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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 [...]

In the Email Bin

Rebecca — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:57:19 +0000

In light of the Christmas holidays right around the corner — and with all the relatives coming and all — I thought I’d give you guys a little head start on discussing politics at the family dinner table. Of course, this one is disguised in a bit of humor. If anyone takes offense, you can [...]

Saturday Tidbits

Rebecca — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:44:33 +0000

Everybody has them on Tuesday but I thought I’d be different and have mine on Saturday. *** I don’t like that a lot of my pals are on Facebook all the time and not blogging as much. I don’t like all the “sharing” that goes on there. Nothing against you guys, really, but blog posts, [...]

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 [...]