take that, telemarketers

the national Do Not Call registry is open. It's free, and hopefully this will put an end (as of Oct. 1) to all those cherry irritating guys who call up when I'm not home and leave these breathless messages about how THEY can SOLVE my DEBT problems!!! Now!!!

If I'm getting voicemail messages, I want them to be from people I actually know.

you submit an email address, but sadly that's only so they can send you a verification e-mail. I'll be all over it when there's a national Do Not Spam list out there.