Petty Annoyances

You can imagine how excited I was as the nurse held up the full syringe of morphine, doing the little tap-tap on the tip to produce that dri...

201. Movies that have adult characters puffing away on asthma inhalers as a cheap way of making them interesting. 202. Restaurants that refi...

The rules of quidditch are really stupid, and I'm going to explain why in excruciating detail. Now I'm guessing that you, the reader...

I have two points here. First, who does Sony think is going to rebuild a DVD collection from scratch to make it all Blu Ray? Is anyone going...

I mean, every game? EVERY LAST GAME? Is it just me, do I have to be the first one to say this - but isn't this completely stupid? How is...

Yeah. A year ago I had never seen this portly fellow before. And now he is literally in every movie, and every TV show. It's getting to ...

You know, looking at Mario Batali's full, cherubic face reminded me of this topic - something I had meant to write about before but had ...

I had a brush with fame the other day that I need to mention. I was attending the grand opening of the Palazzo last week - the new resort on...

Just wanted to wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy New Year, from all of us here at Petty Annoyances. I'm in New York for a week, ...

Now just to warn you, this post will go so deeply into the dorkiest reaches of nerdland, that even seasoned geeks may want to take a pass. B...

Here's another issue that, like my position on refusing to buckle-up on command in the back seat, I can't get anyone to agree with m...

Is it me, or is "Awareness" completely worthless? All this ribbon wearing, all the marching - can someone articulate what the poin...

God forbid I should intrude on their staggering expertise. How dare I presume to deign to even imagine that I might actually contribute some...

Remember, in high school, the clique of drama-club guys? That group that was always in every school play? The skinny, turtle-necked guys? So...

I've never personally won a large lottery or gambling jackpot, but boy will I be pissed when I do. For those who don't follow these ...