(Here’s to you, Lenny.)
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Once upon a time, I was a telemarketer. This was long ago, before we had internet or email, when the only way to irritate large numbers of people was over the phone

Unless you were in politics.

I accepted the unholy job because I’d just moved from Southern California to Southern Florida, and I needed work. I left California in an effort to avoid any unpleasant consequences that might arise from abandoning my car on the southbound shoulder of the Santa ...