Something to Remember when Moving.

Add your new number to the Do Not Call Registry.

It seems worse than the old days, which may be attributed to one or both of the following:

1. I am not used to telephone solicitations and have forgotten just how frequent and obnoxious they are.

2. The few suckers who are not on the Registry are being attacked by the hungrier phone solicitors.

The funniest so far? The newspaper solicitation from the local paper's "competing" paper. The reason this is funny is that both are owned by the same company and share circulation and marketing efforts. When the person was told that we don't need both papers the person asked "why?"

"Well, is there really a point to reading the exact same stories twice? We see no point in taking two MediaNews papers."

"Oh."

And what a couple of papers they are! At least one can get through it fast.

And yes (is this becoming another of those semi-Caenish three dot columns? If so, sorry), I have fallen off the wagon and now read a daily newspaper again. Although it is only for the duration of the free trial, and only to get a handle on local politics (the mayor is a neighbor, so it is a good idea to know the local issues and personalities). If it weren't such a thin paper, it would be a fairly tedious daily task.