Junk Calls

 

My phone has been ringing every 15 minutes all morning long.

I usually screen calls and don't answer if I don't recognize the caller.

No messages were left so eventually I decided to give in and answer - three times - a recorded phishing message about a charge on my Amazon account - the second time I pressed 1 and told the person who answered that I knew they weren't Amazon and they hung up.  The third time I said they had been calling my number all morning and the response was "so what" before the hang up.

I guess if it continues I'll unplug the phone for the rest of the day.

This is so annoying.  I'm on the "No Calls" list.  I still get junk calls regularly but I just accept that as "modern life" but every 15 minutes is just a bit much.  

So yes, I can unplug the line, but that is depriving me of the use of my phone line for real incoming calls.

What we need is a system where we can list the numbers that we will accept calls from and ALL other numbers are blocked.  I wonder if such a thing already exists?

TV: Dark Winds

 

I liked this.  It was well done and intriguing.

But I have some concerns with the ending.

First, it was rather convoluted and I somewhat lost track of who was betraying who, when, and exactly what was supposed to have happened.

Second, I have some concern about the morality of covering up a crime : is it justified if it's for a "good" reason, and who decides what comprises a "good" or "bad" reason.  If this thing can be lied about then where is the line drawn between what can be lied about and what can't?

Movie: Orphan, First Kill

Well, this was just a lot of horror fun.

Julia Styles is great, and Isabelle Fuhrman is just as good.

My only quibble is with the small figure they used for back and side shots, since Fuhrman is now an adult, is too small and is jarring.