I’m old enough to remember when answering machines were a new thing. Now they’re all but obsolete. Most people use the voicemail on their cell phones or caller ID instead. However, there are still people (like me) that still use answering machines. Here are 10 types of people that will expect you to leave a [...]

If you’re like most people, the sound of a ringing phone can be about as welcome as an alarm clock going off at 3 AM. It’s time to spice up your phone answering techniques and make the task fun for a change. Luckily for you, there are loads of ways for you to put a [...]

Ever since cell phone service was first interrupted during an important call, humans have yearned for satisfying ways to end their tortuous relationships with malevolent Motorola’s, vicious Verizon’s and balky Blackberries. Here we have a number of methods, some more successful than others, that have been used to terminate, with extreme prejudice, cranky old cell [...]

Thanks to caller ID we can avoid those telemarketers that like to call at bad times, but isn’t it annoying when your friends and family call at the most inconvenient times.  Do you answer anyway and tell them that you will call them back in a little while?  Do you ignore the call only to [...]