Queercents

Category: What Would You Do?

  • WWYD: Paying for Your Values with Credit

    Over the years, my partner and I have made many conscious choices around our food. It’s really nice to know where our food comes from, and if we eat seasonally, it’s a wonderful way to stay in touch with the changes in the weather and light. But eating locally is hard! And often expensive, though…

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    Jan

  • WWYD: Lie to Keep You Career?

    If you knew that the only way you could save your career was to deny and lie about who you are, would you? That is precisely the dilemma a soldier faces under the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. To a lesser extent that same challenge often presents itself to professionals who work for employers that…

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    Paula

  • WWYD: Release All Copyright to the Public Domain for Greater Exposure?

    As fas as I’m concerned, the personal finance blogosphere has been turned upside down, and the events may just influence the rest of online media. Strangely enough, no is really talking about it, perhaps because the spotlight is now on other bloggers. One of the most-read personal finance bloggers, Trent at The Simple Dollar, made…

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    John

  • WWYD: Sharing Your Financial Goals

    ‘œGoals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.’ ‘“ Brian Tracy Many of us have set 2008 financial goals these past few weeks. If you haven’t done this and need help, here’s a good place to start. One system of goal setting is to use the SMART method: by making sure the goal is…

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    Nina

  • WWYD: Buy Temporary Jeans, or Wait Until Old Ones Fit Again?

    If I don’t exercise regularly, I pack on pounds. It’s a fact of life as certain as death and taxes. I’m just one of those people who easily goes up or down in weight depending on activity level. Now because I changed my workout routine to include more weight lifting and less cardio, I’ve experienced…

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    John

  • WWYD: Money, Time and Donations

    There’s been a lot of talk here lately on the ethics of tithing. Last week, Aundi pointed out that one problem with tithing is that obligatory weekly or monthly giving must create a sense of resentment, when other methods of fundraising, such as a drive, could create a stronger sense of community. While I don’t…

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    Melissa

  • WWYD: Buy the Floor Model and Save a Few Bucks?

    A few weeks ago we discovered our extra TV had died. We had an old (think – pre-cable ready) TV in the spare room/my office that would get sporadic use. Mainly it would see the light of day if women’s hoops were on and I was working on the PC. The only other time it…

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    Paula

  • WWYD: Never Buy Discount Gifts?

    I’m not the biggest fan of gift-giving, as I’ve mentioned in the past. I prefer gift-making. One reader who wishes to remain anonymous sympathizes with my views, but goes along with the formality of buying gifts anyway to ease social pressures. In an email to me, she writes: “I don’t know where I got this…

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    John

  • WWYD: Consigning Bad Jobs to Others

    ‘œEthics is not definable, is not implementable, because it is not conscious; it involves not only our thinking, but also our feeling.’ ‘“ Valdemar W. Setzer Randy Cohen writes The Ethicist Column for The New York Times Magazine and recently a reader asked, ‘œIs it ethical to order food for delivery during a thunderstorm? If…

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    Nina

  • WWYD: Halloween Costumes

    Given the choice, I’ll make a costume before buying one. Sure I may purchase elements but a ready-made costume? Never! I don’t dress up often and have to admit, my costumes haven’t won contests. But I sure enjoy the creativity that flows around Halloween! This year, I’m sporting the ‘œhectic tax preparer moving her office’…

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    Allison