Sleeping With Money: Down-and-Out Valentine
'œThe doer alone learneth.' '“ Friedrich Nietzsche I never liked being single. Sure, I always tried to thrive during my alone time and often referred to this period as: The…
Professional Productivity In The Dead of February: You’ll Get What You Expect
February has always been an odd month in my mind. I sill have trouble understanding why there are fewer days. I can explain it, but scientifically it's just abstract enough…
The Future is Uncertain, and So Are Taxes
Back in the bad old days, when I was freelancing in college and didn't know what the heck I was doing, I got burned badly one year when tax time…
Download Suze Orman: Thank Oprah
We love talking about Suze Orman. A few of us covered her coming out story last year. Susie Bright did her too in a guest post here at Queercents. Now…
Femme Economics: Save Those Shoes!
Three Reasons to have your shoes repaired: 1. The environment. Less shoes in the landfills. 2. Support your local economy instead of buying a replacement pair made who knows where.…
WWYD: Avoid or Accept Responsibility for a Lost Wallet?
A strange experience I had this past weekend made for a great What Would You Do? question: what level of responsibility will people accept for a lost wallet? I was…
A Day in Money
At this moment--Tuesday night when I'm writing this, or Wednesday morning when it's published, doesn't matter--the weather in the DC metro area is abhorrent. It's cold, slushy, slippery, gray, and…
Tax Tidbit #6: Deduct Un-reimbursed Business Expenses
Last weeks Tax Tidbit prompted a great question. Nina asked if there were any tax tips for those of us with un-reimbursed business expenses. If you spend your personal money…
Impulse Buying and The Want Factor
"I care about the pursuit of money more than I care about whether or not people live or die." "Whenever I make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for my kids…
Getting a tax refund: mental ploy with forced savings
'œNext to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund. '“ Raymond It's refund time which happens to be my favorite money…