Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the category archives:
Two years ago when I first joined my new company, I was planning on laser eye surgery so I stuck with the Flexible Spending Account option with a PPO health plan. I was familiar with saving all year for my health expenses so it was easy to do and a no-brainer.
Then open enrollment came around [...]
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I got over $400 in checks last week from my insurance company.
One check was a refund on my auto policy because I paid up the full year and then canceled it for a better rate with another firm.
The second check was for 69% recovery of my deductible from the condo owner above me. My homeowner’s [...]
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One of my more popular posts is about a former co-worker who lost everything in a rental fire on St. Patrick’s Day.
Well, insurance is back on deck as today’s topic because last evening there was a fire and boyfriend had to call 911 and knock on doors to make sure some neighbors got out of [...]
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Free Money Finance coincidentally posted an article on shorter commutes by Penelope Trunk, on the same day I said that a shorter commute is one reason why I switched jobs.
So if you have a bad commute, you are probably not very happy. And you should know that a bad commute spills over into all aspects [...]
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Some are new. Some are old. Mostly stuff I read this week and thought was good.
Bluebird at Hedonic Adjustment writes about the genius of Ben Stein, asking the same question I’ve always wondered as well. But I do agree with Mr. Stein that Taco Bell’s Taco Supremes are very good. Every once in a while [...]
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[Welcome readers of REDDIT! I got tagged on Sunday.]
My heart goes out to Southern California and the victims of the wildfires in and around San Diego. A very dear friend of mine lost his former monastery home to the fires. He doesn’t live there any more, but many of my friends have visited there and [...]
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Greetings!
It’s that time of year again. Open Enrollment. I dread it because it means lots of changes to insurance. Make sure you gear up and make some time in your schedule to attend an Open Enrollment session by your HR department. It could save you a lot of money.
This year, I got a lovely canned [...]
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Hat tip to Rob for pointing this article out. It’s been a work-focused week for me and I’m not generating enough story ideas on my own.
The Wall Street Journal Online has a short story about American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. and Freddie Mac.
In documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., Freddie Mac [...]
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So this week, some congressmen decided to introduce some legislation for dental heath care for Medicare patients, particularly through S-CHIP. That’s wonderful. Unfortunately, my dental plan really sucks. If I am going to get any more work done, I am going to have to find another job for dental insurance.
You think I am kidding, but [...]
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Greetings! Sorry for the late post, but I had to come home on short notice. Some how ‘perforated eardrum’ doesn’t translate well in Korean and I couldn’t understand how serious my mom’s operation was going to be till she told me that some funky gunk was running out of her ear. Anyhow, she’s fine, but [...]
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