Sleeping with Money: Financial Expectations
"In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts." -- Peter McWilliams This…
Creative Online Family (or Personal) Budgeting Tool
One of the biggest challenges to designing a well-balanced and flexible budget are daily expenses. They cannot easily be pre-determine, meaning it is hard to plan for them, and even…
Money and Mates: Compatibility Factor
"Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction." -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery Finding a balance between money styles can be harder…
WWYD: Ask for Help or Screw the Scanner?
I don't know about you but this new trend toward self checkout in stores has hit on my last nerve. While I am all for being self sufficient when I…
Queercents introduces Adam Nelson
We have a new contributing writer at Queercents! Adam Nelson joins us from Madison, Wisconsin where he'll graduate from the University of Wisconsin with a law degree in 2008. I'm…
Tahiti Is Possible
My mind has been focused on one thing in the last two weeks- Tahiti. Now, I am not the type of girl to spend my life dreaming of things I…
Almost Debt Free: Good Debt vs. Bad Debt
"When you live on cash, you understand the limits of the world around which you navigate each day. Credit leads into a desert with invisible boundaries." -Anton Chekhov Almost Debt…
Postage Rate Increase
In the course of my business, I find myself using the United States Postal Service frequently and established an account with They offer the convenience of printing postage (including special…
Buying Experiences Rather Than Things
"Maybe all we can hope to do is end with the right regrets." -- Arthur Miller Every several months, my partner, Jeanine, pulls out a world map and after unfolding…
Bank of America Offers Free Museum Admissions
As summertime approaches, we will be inundated with free activities in which to participate. From parades and neighborhood picnics to outdoor summer concerts and local theater, you'll start to hear…