Petty Annoyances

This is my journal of minor irritations and grievances.

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Ben Affleck Can't Act

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I mean really. Stinkeroo. What an amateur. I actually got so annoyed with how bad his performance was in Boiler Room that it took me right o...
Tuesday, October 06, 2009

"To Be Honest" is a Perfectly Useful, Appropriate Phrase

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I am really getting tired of the people who interrupt you when you begin a sentence with "To be honest". They stop you mid sentenc...
Sunday, July 19, 2009

Thanks a Lot, Shoe Bomber

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Thanks a lot buddy. Great job you did there. What with the bomb in the shoe. That was some strong thinking. Enjoy your prison time. He's...
Sunday, May 03, 2009

240 Annoyances

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221. Vegetarians who force their pets to be vegetarian. 222. Eddie Murphy's refusal to participate in any kind of SNL retrospective. 223...
Sunday, April 05, 2009

Being Told That Your Password Isn't Rigorous Enough

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It's been kind of a chore, over the years, to keep track of all my passwords. I don't want them all to be identical, and yet if I ha...
Friday, February 27, 2009

New Blog Update

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I had one or two other topics to go here that were poker related. But I'm starting to think that poker is a bit of a niche issue, and no...
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Thursday, January 22, 2009

The Undeserved Reputation of the Bellagio Poker Room

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The Bellagio Poker Room in Las Vegas is seriously overrated. It coasts on accolades like these year after year, without any real critical s...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

I Hate the "Clock Manipulation" Portion of the Football Game

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In my opinion there's just something unsportmanlike about it and it diminishes the game. That's probably an extreme position to take...
Sunday, December 21, 2008

I Am Tired of Hearing that Samus Aran is Some Kind of Videogame Feminist Icon

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I don't get any pleasure out of saying this - but don't you think it is patently clear that the Metroid protagonist Samus was made f...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

These Entertainment Weekly Best-Of Lists

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This year, Entertainment Weekly published a whole issue of lists. Best 100 Movies of the last 25 years. Best 100 books, music albums, TV sho...
Monday, November 17, 2008

Seasonal Potpourri

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What Use is a James Bond Blu Ray Boxed Set that features 6 Completely Random Bond Movies? This happens all the time. You get six random Bond...
Sunday, November 09, 2008

Scientists: Lets Move a Little Faster on Immortality

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Why is no one talking about immortality? How come it isn't on the agenda? How come all this progress on decoding the genome and sequenci...
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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Toilet Closets

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At first they were a curiosity. A novelty. They popped up in the bathrooms of the rich - I don't know how long ago - and have since been...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

My Attempt at a Thomas Friedman Column

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I was off in an exotic and dangerous part of the world when an extremely mundane thing happened to me. Maybe a hotel waiter gave me profusiv...
Monday, July 28, 2008

The Petty Annoyances Guide for Selecting a Second Language to Learn

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