Stretch Your Food Dollar: What To Do With Brown Bananas
Are you like me? Do you buy bananas each week with the best of intentions to eat them before they turn brown? For me, it never fails. Whether I buy…
Happy ending to Fertility & Finances category
Multiple fertility treatments: $15,600 Sperm donor and other fees: $5,000 Three IVF procedures: $34,400 Deciding to Adopt: $30,000 Becoming a parent: Priceless Since many of you followed our story (fertility…
Surviving Financial Infidelity: Working the Plan
Recently I was pouring over our personal money manager software. I'd just downloaded our banking transactions, and I spotted a credit card purchase I didn't recall discussing with my wife.…
Turning Spenders Into Savers: Needs vs. Wants
In the midst of this holiday season, we spenders have to face quite a bit of temptation out there. While I do believe it is possible to turn a spender…
Group Gifting: Tacky or Savvy?
Everyone is tightening their belts this holiday season. One way to stick to a holiday budget is the idea of "group gifting." Divine Caroline has noticed a recent upswing in…
How are you going to pay for surgery?
How many transgendered persons are there in this country? I don't remember ever seeing any real research on that. I keep reading and being told that there aren't…
Grad School Search: LGBT Campus Climate Index
While on your quest for the perfect graduate school "match," you'll likely want to consider what I refer to as the "queerness quotient." This not only refers to the…
What Forms Of “Wealth Tax” Do You Pay?
"But I don't pay I'm Not Rich" you Nay, Nay, Fluffay!!... everyone pays Wealth Taxes. Lets start with a definition of what a "Wealth Tax" is: Tax levied and collected…
Inexpensive Ways to Winterize Your Car
It's that time of year here in the snowy states; you will find people who either hate it or love it, but that doesn't matter if you aren't prepared for…
Barney Frank Unlikely to Support Trans-Inclusive ENDA
Representative Barney Frank had a busy week last week '“ what with listening to the auto executives begging for a hand out. That didn't stop him from delivering an address…