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Your Debt Plan: Three Steps to Tackling Your Debt
A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week. ‘“General George S. Patton To get control of your debt, you need to make a plan. Your Debt Plan doesn’t have to be fancy. Like General Patton says above, the most important thing is to implement it now, rather than get…
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Insurance as Foundation for Fiscal Fitness – Part 2
Let’s talk about life. Insurance that is. The primary historical function of life insurance has been the support of dependents in the event the main breadwinner of a family passes away. Grieving and financial peril are not conditions one wants to endure simultaneously. If you are the principal wage earner in your family and your…
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Could Student Loan Forgiveness Stimulate the Economy?
After months of stories about corporate execs getting bailed out of their bad debts, many of us are wondering where our economic stimulus plan is. Why is it that hardworking, responsible people have to continue paying off their debts, but the AIG and Citigroup types of the world get a free pass? One man thinks…
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The L Word: The Last Word on Money
Last Sunday was the series finale of the beloved lesbian Showtime drama The L Word. Whether you loved it or hated it, each week these ladies brought some real stories of life and love into our living room and even passed along some money lessons along the way. Here at Queercents, I have written about…
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Being Frugal? Just Use a Little Less.
I’ve been thinking about it. Do I really need that much – shampoo when washing my hair? laundry soap per wash? dishwasher detergent per load? Spic and Span washing my floors? Drano unclogging my sink? Simple answer: No, I don’t. As Dawn pointed out in her post for Queercents last October, a little dab’ll do…
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Real Estate Green Living Tips: Save money with a sustainable home
Reducing the amount of materials and energy required to build or maintain a home can help to substantially reduce your carbon footprint. At the same time, a green approach to home ownership ensures greater peace of mind, physical comfort, and preservation of a sustainable investment over the lifetime of the home. Save money while living…
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Use Google Docs to Share for Free
How many times have you wanted to work on a simple document with a friend or colleague, only to be stopped by problems constantly sending files back and forth? Or needed to share a spreadsheet with a client, only to find their copy of Excel won’t open your file? As part of our series on…
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News Bites: Susan Arnold on CEO short list
According to Out & Equal, LGBT people remain under-represented in top corporate executive positions based on the small number of openly LGBT C-level executives at Fortune 500 companies. Our CEO numbers might increase by 100 percent if The Wall Street Journal’s prediction comes true: In stepping down from a top post at Procter & Gamble…
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Stretch Your Food Dollar: Make Your Own Seitan
Several weeks ago I promised ya’ll that I would share a recipe for making your own seitan, and I’m finally delivering on that promise. This week’s Stretch Your Food Dollar is all about the actual process of making seitan from scratch. And in the weeks to follow, I’ll share some delicious recipes for using that…
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A Two For One Hack
I wish I could give credit where credit is due for the first part of this hack, but it’s something I’ve been using for so many years I’ve completely forgotten. I’m going to attribute it to my father because he is very much a function over form type of person, and this seems like just…
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