Petty Annoyances

With all of these politicians announcing their candidacy in the past week, we should all get mentally ready for the TWO YEARS of the 2008 pr...

Apparantly when I was a teenager I missed out on a major part of adolescence. That is, the part where you pick some random, mildly gay, fund...

Dear Ethicist: I have a strong suspicion that my landscaper Manuel gave me forged Social Security paperwork. Moreover, I am increasingly con...

I have been absent here for a while. Laziness is the real culprit - not a shortage of irritations by any means. It's just - it will alwa...

Guess what? I have all four of my wisdom teeth. Yeah that's right dentists. All there. All healthy. All helping me chew those spicy tuna...

Let me focus on the music aspect of this, since I think refusing to pay for porn and clubbing is pretty straightforward. Is it wrong to stea...

You know. Like Shop Rite. Or Savon Drugs. Or Surgrip. Or EZ Rent. What we're overlooking I think, when we fail to get angry at names lik...

People Who Jaywalk In Front of Me and Don't Hustle Let me be really specific on this one. I jaywalk - you jaywalk - we all do it. It...

Now here's a good challenge, since I know that virtually nobody agrees with me on this. Can I convince anyone of my absolute correctness...

Well, I've gone and done it. Once again, through no fault but my own I've invited a lot of bullshit into my existence. It's thes...

141. People who write on money. 142. Special washing instructions. 143. Lazy screenwriting where the wisdom of your wise-man character is es...

I had a birthday recently, and the usual roundup of extended family extended the usual feelers to see what they could get me for a gift. So ...

Year after year, decade after decade, college students nail those same old posters up on the dorm room walls. Posters that are tired. Poster...

I don't want to stray too far from annoyances here, but I do like airing out these longstanding questions I have about life. Like how co...

Here are some questions no one has ever been able to answer to my satisfaction. Someone help me settle these issues once and for all. And wh...