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Coming Out: Smart Money Advice
“Honesty is when there is harmony in what you think, say, and do.” – Gerald G Jampolsky I stumbled upon this little gem by Peter Berkery at PlanetOut. “It may seem like strange financial-planning advice, but one of the most important things you can do to help achieve your financial goals is to come out…
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Tips for Petroleum Jelly
This is a wonderful standby for more than just medical. When I was a police explorer many eons ago, when we would go into a particularly raunchy house, the officer I was with always handed me a small tube of menthal jelly to put under my nose so I wouldn’t get sick. I also have…
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New Car Smell
“Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three – and paradise is when you have none.” — Doug Larson As a rule of thumb, we try to keep our two-car garage clean enough to actually park two cars in it. Whenever the space becomes…
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Economic Disparity Among Retiring Americans
“Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.” – George F. Burns In London, the Underground has signage that reminds commuters to Mind the Gap. This gap is the space between the rail car and platform and it’s a crevice that is big enough to swallow an ankle or baby…
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Is the Freegan Life for You?
Wikipedia has definition of a Freegan: The practice of minimizing one’s impact on the environment by means of consuming food that has been or is about to be thrown away by someone else…..Many people exerting this practice have been forced into it simply by lacking the income necessary to purchase food normally, rather than making…
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Preparing for the Unexpected
“Nobody says you must laugh, but a sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through the day” — Ann Landers The rains hitting the Northeast stressed out more than a few friends last week. One in particular suggested that I write a post about…
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Coaching4Lesbians
Last week, Paula Gregorowicz interviewed the ladies from Queercents over at Coaching4Lesbians. If interested, then catch our interview here.
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10 Tips for the Fashionable Frugalista
Clothes can be hard to come by if you don’t have a lot of money to spend. If you want to stay frugal here are a few ideas to take with you along with your money. 1. Buy Quality – Not expensive clothes necessarily, but quality clothes. Many times quality items aren’t cheap, but their…
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Family Travel
“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” – Ovid I recently wrote an article appearing in the July issue of the BLADE, a Southern California GLBT magazine. As thoughts turn to summer vacations, I thought it was worth repeating here… In my twenties, I read the book by Alexandra Stoddard called…
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Long Weekends Combat Vacation Deprivation
“Sometimes it’s important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it’s essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow.” — Douglas Pagels Many will be heading our early today… after all,…
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