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Concerts & Disposable Income
A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.” — Barbra Streisand Jeanine has been on a bit of a concert-buying binge… Saturday night we saw Seal; September is Cheryl Crow with John Mayer and in November: we see the diva of all divas —…
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Retail Therapy won’t bring Happiness
The 178-nation “Happy Planet Index” lists the south Pacific island of Vanuatu as the happiest nation on the planet, while the US is ranked 150th and the UK is ranked 108th. Other nations of interest: Cuba-6th; China-31st; Iran-67th; Japan- 95th and Russia- 172nd
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What will an Extra $5 Get you?
I found this wonderful little site that allows me to find out how much impact an extra $10-$100 or more would have on any bill of mine. The site to check out is Debt Investment Calculator Here is a screenshot- Nice and Simple: It is pretty simple to use; just need to know your balance,…
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LGBT Community Buying Abroad
“Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them — and then, the opportunity to choose.” — C. Wright Mills In the last six years, we’ve…
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Global Warming & Lesbians Want Air Conditioning
“While human-induced global warming is not going to turn present-day Earth into present-day Mars, global warming is dire enough that our most distinguished scientists recently concluded that as many as 1 million species on the planet could be extinct by 2050 if affairs do not change.” — Jay Inslee When Jeanine and I moved into…
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Gays & Vacation Homes: Weekends in Palm Springs
“The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom…for we never know what is enough until we know what is more than enough.” — William Blake Our experience this last year with owning a home in Palm Springs made Jeanine and I realize that we don’t want to own a second/vacation home at this…
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A Carnival for the Community
The Carnival of Bent Attractions is a monthly gathering of blog posts of interest to the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, trans and queer communities. You can read about anything at these monthly carnivals from personal experiences, political views and even some financial info from here at QC. Check Aman Yala: Carnival of Bent Attractions 8 Next…
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18 Wastes of Money (pt.2)
Here are the remaining 9 wastes of money. Of course you can add your own in the comments. This is to get your mind going on some things that you are holding onto or doing that you may find will help you live below your means and save more money for your retirement, vacation or…
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Money Blogger Podcast
“Sometimes you are being interviewed by someone and you think, if I knew this person they’d be my best friend.” — Judith Guest Scott over at Money Blogger Podcast interviewed me this week for his money podcasting series. Scott has a pleasant NPR voice and friendly interview style… he could be the next host of…
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18 Wastes of Money (pt.1)
Are you someone who doesn’t know where your money is going and don’t know why you can’t save money or don’t have enough money at the end of the month for all your bills, so you pull out a credit card to pay them? Today and tomorrow I will go over some ways you may…
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