Category: Things I Hate
Dining Etiquette
Sometimes people complain that our lawmakers pay too much attention to frivolous laws. I tend to agree. I saw something last weekend that requires immediate legislative action. Enough of worrying about healthcare and education and public safety. We need to…
Go Away Harry Potter
As a writer and a parent, I think people should do everything in their power to encourage children to read. But I have had it up to here with this Harry Potter stuff. I have to say right off the…
Being Sick Sucks
Over the past few months, I have come to an important realization. I decided that I don’t like being sick. Unfortunately, I have put a lot of research into making this decision. I kind of felt this way when I…
Enough Food Network Already
Normally, I wouldn’t think of criticizing television. After all, the warm, blue glow has helped sustain me for my entire life. But over the past few months, something has started to really annoy me. The thing itself hasn’t bothered me…
Stop Smittens
As a nation, we agree on so few things. We all understand that Tom Cruise is pretty freaky, and that Paris Hilton is pretty yukky and that Scarlett Johansson is pretty dreamy. But we have something now to rally around…
Coffee and Ice Don’t Mix
We all have suffered through the heat in recent weeks. At times, it has been almost unbearable. The heat has been so bad, I think some people have lost control of their faculties. I point to the proliferation of iced…
Keep It Simple, Stupid
I had to go to a lunch presentation for work the other day. Everyone loves a free lunch, right? Wrong. I could barely recognize the stuff that filled my plate as a proper lunch. I should have expected as much…
Laziness Has Its Limits
If I have dedicated myself to anything over the past 37 years, it has been laziness. From my days as a child when one of my brothers had to carry me upstairs to breakfast to now when I will skip…
Can’t It Wait?
My wife asked me a silly question a few weeks ago. A question that bothered me. A question that made me wonder if she had spent the day nipping at the cooking sherry. She asked me what I wanted for…
Travel Tips
My wife and I went away for the weekend recently to celebrate our 10th anniversary. We came back relaxed after a splendid weekend. But I have a bone to pick with some of the people who also spent that weekend…