Pet Peeve Page

Here is my list of pet peeves. I'll add to it whenever I'm in a bad mood. I may also delete some items if I experience an occasional moment of personal growth. That, however, is unlikely.

• the New York Yankees winning the World Series 26 times(I grew up in Massachusetts, and am therefore a Boston Red Sox fan. So there.)
• too much pulp in my orange juice
• people who let their dogs poop in public places, but don't clean up after them
• root beer (just don't like it)
• people who (upon discovering that I teach mathematics) say to me "Oh, I always hated math!"
• when "nuclear" is pronounced "nuke-yoo-ler" (with apologies to President Bush and former President Carter)
• much too frequent misuse of the word "like" in conversation (like, you know?)
• when the supermarket is out of Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey
• when "espresso" is pronounced "ex-press-o" (I'm not sure that this is wrong, it just bugs me)
• students who make spelling mistakes on assignments that they've had two weeks to complete (Please don't send email about the spelling mistakes you may find in this web site. I'm not being graded on it.)
• Canadian bacon being called "ham"
• the Boston Red Sox not winning the World Series since 1918 (when my late maternal grandfather was 8 years old)
• when one of my cats (Ben and Jerry) coughs up a fur ball (bad enough) and I discover it by accidentally stepping on it while wearing only socks on my feet
• having a really good meal at a restaurant and then being sorely disappointed with the quality of the coffee I get with dessert
• the disappearance of "The Far Side" and "Calvin and Hobbes" from the daily paper
• people who call me "Red" because I have red hair (see portrait)
• car radios that I can hear from more than a quarter mile away
• "reality" TV
• the phrases "ATM machine" and "PIN number" (what do you think the "M" in "ATM" stands for?)
• not enough pulp in my orange juice
• "The Brights" being used as a collective noun or umbrella term for people with a naturalistic world view (I consider myself to be such a person and do not want to be called a "bright")
• spam (email spam that is, not the delicious canned meat product Spam® sold by the Hormel Foods Corporation)
• high humidity
• air travel (I once attempted to fly in early August from Denver, CO to Newburgh, NY with an afternoon connection in Chicago - it took 23 hours)

to be continued...