Things that irk you......

People need to learn how to take video on their cell. Turn your phone to the side before you hit play. Turning your phone to the side after you hit play only keeps the vertical framing but turns the video sideways.

 

People who want John McCain to die of brain cancer for casting a vote they disagree with.

 

I abhorred the very idea of karaoke.
Then I moved to the Pacific for three years in my mid-late 20s.
It is part of the culture there. It is ingrained.
Since I did not move to the Mariana Islands only to pretend as if I still lived in NJ, I tried karaoke and came to enjoy it quite a bit.
Just as I tried to sample and even embrace as much of the culture as I could while I lived there.
When I moved to California, I left karaoke behind as part of my life on Guam.

 

People who can't keep politics on the politics thread ...

 

People who take more than 10 seconds to add whatever they need to their coffee need to have their coffee-drinking privileges revoked. And really, if you have to add 4-6 or more packets of sweetener, why bother even drinking coffee anyway? Just dump the sugar (or whatever you use) in hot water. That will remove the need to mask the taste of the coffee.

Yesterday, I watched a guy at a coffee shop add some milk, stir vigorously, take a few sips like he was tasting the finest wine in the world, add some sugar, stir vigorously, take another sip and then repeat the whole procedure. It took him at least a minute to get his coffee the way he wanted it. I don't know how many times I've seen versions of this. Get your coffee, add a little milk if you need to and get on your way.

 

People who drink coffee.

 

Why would people who drink coffee irk you?
What have we done to you?

 

Yeah, went to Great Adventure on Saturday and rode roller coasters like a teenager. Went on them all, mostly bc I was with my gf's 12 year old twin nephews and they wanted to. Sunday drove to Princeton and walked the campus and had breakfast a nice spot outside the front gate. Drove through plenty of corn fields to and from the campus on the way to the highway. Wasn't easy to reconcile that with what I generally think of when considering Jersey.

 

So? Corn, tomatoes, blueberries?
How'd it go?

For about 10 years of my childhood, I absolutely crushed Great Adventure.
I knew that place like the back of my hand and devised the ultimate strategies and tactics for getting on maximum rides from open to close.
It was like a personal mission.

 

Have kids. You'll change your tune.

 

I don't usually drink coffee in the afternoon, but now I'm considering it.

 

I'm drinking coffee right now. Son was up until 6. Slept until 9. I'm on two hours of sleep and the sitter called in sick.