Archives for Opinion - Page 14
Are Pets Worth the Price?
"If dogs could talk, it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one." -- Andy Rooney When I first met my partner, we both had our "deal…
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…
A Match Made in Heaven
All too often I talk with clients who have the opportunity to participate in their company-sponsored 401(k) and simply don't. "Even when there's a match?" I ask. "I can't afford…
Corporate America Loves Queers!?
In my chosen hometown of Seattle, last year's Pride was different. It was downtown instead of in the hip queer-ish Capital Hill neighborhood. It was bigger, it was longer and…
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.…
Avoiding Hidden Costs with Hotel Rooms
"People expect good service but few are willing to give it." -- Robert Gately Whenever you stay at a resort, there seems to be 10 bellmen eager to help with…
Yellow and blue make green
Ad campaigns have a funny way of sticking in our minds. Even the simplest slogan can reverberate in our lives longer than we wish. Although I was very young when…
Money, Math and a Defense of Diet Coke Plus
I keep saying that I hate math, but about twice a month I'm writing about a calculation that shows some sort of annual savings or squandering. Methinks it's time I…
How to Pay a Nanny/Babysitter
For LGBT Families Day, I thought I would answer, as a former nanny with 11 years experience, the burning question I see on Craigslist Childcare columns these days: What and…
Splurging: A Slice of Heaven in Rehoboth Beach
A week or so ago Kim & I were in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware for our usual May romp at the beach. I love the slower, empty pace of the beach…