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Reverse-Engineer Your Life
"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." -- Abraham Maslow Nate Nickerson, the former managing editor of FastCompany, wrote…
Making Peace with Plastic Grocery Bags
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." -- Dr. Seuss in The Lorax I I'm not the most frugal person.…
God and the Million-Dollar Bill
"Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil." -- Henry Fielding This weekend as I stood outside Starbucks (waiting for Jeanine to buy an afternoon cup…
Steak and the Economy
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving,…
Ten Money Questions for Gina Trapani
Gina Trapani is the editor of Lifehacker is one of the more useful Gawker Media sites because it offers "life-altering" tips for managing information and and time is money, right?…
Take a Financial Mulligan
"Opportunity is just success looking for a place to happen." -- Greg Hickman My partner, Jeanine, recently bought a new set of clubs so we have been on golf kick…
Gay Marriage: Love & Money
"Marriage is not about love. It's about a love that can bear children." -- Todd Akin, Republican Congressman from Missouri What is marriage? We like to talk about it here…
Peer-to-Peer Lending
"Acquaintance: a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to." -- Ambrose Bierce Queercents has covered both peer-to-peer lending with Dawn's post…
Orbitz and Lesbian Travel
"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." -- Robert Louis Stevenson The Media Awareness Network reports that,…
Ten Money Questions for John Aravosis
John Aravosis is an online activist and posts daily at AMERICAblog where he covers the politics of the Bush Administration and the radical right. John is a proud, gay American…