curmudgeonly peeve-fest

[rmd]

some of my peeves on this dreary saturday:

• "blog" as a verb.


• the term "blogosphere".


• election/political propaganda mailings and telephone calls. even from people/groups i agree with and support. i'm just tired of it.


• my own sloth

feel free to comment and share your peeves today!

Comments

[rmd.livejournal.com]

oh, here's another one. awstats stopped working under my new apache config, so i have to unfuck it. sigh.

[lara68.livejournal.com]

i can think of at least one person that i'd like to unfuck.

[bridgetminerva.livejournal.com]

[aol]
ME too!
[/aol]
Oddly it is only just one.
Pet Peeves:
1) Hearing about that Bin La letter for days, but nor hearing it actually read. I had to hunt to find it.
2) Arisia email listing getting spammed. I'm getting it from to 2x.
3) Spam in general
4) finally having a sleepy babe, but lying in bed watching the clock bcause I can't sleep!

Etymology

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

If "blog" as a verb bothers you, does "log"? That's the derivation, and we've been "logging" entries for at least a couple hundred years (if not longer).

Re: Etymology

[rmd.livejournal.com]

hey, i never said it was a rational peeve.

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

-an enormous itchy bug bite on my ass
-piles of crap unpacked
-piles of crap unpacked leading to accidentally breaking my blinging "sexy" belt buckle
-bad cartoon adaptions of good comic books

[penk.livejournal.com]

mmm. blogging. to blog. I blog, they blog, we blogify.

-dbs, blog addict. (http://dbs.homeport.org/)

[firni.livejournal.com]

LEVERAGE
MEATSPACE
PROACTIVE

anything to do with the software industry

I think I'll become a luddite, it goes so well with the hermit theme.

[annathepiper]

But if you become a Luddite, you'll have to start writing your LJ entries by hand and mailing them in.

[solarbird]

Except that instead of mailing them in, you'll need to use them as toilet paper before balling them up and throwing them at villagers below to type or mail them in for you.

[firni.livejournal.com]

I'll also have to learn phrases like "tool of the corporate whores" and

okay, brain derailed

[solarbird]

That's what you get for tightening your chain too much. Now you'll need a whole new derailleur.

[annathepiper]

Peeves of the day:

- Voter fraud
- Stupid oil prices jacking up airplane tickets and making it difficult for solarbird and me to find airplane tickets we can afford to visit my family in Kentucky in December
- Outsourcing
- Where the HELL is my rejection letter from Tor?!
- Great Big Sea's new album is not out yet
- Being short on sleep all week making me forget stupid little details at work

[solarbird]

Even one instance of the term womanifest.

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

I hate blog. Hate hate hate. Stupid lazy humans.

buzzwords

[lara68.livejournal.com]

i asked my newest tenant what name she wanted me to put on the building directory. "performance excellence partners," she said. ugh.

[jessicac.livejournal.com]

Sign me up for the propoganda calls and flyers and signs.

The phone rang this morning at 9am, and Tim picked it up with 'I already voted, what do you want?' and all I could do was cheer. Of course, it was my Mom. But she understands.

So tired of this election. Can't wait for Wednesday.

[poodlgrl.livejournal.com]

Big Peeve: Morning Sickness, and vomiting in general!

Also, your 3rd one I can agree with wholeheartedly. I don't even care if they're on my side. IM TIRED OF IT I WANT IT OVER OVER OVER!