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Review Home and Auto Insurance to Save Money
I have had the same home and auto policies through the same agent (whom I’ve never met I might add) for my entire adult life. Why? Because it was the person my family always used. Taking a hard look at expenses recently I decided to shop around and see what I could find.…
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Review: One Big Happy Family edited by Rebecca Walker
At Queercents, I typically only review personal finance and business books, but when an email arrived from Rebecca Walker, the best-selling author (and my favorite bisexual) it was easy to make an exception with this cue: ‘œIt is always the right time to support families. All of them.’ Which leads to Walker’s latest work, One…
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Ditch the Disposable
Roland’s post the other day prompted me to think about all the different ways I’ve eliminated disposables from my life and prolonged the use of other items. A lot of them quite a few readers already practiced, but I figured I’d try my hand at trying to gather a list of disposable items that can…
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Stretch Your Food Dollar: Making a List (and Checking it Twice)
Last month I posted about the nuts and bolts of setting your food budget – picking a number that works for you and your family. One of the tips I offered for sticking to your monthly food budget is to head to the store with a list. So this week I wanted to offer some…
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Turning Spenders Into Savers: Understanding Sales Pitches
Just because the biggest shopping season of the year is behind us doesn’t mean us shoppers don’t have to deal with temptation. In fact, the abundance of ‘œsuper sales’ this Jan. and Feb. have actually been more troublesome for me than the entire holiday season. As part of our ‘œTurning Spenders Into Savers‘ series, we’re…
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My Financial Implosion: Buying a Truck after Bankruptcy
‘œA fool and his money are soon parted.’ ‘“ Thomas Tusser In January 1998, I received a letter from the bankruptcy court informing me that my bankruptcy had been discharged. It was a welcome relief to know that the worst of the mess was behind me. I was still living in my 18-foot…
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What is a napkin worth?
$5378.70: Yes you read it right… five thousand three hundred seventy eight dollars and seventy cents. Bear with me Grasshopper and all will be made clear. Being frugal involves lifestyle choices… a number of which are really very painless to implement and IMO do not affect your “lifestyle” at all. One of these is the…
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Money, weapons, and power: a response
Ashley’s recent post about the challenges of being transgendered in Weapons Of Mass Destruction Part I deserves a proper response. I intend to respond to Part II separately in an upcoming post. She writes: It seems to me that we Transgendered, as a group, are not overly prosperous. Oh, I know that some of…
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Podcast Interview with Mariah Hanson of The Dinah
I wanted to let Queercents readers know about my recent inaugural Comfortable in Your Own Skin Podcast. For the first interview I had the opportunity to interview Mariah Hanson of The Dinah. Mariah has built a phenomenon of an event for the Dinah Shore Weekend. While some may view the weekend only as…
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