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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
Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Bill Gates on the need for increased taxation on wealthy at the Federal and State level (link). His main argument is that, to close the deficit (and thus the federal debt level), we should increase taxes on the wealthy to fix it. He argues that … Read more