melaniepinola
Melanie Pinola
melaniepinola
Contributing Writer

I hear you. If my husband didn’t have good health insurance for us, I’d be an employee. I know someone who’s paying over $2,000 for basic insurance for the family. Read more

Eh, I just search for “video game music” and pick a playlist that’s hours long. A commenter previously shared this SWF playlist, though, which is massive. Read more

Food streaming sounds awesome! (I did used to use Blue Apron, but it became too much of an obligation.) We have Netflix and Amazon Prime, Google Play Music, and Kindle Unlimited. My husband listens to audiobooks at work, so we also subscribe to Audible. I think that’s it. Read more

I like it, but honestly I’d wait for the next version of it to see if they fixed issues like not waking from sleep and sometimes being unresponsive when switching from tablet to laptop mode. Otherwise, the build quality and keyboard are excellent. Read more

I love the Note 5. It’s the quickest way for me to record random ideas—just take the pen out and jot it down. You can even write on the screen when it’s asleep (magic!) and sync the notes to Evernote. Read more

Ah, well that’s unfortunate. I actually had a code for the paid version. I didn’t know about this free version issue, but will look into it. Read more

It’s tough! I usually have to draw the shades at least part of the way to see the monitor. Read more

I’ve often thought that too, that telecommuting is the best of both worlds. However, I found that it made me sort of stagnant in my career, because I wouldn’t want to leave for another job if telecommuting wasn’t an option. Read more

It’s my five year anniversary (give or take a month) of going full-time as a freelancer. I’m enjoying the variety of work I get to do and constantly stretching myself. Read more

Thanks for this. I am getting started with an enrolled agent, who gave me his EA number, and I tried to verify his status via IRS’s email verification system but they haven’t gotten back to me yet. This is cool—and instant. Read more

Wow, that sucks. Glad you were able to finally get most of it worked out. Read more

Looks like they’re all eating yogurt for breakfast instead ;) Read more

You could cook rice as normal and then 10-20 minutes before it’s done, put some eggs on top of the rice and let it finish. Or when the rice is done put some eggs on top and use the residual heat to cook them. You’ll have to play with the timing. Read more