No job? Start Your Own Business
Have you been downsized, right-sized, experienced a layoff, or simply seen your employment vanish over the last year of the recession? You're certainly not alone. While many business owners are…
Kelly McGillis Comes Out: Social Stance or Economic Stunt?
The biggest nonstory of the week is that Kelly McGillis is gay. One of the blogs at The Los Angeles Times titled the post: '˜Top Gun' hottie Kelly McGillis is…
Obama’s First 100 Days
"It's the economy, stupid." ~Bill Clinton There has been a lot of hoopla this week about President Obama's first 100 days in office. We're in the middle of a media…
True Confessions: How wine destroys my thrift
My name is Martinique and I have a lesbitonic wine problem. Right. Back up. Lesbitonic? Here is how lesbitonic came about. I wrote this to my friend Kristen: girls blow…
Spring Selling Tips: Make showings more effective for faster sales
Before potential buyers tour the home, a seller should take specific steps to help make a strong and positive impression. That will greatly improve the chances of getting a prompt…
Professional Directory: Member Spotlight
Today is the last day for your chance to win the $50 iTunes gift card giveaway for being a beta tester (or convincing someone to be a beta tester!) for…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: The Importance of Food Storage
Times are really getting tough for folks, and more and more families are having to curtail their spending habits. In lean times, food storage is a total blessing. I grew…
Femme Economics: Money Makes a Femme? Reading Femmethology
Oh my dear femmes, and the femme-curious: What makes a femme? I've been writing this column trying to say a lot of things about class politics and eco-feminism through the…
How to help your aging parents with their finances
'œTo this day, I still don't know my father's income.' '“ Cooper Smith My parents have always been very private about their finances. That said, in high school, I learned…
My Financial Implosion: Avoiding Homelessness
'œWe think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our…