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With the chaos in the country/world right now, I acknowledge that everything I could write about on this silly blog is entirely inconsequential. A few days ago it seemed to me that society was on the verge of disintegrating: Racial tensions are high following the recorded murder of George Floyd at the hands of police. … Read more

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

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

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

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

I’m fortunate to have a job that allows me to work from home. That said, working from home makes for an interesting working environment. For example, I can hear every quarrel between my kids since my office (bedroom) is adjacent to the living room where my kids spend the entire day. 100 years from now, … Read more