Petty Annoyances

241. A post office clerk who won't let you borrow the packing tape. 242. An usher making an announcement before the movie. 243. The fact...

1. What happened to binaca? 2. Why are Village Voice movie reviews always negative? 3. Why do nightclub bouncers always have their ties in a...

As of today, May 8, 2010 it is now a fact that Isabella is the most popular baby girl name in America. Isabella. Like the Spanish queen. How...

Don't be an asshole. Don't do it. Do not insert yourself into the conversations of strangers, simply because you feel you could make...

I saw Hot Tub Time Machine last week. Funny movie. I recommend it. One habit I have is reading reviews of movies after I see them, to see if...

Every week, the New Yorker has a cartoon caption contest. They provide the cartoon on their website. They accept caption submissions. They c...

In last week's Impromptus I had a followup to my Corner post of Wednesday last that engendered much comment. To briefly recap, I had w...

Final Fantasy is ruined. This great series of videogames, one that for over a decade delivered the best games of all time, strung together l...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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