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The National Do Not Call Registry

Rebecca — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:26:59 +0000

Feast or famine, as the saying goes. When it comes to telemarketers, it’s always feasting time. We’ve slowly incorporated more cell phones now that the kids are older. We now have five cell phones and one VoIP phone, and I’ve really enjoyed the relative quiet. Before, our landline would literally ring off the hook with [...]

Black Friday: Smart Shopping or Dumb Shopping?

Rebecca — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:48:36 +0000

I had to make a run to Walmart on Thanksgiving morning (sheesh, I always forget SOMETHING) and drove past Best Buy. I thought it was open, seeing the parking lot fill up. But then it hit me: The store isn’t open! These are Black Friday shoppers! Hello, it was 11 IN THE MORNING on Thanksgiving [...]

Go 180

Rebecca — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:31:58 +0000

This movie (below), the 180movie, will make you think. It’s done by Ray Comfort, who runs Way of the Master. We love his TV show. In the beginning, it has some disturbing images of World War II. It’s stuff we’ve seen in high school, but it’s still disturbing. But it certainly makes the point. And [...]

Irony

Rebecca — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:59:33 +0000

My daughter got a call on her cell phone the other day. We are very cautious about answering calls because we get so many telemarketers and wrong numbers. If she does not recognize the number she does not answer the call. Usually, the callers have phone numbers like 769-0 (a true telemarketer number). The number [...]

Are These Scientists FOR REAL???

Rebecca — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:48:41 +0000

Update: A friend informed me of a followup to this story which was featured on several news publications. Apparently, the study in this story was just a “diversionary” project and not officially launched (so to speak) by NASA or any official body. Which is a relief. So please take the following as a work of [...]