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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

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