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Queercents Weekly Roundup
Happy Saturday readers. When next you hear from me I’ll be on the left coast in the sunny Bay Area! Of course, now I have to go through all of the bike packing and shipping nonsense so I hope your weekends are more fun-filled than mine promises to be. While I go put my life…
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Ten Money Questions for Tim Gill
Multimillionaire software entrepreneur and philanthropist, Tim Gill is considered the 5th most influential gay person in America, according to Out.com. He founded the Colorado-based Gill Foundation in 1994 to advance LGBT equality by providing large-scale financial support to like-minded organizations. He also established Gill Action in 2005 as an issue advocacy organization to…
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How to Ace That Job Interview
You’re on the job hunt, you’ve got a rock star resume, and as luck would have it you’ve gotten a call saying that the company wants you to come in for an interview. Maria Larsen, a Human Resources generalist from Phoenix, Arizona has several tips to help you shine when you go in for the…
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Annie Leibovitz: creative types can’t be bothered with money
Plenty has been written about Annie Leibovitz and her financial woes, but after the latest exposé ran in The New York Times, Jean Chatsky used it to deconstruct the behavior of creative types and I thought her analysis was interesting. She likens it to a couple of findings in her latest book, The Difference, where…
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Is Anxiety Draining You and Preventing You from Tapping the Power of Curiosity?
I have been reading an excellent book called “Curious?: Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life” by Todd Kashdan, PhD. Today one chapter of my morning read really struck me. It was about how our reactions to anxiety can drain us and leave us ineffective both on the job and off. It got me…
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5 Tips on What to Check with New Customers
I’ve learned to be very very careful when working with new customers. The point is that when times are tough, it gets tougher to be paid. People are always trying to talk down your price, nickel and dime you, and then rarely gets to a point where a client fails to pay you…
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Three Ways to Cut Health Care Spending
The Rand Corporation earlier this month put out a research study on the health care system in Massachusetts and ways the Bay state could cut overall costs. With the American public caught like a deer in the headlights on what way to go with Federal health care reform, it’s nice to take a look at…
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How to Make Your Résumé Stand Out
It’s a tough job market, ya’ll. I recently interviewed for a job that had over 100 applicants. A friend of mine interviewed for a job with over 800 applicants. With that much competition in the job market, how do you make sure your résumé ends up on the top of the stack, and not in…
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Stretch Your Food Dollar: Weight Loss Tips
I have a confession to make – I love ice cream. Maybe a little too much. I’ve been enjoying ice cream and popsicles almost every day this summer to beat the heat, and now my jeans are a little too tight. There’s only so much you can blame on the dryer, so I’m taking responsibility.…
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The Gay Tax Shelter: Exploiting IRS Non-Recognition of Gay Marriage to Save Money
Gideon Alper publishes the Gay Couples Law Blog. The blog discusses new developments in same sex family law and estate planning. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and you can email him at gideon@galperlaw.com or follow him on twitter. These are his words… When paying federal taxes, it can pay to be gay. The IRS doesn’t…
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