Jen Dziura is a friend of mine who wears even more hats that I do.  In addition to comedy, performance, producing spelling bees, tutoring–she also writes a career column for The Gloss.  Here’s a bit of her excellent post about how to set your freelancing rates and how much to pay an assistant.
The goal of […]

Freelancers, self-employed, and 1099ers,  The Money Book is great resource for you. I am giving away a copy of the new book by Joseph D’Agnese and Denise Kiernan. Contest ends on Monday at 12PM. Submit entries here.

For a few years, Kate Bingaman-Burt has been drawing pictures of everything she buys. Last year, Alex Ressi launched Tweet What You Spend and now there’s Bundle. Bundle lets you share news of what you bought with other people online. It keeps being compared to Mint which is an erroneous comparison. […]

 
Funny that I read on the top of a bottle of Honest Mate.
Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle. -Ken Hakuta

Check-Rich: Here’s an update on my personal finance crisis.  The amount Rubin & Rothman/Midland Funding claim I owe is about $3400. I don’t know anything about this.  I pulled my credit report and found an exception from Midland Credit for $1600 for a credit card that was opened in 2005.  I am disputing this since […]

Earlier this evening, I tried to get some cash out of the ATM, but it said insufficient funds. I assume it could be low since so far this week, I have paid on my student loans and bought $40 worth of tights since it is now fall.  I got home, watched the tail end of […]