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Bike Commuting: Bike Locking Your Bike Pt. 2
I’ve recently moved to a big city, and not just a big city, but one notorious for bike theft. I consider myself pretty good at locking bikes, but after hearing reports of how bad the theft problem is, I’ve had to up the ante, particularly since I don’t own a car and on a student…
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Six Late-Season Tips for LGBT Home Sellers
As the most robust season of the year for most real estate markets comes to an end, those whose properties have not yet sold face challenging decisions. Many eager buyers who came out of the woodwork in springtime and then finalized their purchases over the summer are now gone from the landscape, and less buyers…
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Why Vacations Are Necessary When You’re Unemployed
I know, the title of this post sounds crazy: take a vacation while you’re unemployed? Well, in my case, I had enough from free-lance earnings and needed a break from the slow pace at which job searching is going these days. I got tired of sitting around, refreshing Craigslist every ten seconds, and decided that…
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How Long Should I Keep Records
As a question that comes up constantly, these are the definitions per the IRS which will hopefully clarify questions you may have. The period of limitations is the time in which you as the taxpayer can amend your tax return to claim a credit or refund, or the IRS can assess additional tax. Unless…
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Stretch Your Food Dollar: Pork Ain’t Just in Washington
OK, so that was a cheap shot at the members of Congress who are spinning their wills on the health care reform debate. I don’t know why we can bail out the banks and the auto executives, but we can’t ensure that Americans have health insurance . . . but that’s not the point of…
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Finance “advocate” in The Advocate
My latest column for The Advocate appears in the Oct Issue. You can also check out the articles online: 1. Yours, Mine, and Ours: Avoid relationship penalties by creating both individual and joint bank accounts. 2. Trading Faux Fun at WeSeed.com 3. In Defense of Luxury… even as conspicuous consumption is put on hold. Image…
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My Financial Implosion: You Won’t Miss It After All
‘œWaste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and with them everything.’ ‘“ Benjamin Franklin Since my wife’s contact unexpectedly ended last March, we’ve had to make due with a substantial cut in income. Although my wife is retraining for new career and…
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Folding money
What do you get when you cross an artist with a $20 bill? Apparently the answer is: Art. Moneygami is origami with money — especially when the final design highlights the portrait, or other distinguishing feature, on the bill. Here, just for fun, are some sites showing the art: DesigniousTimes FunFever Origami Resource Center Crandall11…
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Recharging Your Life
Or rather does your life revolve around recharging… batteries that is. It’s one of the hassles of modern life that people are always looking for an outlet to plug into… for the cell phone, the computer, the portable DVD player. Just about anything made today has a battery powered alternate… Black and Decker even makes…
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