Financial Update – May 2020

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Due to my lack of bike commuting, I haven’t listened to my usual podcasts this month. Consequently, my recommendation list is quite stingy this month. Also, my lack of bike commuting (and lack of climbing 3 days/week) has turned me into a sedentary individual. I’m … Read more

GoodRx Telemedicine Tool (& K Health Review)

Succinct Version of the Blog Post (TL;DR): If you have a high deductible plan: and haven’t hit your deductible (and are thus price sensitive) and have an ailment that can be treated via telemedicine Then this is a worthwhile tool that helped us out recently: https://www.goodrx.com/treatment. This blog post is also worth reading: https://www.goodrx.com/blog/telemedicine-true-cost-and-telehealth-price-comparison-chart/.   … Read more

BoA + Raise Cash Back = Big Savings

June 2023 update: A reader sent me the following email today. I haven’t validated the claim personally, but I have no reason not to trust it. Assuming it’s true, any claim to 5.25% BoA cash back in my original post below should be ignored. I bought a Walmart gift card from Raise on the 31st, and the … Read more

Digital Purchase of Movies

I’m not a huge fan of wasting money, but my goal for the year (and life) is to let kids blow money as they see fit. My kids are the biggest fans in the world of Scooby Doo. Today, a new movie of Scooby Doo was released. Since Covid-19 has disrupted the world, the movie … Read more

Xfinity Mobile Review

Since I don’t have anything wise or profound to say about the pandemic, how about another (trivial?) money saving post? Nothing like documenting how to save a hundred (or more) dollars a month to ease the pain of huge investment losses and 20% unemployment…   I first blogged about my cell phone strategy about 3 … Read more

Financial Update – Apr 2020

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Skid Row Marathon (link). A documentary about a judge helping to lift people out of homelessness through a shared hobby of running. One of the best movies I’ve seen in a while. It made me want to be a better person. (It’s on Amazon Prime). … Read more