Pet peeves

Before 4 o'clock this morning, I awoke to the sound of trucks, big trucks. I ran to the window and from my seat on the window box, I could see the water main break. We have no running water. There goes my shower. Frozen bottled water being melte...  

Republican Gov.-elect Christopher J. Christie staked out two positions in unambiguous terms last week -- Governor Corzine should not make any lame duck nominations to important, policy making boards and officials should hold only one public job.  

Basketball's pet peeves. Posted on 19 December 2009. By Harry King. LITTLE ROCK — Perfectly symmetrical with a circumference of 29 inches, the sphere is inflated to 20 ounces for proper bounce-back. The grainy surface is just right for ...  

Right NickR - Cyclist that slow down cars are huge global warming contributors opposed to all that super-efficient idling to warm up the car in the morning. Seriously, cyclists and drivers both have to show some common sense and courtesy. It's not rocket science.  

On the topic of debuggers, here are some of my top most pet peeve when it comes to debuggers.. DBX * Hate pressing n every time to go to next line. For some reason, Sun Studio folks never provided a alias to 'Enter' key like the way we do have on GDB. GDB * There is no nice way to display complex structures . For example, if you want to display a nested structure with some nested union / structure in it, good luck deciphering them...  

How about the idiots in city hall who think that after 60 years of building suburban sprawl will forgo their cars if the city just makes it more inconvenient to drive, even though public transit is totally impractical for most people outside downtown.  

Last week celebrity entertainment journalist, Souleo's exclusive Sister 2 Sister Magazine interview with R singer Omarion created buzz across the blogosphere due to Omarion's controversial comments about Kanye West's main girl, Amber Rose. This week, Souleo returns with YouTube sensation and rising new pop artist, Priscilla Renea. Priscilla reveals her most embarrassing moments in life and ultimate pet peeves. Priscilla holds nothing back as...  

Clip art! You don't like to see "designs" like these popping up in church materials. They're funny on the Internet, but things get serious when they make their way into real life. Just behind clip art are Comic Sans and Papyrus--the ...  

We'll be making a list every Tuesday in the print edition of The Province. It might have 23 items, it might have three. We don't like to pigeonhole ourselves. This week's list might have a few more editions in the future. It's a list of our pet peeves in sports: Icing the puck while shorthanded Why is this allowed? A team gets penalized for breaking a rule, but it's allowed to break another one while it's being penalized? It's like being...  

English Language Pet Peeves. Filed under: Communicating, Rants & Raves;. Quick rant on misuse of the English language. Neither “incent” nor “incentivise” are words. “Motivate” is a word. There is no verb form of “incentive.” Share/Bookmark · No Comments. Leave a Reply. You must be logged in to post a comment. Genealogy. Art Zemon's Family Tree ...  

The safest bet in starting a conversation is finding common ground. Pet peeves make for good conversation starters because everyone has them. You can start off by telling a story about one of your pet peeves and others are sure to join ...  

You already know that one of my biggest pet peeves is to see people using simple words incorrectly. It drives me batshit to see someone use your and you're.  

Elephant car wash peeves PETAOregon Daily EmeraldOn Oct. 22, Seattle-based PETA sent a letter to the elephant car wash associated with Wildlife Safari, attesting that the business treats its elephant ...  

Michael Howard and Adam Shostack, experts in eecurity engineering at Microsoft, chat about their top 10 security pet peeves.  

Lesson Plan | Crafting persuasive personal essays about pet peeves.