Funny Messy Life

   If you have a phone in your pocket, you know the frustration that comes with what I’m getting ready to talk about. Telemarketers and the annoying trends most of us have to deal with on a daily basis. There’s something to be said about the days of good old when you made a call by picking up an enormous receiver that weighed approximately fifty pounds and asked a woman on the other end whose job it was to physically switch around wires on a big board in front of her - her name was always Marge - and you asked her to patch you in to Big Al at the market so you could have some eggs, butter, and bread delivered because you wanted a buttery egg sandwich. Back then, a telemarketer would have to get through Marge and her nosey wall of defense in order to bother you, but today, well … that’s what this episode covers. I’m Michael Blackston and you’re patched into a party line called my Funny Messy Life.    Today’s technology is great for a lot of things, but it also makes us vulnerable and gives easy access to pre