Ten Money Questions for Shuna Fish Lydon
Shuna Fish Lydon is a Bay Area pastry chef and food blogger at a site appropriately labeled Eggbeater. Shuna's resume includes such venerable establishments as Gramercy Tavern, The French Laundry,…
Record Number of Gay Friendly Companies
"A record number of companies are trying to be gay-friendly, according to a survey released on Tuesday showing a growing number offering benefits and protections to gay and lesbian employees…
Prevent Foreclosure — Dial the Lender
"The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink." -- Fran Lebowitz According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, there are 167,000 new…
Keeping Spiders at Bay, Naturally
Surfgirl is allergic to spiders and spotting one by either of us, puts me on a mission to destroy, but we don't use chemicals, especially since we have a dog…
Creating Intentional Communities in Retirement
"Retirement is the ugliest word in the language." -- Ernest Hemingway The baby boomers are making people think differently about retirement. Mitch Anthony in the New Retirementality explains that, "Most…
IRS Announces Telephone Tax Refund
Here's one we've all been waiting for. Drum roll IRS announces a telephone tax refund! What? You haven't heard of this yet? Well, back in May, the United States government…
Money & Relationships
"Money is not something we ever discuss. Talk of money is like speaking of bodily functions at the dinner table." -- Novelist Elizabeth George in A Traitor to Memory In…
Straight Talk about Viatical Settlements
"For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death." -- Elisabeth…
Ten Money Questions for Dan Savage
Dan Savage writes a nationally syndicated sex-advice column called "Savage Love" that is read by more than 4 million people each week. Sex is the juicy part, but often times,…
Gay Men and Keeping Up Appearances
Today a guest and a different perspective than what you typically hear from the four lesbians at Queercents: My name is JJ Jordan. I'm a twenty-something gay guy in Houston,…