Folding money
What do you get when you cross an artist with a $20 bill? Apparently the answer is: Art. Moneygami is origami with money -- especially when the final design highlights…
Recharging Your Life
Or rather does your life revolve around batteries that is. It's one of the hassles of modern life that people are always looking for an outlet to plug for the…
Why A Home Birth? It’s All in the Numbers
Freedom of Choice: For those who believe in women's freedom of choice about pregnancy, it's time to think about women's freedom of choice in birth. Though there are more birthing…
Transgender in the Workplace
Congress will be voting on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) soon, and if an editorial in this weekend's New York Times is any indication, and inclusive version of the ENDA…
The Greater Economic Picture – how does it affect you?
As a child in the 1970s, I felt like I was living on the edge of a green pasture. The baby boomers were piled ahead of me and it was…
Queercents on Marketplace Money
On Friday's Marketplace Money, Host Tess Vigeland and Economics Editor Chris Farrell answer questions about how same-sex couples should handle assets and protect retirement money from over-taxation. Farrell points the…
Queercents Weekly Roundup
Happy Saturday readers! I hope you all have exciting or relaxing (or both) plans for your weekend. I'm still having fun moving into a new place and exploring. Just as…
Tracking Your “Outside of the Office” Expenses
There are four major areas that you should always keep accurate tracking of your outside expenses, which include: travel, entertainment, gifts, and transportation. Below is a synopsis from Publication…
Worthless Stock Options – And They Called This a Reward?
I can remember my first year at my last company (let's call it Fancy Fortune 100)) when bonus and raise time rolled around. Management was so excited about the…
Step aside housing crash, cupcakery is the next bubble
Daniel Gross at Slate magazine writes that the current recession (starting in late 2007) fueled the cupcake boom in America. He's predicting the bubble is about to burst: The cupcakeries…