The Great Recession meant a lot of things to a lot of people. For many, unfortunately, it meant some combination of job loss, extensive periods of unemployment, home foreclosure, …

The Self-Massage Tools I Didn’t Know I Needed: My Story It was a normal mid-summer day. I jogged about two miles in to work, did a few sit-ups when …

In a previous post on education tax credits, I noted that my wife was going back to school for an accelerated nursing degree through a local community college. That …

Last year, number of big name retailers, including Walmart, Sears, and Toys R Us – made the jump from Black Friday to Thanksgiving night hours. That prompted a little …

Last year, I noted that I had made the switch from a comfortable PPO health insurance plan to an HDHP plan (paired with an HSA), during my employer’s open …

“What is a CPT code?”. If you haven’t already, you’ll find yourself asking that question at one point or another when you’re hit with an unexpected medical bill. This …

What is Open Enrollment? November is open enrollment season (a.k.a. “annual enrollment” or simply “open season”) – an important time of the year for employees to review their benefit …

Fall is my favorite time of year. Michigan’s fall climate brings vivid changing colors, crisp cool mornings, and a reprieve from the muggy-swamp-ass-humid summer months. That’s “Pure Michigan”. But …