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July 18, 2009

Rock, Paper, Scissors

It all starts with a rock. A big, shiny rock. I’ve latched onto Dean’s Facial Fuel Lotion for Men and wanted to pick us up more at Saks. While browsing the Kiehl’s medicine cabinets, the cosmetics gal from La Mer…

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July 18, 2009

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July 17, 2009

Sponsored by Bridezilla

The cards and emails read, “This will be the best time of your life.  Enjoy!” Instead, I’m miserable.  I didn’t feel this way until I started to dig into the numbers.  My friends comment, “You look so unhappy.  Look at…

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July 16, 2009

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July 16, 2009

Modern Day Job (The Biblical Guy)

Job is my favorite book in the Bible. It’s about this devout man who endures horrible circumstances: poverty, famine, the death of his children, lots of physical ailments. I believe he even gets boils all over his body. It’s a…

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July 15, 2009

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July 15, 2009

Wedding Economics

I like to make the comparison between the cost of a wedding versus an MBA. Why? Because I don’t think I’ve ever thrown such gargantuan sums of money on anything except education, a home, my trusty two-door Honda Civic, and…

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July 15, 2009

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July 14, 2009

Taking the Plunge

There are the men who told me they loved me–and everyone in-between. Of course, there are my gay best friends, my non-gay best friend, and my non-gay dad. But they don’t count for this purpose since their love for me…

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July 13, 2009

Paragliding above the Blue Lagoon, Turkey

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Welcome to my site, derived from an advice column I wrote while getting my MBA. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I give helpful, opinionated advice based on my own experience and from the expertise of my extensive network. For more, click here.

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