at Queercents: My name is JJ Jordan. I’m a twenty-something gay guy in Houston, Texas, who has been publishing a popular blog for several years. I, like most of my friends, have spent most of my Friday –…
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Finding the Value
“You don’t measure your self-worth by your net worth.” ~Rick Warren Writer/Pastor One of the few times I actually agree with this man. I was recently reading Time Magazines cover story, “Does God Want You To Be Rich?” I want to say right off that I don’t believe that is something God really cares about.…
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Equal Pay for Equal Work
“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” — Abigail Adams If you happened to catch any the US Open this year, then you know that, “U.S. Open…
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