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Become An Entrepreneur!
One who recognizes opportunities and organizes resources to take advantage of the opportunity. A person who takes the risk of organizing and operating a new business venture. One who assumes…
Financing Studies Abroad
The British Pound currently converts to a little over two dollars, and the Euro is climbing toward one and a half dollars. With rates like these, making the decision to…
Want to Know The Secret Behind “The Secret”?
People keep asking me, "What do you think of the movie The Secret ? Usually they ask because they want a chance to share what they thought of the viral,…
Career-Related and Queer-Related News Clipping
Sexual harassment or discrimination of any kind on the job can be a devastating event both emotionally and financially. This kind of emergency is among those that an emergency fund…
Lesbian Couple vs. Countrywide Home Loans
Oh how mainstream media fails us. Here's a story that you probably haven't heard. A lesbian couple in New York who filed a federal law suit against Countrywide Home Loans.…
Money and Kids in LGBT Families
While I'm no expert in raising kids (my cats aren't too financially focused as long as they see food, water, and fresh litter), I do know that teaching kids about…
In Need of Tissues
As my second set of friends embark on a pregnancy by a sperm donor, I read an ad in the paper offering $100 for the blood plasma of allergy sufferers.…
MyMint Interviews John
The nice folks at MyMint interviewed me about personal finance. They have an interesting Personal Finance Interview series that goes around probing the wallets and minds of other money bloggers.…
Become A Magnet: The Physics of Money
Since childhood, I've had a fascination with physics, the ways in which objects and energy behave in our world. It became helpful to me lately to think of wealth in…
Did You Know April is Financial Literacy Month?
I don't get to meet new people so much anymore, but my social life still has some pulse. When I tell new people that I'm a corporate drone by day…