Off the hook

For a year I had a land line, but no phone. (It was for my DSL mostly).

It took my cell phone breaking for a day for me to finally go out and get one. I even got a slightly fancy one — you know, a mobile one with buttons that light up and 40 different rings and wings that will fly it to you when it rings. But not that I actually have one, I'm wondering what the point is.

I have only had one person that I know call me. Two of the other calls have been wrong numbers and four have been automated telemarketers.

The latter cracks me up. There's little chance I might sign up for that credit card anyway, but that falls into the negative numbers when the pitch comes from a robot. At least they're easier to hang up on.

Lesson learned: My knew phone does come in handy when I lose my cell phone, which happens all the time.

Eating garbage

If you think vegan is extreme, check this out. People called Freegan seek to not use money at all. Their argument is that while vegans' efforts to boycott products that harm animals is noble, they are still supporting companies that do equally unethical things.

One of the ways they do that is by dumpster diving at stores and other businesses. They say they find discarded food there that is perfectly clean and eatable. To each his own, I guess.

Lesson learned: Good for them for reducing waste, but I might stick to eating expired foods in my own refrigerator.