Price of Grad School Applications: Spooky, Scary?
As the weather cools down, costume shops and haunted houses become high-traffic areas, and this year's installment of the Saw franchise arrives in theatres, I can't help but recall--with a…
Announcing the Career & Money eBook!
Long time readers of Queercents might remember the Career & Money series I wrote starting in March of 2007. It seemed almost like ancient history to me when Nina suggested…
Cost benefits of using less… a little dab will do ya!
One of the areas I am consciously trying to change is my need to have all of it. Not in the form of materialism, but in the way I use…
Queercents introduces Rachel Gollay
Remember my call for writers about a week ago? Well, I learned something'¦ apparently; short term commitment is the clincher for queers. I had a handful of people write in…
Queercents Weekly Roundup: Vote Louder!
Voting in Maine opened earlier yesterday with a celebration by the League of Progressive Voters. It was a great day of guerilla theater for women's rights and convincing people to…
Budgeting – Constraint or Freedom?
To many, the word budget often has the feel of a four letter word. What comes to mind is deprivation, lack, and constraint. Yet as we've seen throughout this economic…
Ten Money Questions for Alan Cumming
The many faces of Alan Cumming include film and Tony Award-winning stage credits. Of course, on television, he appeared in Sex and the City and The L Word. He also…
Go ‘œNo on 8’ ‘¦ to be more like ‘œYes on 8’
I think the privilege of being gay means not having to get married or join the army. - John Waters I proposed marriage to a girl not long ago. In…
Sometimes it Pays to Go Slowly
Today I'm trying an experiment: I'm trying to reduce the speed of all of my movements. It sounds strange, but it's actually loosely based off of a meditative kinetic exercise…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: Canning and Preserving
Hey everyone - this is the fourteenth installment of our food budgeting series;. Thanks for all your comments and suggestions. They've really been driving the direction of the posts. This…