Petty Annoyances

Like many Americans, you've long thought about learning a second language. Perhaps you're a college student and want to take a langu...

Mario Batali Update Loyal readers know that I intensely dislike Mario Batali the chef. His sin was that he composed the most asinine, incohe...

Here's the story. I really really like pistachios. They're definitely in my nut top 5. They share elite space with cashews and pecan...

" This is the future of book reading. It will be everywhere. " - Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball and Liar's Poker. You know...

What the hell happened to Dana Carvey? Look at him! How is he younger than he was 20 years ago, and female?

Time for another round of those niggling, nagging questions I have about life and the universe. Any help here would be appreciated. 1. Why d...

If I have to hear this cautionary marketing tale one more time, I may just start slitting throats. I don't know what gets me more - a) t...

I loathe these ads. These anti-smoking TV commercials produced by Thetruth.com. Oh the arrogance. Oh, the preachiness. There are several var...

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 ...