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It seems like a lifetime since my last post. I had an Xfinity Mobile review post drafted, but it feels entirely trivial to blog about how to save $100/month on cell phone bills when the world seems to be ending. Alas, that post will be released at a future date. The last few days have … Read more

FC2 has the flu. She was prescribed Tamiflu which has a generic (Oseltamivir) available. We dutifully filled the prescription for $71.11 an hour ago at our local CVS, the preferred pharmacy of my insurance company/employer. I believe the technical term for the preferred pharmacy/manager is the Pharmacy Benefit Manager (link). Since we were using a … Read more

In the process of writing this blog, I’ve connected with several really smart people. One of the smartest I’ve encountered is reader MDM, best known for his Excel & tax wizardry (here). To my great disappointment, he doesn’t have a blog of his own, but instead contributes on the MMM forum among other places. A … Read more

I’ve been blogging for a little over three years now. The idea for the blog was born as a phd student as I was flying around the country desperately trying to get a job to provide for my 5 kids and justify the 7 years away from the workforce (2 years mba + 5 years … Read more

As per tradition, here’s the card we sent out this year.   2019 FP Family Update Family Highlights: We got a dog. In a moment of insanity, we succumbed to our kids’ incessant begging and got a goldendoodle puppy named Ruby. The kids love her. The parents less so. We’re not looking forward to dog … Read more

Another trip around the sun, eh? Seems like the appropriate time to reflect on how things are going. Last December, I publicly posted the following 2019 goals. For the sake of public accountability, here’s how I grade myself for 2019 (bold is my grade & self assessment, non-bold is the original goal). At the end … Read more