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Here’s our new formula: (Miss Manners + Dear Abby) x steroids – (wet noodles)
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What it means when an editor tells you to “stop stalking me”
What to do if your most recent clip is from 1982
Whether you should e-mail a query with “Be the First to Publish Me!” …

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Oct 2, 2006 Advice, Help us!, You Ask, We Answer

The Healthy Freelancer

Okay, time to share some personal money information with you: Until recently, my husband and I — two young, healthy freelancers — were paying more than $550 per month for health insurance that did not cover brand-name prescriptions or many medical tests. We just switched over to a Health Savings Account with a high-deductible insurance …

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Oct 2, 2006 Advice, Observations, Personal yammerings, Self improvement

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