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The 5 R’s of Basic Frugality
Everyone’s heard of the three R’s in relation to the environment – reduce, reuse, and recycle. I actually think they are missing two other R’s that are very important to not only the environment by also your pocketbook. It should be Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair, and Restore. Have you heard someone say, or said to…
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The Path to Economic Recovery
Bronson Page is a screenwriter, art director, and keeper of LovesickBilly.com. The economic downturn has made Bronson and his husband, Sam, reassess their home life. These are his words’¦ Irrational. The thought of a $40,000 car is nauseating, but I’ve had two of them, and at one point I was part owner of four cars…
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Wedding on a Budget: Planning the Reception
This is the fourth installment of our Wedding on a Budget series. Last week we talked about choosing a venue and sending out the invitations. This week we’re talking about planning the reception. Remember that $20,000 figure I gave you on week 1? The bulk of that money is understandably spent on the reception. Buying…
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Queercents Weekly Roundup: Daylight Saving Tomorrow
After some time working, the end is drawing near to my forge project. There’s definitely something satisfying about successfully completed projects and being able to show them off. But before I go back to that, the roundup. Using martial arts star Bruce Lee as an example, like Aundi http://www.queercents.com/2008/03/08/get-fit-for-free-work-out-like-a-boxer/, Zen Habits has some tips on…
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Queercents seeks video blogger
Apparently, Queercents is behind the times. We need video! Are there any Gen Y-ers out there that want to contribute to Queercents by vlogging about money? It can even be in the vein of the Davey Wavey’s half-naked webcasts. Actually, half-naked is probably preferred ‘“ especially if you look anything like Davey Wavey ‘“ after…
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Insurance as Foundation for Fiscal Fitness – Part 1
My previous couple of posts described the use of a pyramid as a metaphor for fiscal fitness (see The Pyramid as Metaphor ‘“ Part 1 and Part 2). Insurance is a central component at the base of the foundation. Without it, everything else you build into your financial life is at risk. When people think…
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Save Your Healthcare Dollars
Guest writer Sophia Wynott is a nurse from Phoenix, Arizona. She has over thirty years of nursing experience and has written three books about life in the health care profession. She is a grandmother of three and enjoys little dogs. These are her words . . . Employers are offering high deductible plans in order…
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Ten Money Questions for Len Usvyat
Len Usvyat is a city planner – working in New York and commuting from his home in Philadelphia. He talks rehab (of his old house!) and the smackers it takes to remodel historically significant homes. 1. How did you get interested in city planning? What do you love about cities? I think I needed…
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Queerfiction giveaway from Queercents
From time to time, Kensington Books provides us with free titles from its Gay and Lesbian section to give away to our readers and contributors. Each book is a gay-themed work of fiction and has absolutely nothing to do with personal finance. But today I have two copies of Drama Queers to giveaway for free’¦…
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Streetwise: Prince of Paupers
Dropping out of school has proven to be simultaneously one of the best and worst decisions of my life. It has been my experience that most things have many faces. Even a piece of paper has two sides. Secrecy, too, is not a one-way street. As my private reading list and Ace bandage binding experiments…
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