Samantha Chang’s Money Talk

January 31, 2008

10 Financial Goals for 2008

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Now that January is over, you may want to start getting your finances in order so that 2008 can be your best fiscal year ever. So in addition to eating healthier and exercising more, you should consider adding these 10 steps to your plans for ensuring better money management.

January 24, 2008

A Formula for a Healthy Relationship

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For any intimate relationship to be healthy, there has to be a balanced cycle of contact and withdrawal. This means there should be a flow between meaningful connectedness and appropriate psychological space. Couples must learn to be self-sufficient and confident enough to move between emotional contact and the need for appropriate distance. Renowned therapist and author James Krehbiel offers his insights on how to maintain a healthy, balanced relationship in this column at TheImproper.com.

January 23, 2008

Punk Rockers Neïmo: French & Smokin’ Hot

Neïmo, a Paris underground punk band, is thoroughly French, but the band sings in English and looks like it could have come from the East Village. They’re trying to defying previous notions that foreign rock can’t break into the American music scene. And now, thanks to the Internet, their talent has caught the attention of music fans on the band’s current US tour. Read more.

Move Over, O.C. Housewives, These Rich NYC Chicks Can Claw

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As if the vapid world of reality tv couldn’t get any worse, a new show modeled after the cheesy Bravo tv hit, “The Housewives of Orange County,” is coming to your boob tube soon. The Bravo show featured feckless California housewives, who had nothing better to do than shop or go tanning. Now the concept is coming to the jungles of Manhattan. Details here.

January 20, 2008

Ladies, Listen Up: Straight Guys Obsess Over Their Looks Too

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Recently, rock star Gene Simmons of KISS filmed his own facelift and aired it on his nationally televised reality show, Gene Simmons Family Jewels. Since that momentous event, heterosexual guys everywhere have been coming out of the closet and gazing into the vanity mirror. What? You don’t think you’re one of us? Read more at TheImproper.com.

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