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Chastity Bono Changing Gender from Female to Male
In news from late yesterday, Chastity Bono has announced that she is changing her gender from female to male and the process began just after her 40th birthday. He will now go by the name of Chaz. Very little details are being provided on the announcement and Chaz is not currently available for media…
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Channeling Suze Orman: snazzy jackets and out-there advice
So if you haven’t ever seen Kristen Wiig spoof Suze Orman on Saturday Night Live, you’re missing out on one of life’s good laughs. Money magazine gave Wiig the award for best channeling of a money guru: The impression of the year has got to be Saturday Night Live comic Kristen Wiig’s dead-on take on…
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Dating on a Budget: Writing is for Lovers
A really good friend of mine will not date anyone that does not share her cell phone carrier. In my mind, that is a little extreme. Luckily, cell phone companies have jumped on the family and friends bandwagon whereby one can call certain numbers without affecting the cost of the monthly bill. But the requirement…
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The Home Series: Saving Your Home?
Part 2 of 3: Saving Your Home? In part two of this three part series I spoke with a Loan Modification Officer who works in an office in Irvine, California. While she was eager to answer my questions her company wanted both her and their business name to remain unknown. We don’t know why that…
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The 3/50 Spending Movement: Queered
Two of my favorite local small businesses have signed on as supporters of the ‘œ3/50’ movement. The point is to save local small businesses by spending $50.00 at three different independent stores each month. That’s a total of $150/month to make a huge impact on your local economic recovery. The 3/50 website reminds us: ‘œIf…
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10 Things to Remember After Your Car Accident
Bronson Page is a screenwriter, art director, gay rodeo dude and keeper of LovesickBilly.com. Recently, he was in a car accident on a Los Angeles freeway. This is what he learned… I’m in the process of resolving my car accident, wherein a man hit me from behind on the 134 freeway, totaling my new car.…
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Bike Commuting: Planning Your Route
For me, planning my route was not only a crucial part of success in sticking with my goal of bike commuting, it was also incredibly counter-intuitive. To get to from where I live to where I work, I can take one of two routes that, according to Google Maps, are 3.4 miles and 3.9 miles.…
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Stretch Your Food Dollar: Are You Food Bank “Worthy?”
Today’s edition of Stretch Your Food Dollar is about to depart from the usual format. I’m not offering shopping tips or recipes this week. Instead, I want to ask our readers a question that was spurred by an IM conversation I was having yesterday with a friend. My friend is a grad student who is…
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8 ways to appreciate New York City on the cheap
Thanks to Nichelle for providing this redirect on Keeping Nickels about how to plan a staycation in New York City. For our Queercents readers who are borough-dwellers or live in the tri-state area, here’s how you can stay close to home this summer, save a few bucks and play tourist in your own town ‘“…
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