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Tips for a Savvy Thanksgiving
Before you know it Thanksgiving will be upon us. In just over a week we will sit down once again with our families (biological and/or chosen) and gorge upon a…
Coffee Grounds in the Garden
"A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes to you dark as a hazel-eye, but changes to a golden bronze as you temper…
Dyking up Like.com
"Imitation is the most serious form of flattery" -- Proverb I've found the next gig for Carson Kressley, the fashion maven on Queer Eye. Last week, Walter S. Mossberg's column…
Organize Your Financial Records
Keeping organized financial records is very important but most of us don't consider it we need to retrieve information, usually at the last minute. Retaining your financial data while having…
Soda Soaked Laptop
"Accidents, try to change them -- it's impossible. The accidental reveals man." -- Pablo Picasso When I interviewed Abigail Garner, the author of Families Like Mine, I asked if there…
How to Ask for More Money
Are you paid what you're worth? Do you believe you deserve more money for the job you do? Are you making a job change and want the money to be…
Getting Organized: The Desk
I don't know about you all, but I'm pretty busy. Between work (and travel for work) and family and fun, there's a lot going on. But I find that having…
Cancellation tips
It's all in the fine print: non-refundable tickets, auto-renewing subscriptions, opt-out charges. You really have to be on your toes these days as companies figure out ever more devious ways…
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.…