Never Tell Them What You Do
I am a graphic designer. I design stuff for a living. It’s not bad as jobs go, but there are certain things that really bug me…
Read article10 Things I Hate Part 20: Thing 200 & Post 500 Edition!
This post not only marks 200 Things I Hate, but it’s also the 500th post on this blog. I WIN THE INTERNETS! 1. I hate staying…
Read articleThrow A Box On It
I am a graphic designer, which means I instinctively evaluate every bit of design I see from billboards to websites. I can’t help it. I would…
Read article10 Things I Hate Part 19
1. People who downplay serious issues, because they are incapable of understanding them. For example, all this rape nonsense that was flying around during the last…
Read articleEulogy For The Quotation Mark
I’m not really a Grammar Nazi. Alright, maybe I am a little, but it’s not like I go correcting people in online forums for incorrect spelling,…
Read articleGraphic Design For Dummies
Today’s prompt: Take a complicated subject you know more about than most people, and explain it to a friend who knows nothing about it at all.…
Read article10 Things I Hate Part 18
1. All this anti-gay bullshit. Last time I discussed this, it was Oreo cookies in the hot seat for making a gay pride cookie. Now it’s…
Read articleBegging the Question: Dogs Are Cats
There are phrases in the English language that drive me absolutely batty when I hear them. One of them is “begs the question.” People say this…
Read article“Having It All”
What does “having it all” mean to you? Is it attainable? Well, now, that’s a loaded question if I’ve ever seen one. Having it all is…
Read articleVAGINA VAGINA VAGINA
I am woman; hear me roar. Girl power. Rosy The Riveter. Elizabeth Katy Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth, Joan Didion and…
Read article10 Things I Hate Part 17
1. I hate this “white whine” or “first world problem” nonsense. You’ll go through a diatribe about how your computer just crapped out and you lost…
Read article10 Things I Hate Part 16
1. I hate insurance. It’s such a scam. Health, car, pet, homeowners… it’s all designed to take your money. When you do need to file a…
Read article10 Things I Hate Part 15
1. I hate getting old. I’m not old yet, but I am closer to old than I am to young it seems. I keep getting these…
Read article10 Things I Hate Part 14
1. I hate that Alanis Morissette ruined irony with that song of hers and the hipsters have taken up the mantle. Rain on your wedding day…
Read article10 Things I Hate Part 13
1. Drunk people. I was the designated driver at a party a week or two ago. I had two drinks all night from 9pm to 6am…
Read article10 Things I Hate Part 12
1. I hate it when people tell you shit that you already know as if you’re a goddamn moran and didn’t think of that. “Oh really?…
Read article10 Things I Hate Part 11
1. I hate it when people don’t replace the toilet paper. I’m not talking about replacing the toilet paper at a truck stop or a public…
Read articleThe Dumbest Thing
The dumbest thing I’ve heard this week is Sarah Palin. I know, I know, pointing out that Sarah Palin said something dumb is as obvious as…
Read article10 Things I Hate Part 10: Thing 100 Edition!
Part 10 officially marks 100 things I hate! I never would have figured it would have taken me nearly a year to get here. 1. I…
Read article10 Things I Hate Part NEIN!
1. Homos. Not the Homo Sapien variety, but the language kind, as in homonyms, homophones and homographs. For example, the one used in the title of…
Read article10 Things I Hate Part 8
1. This one is so obvious that it seems like it shouldn’t need to be said, not to mention that it makes the rest of the…
Read article10 Things I Hate Part 7: 200th Commemorative Post!
This is the 200th post on this blog. It seems only fitting that it would be about hate. Get your hate now while supplies last. 1.…
Read articleGlad That’s Over
I hate the holidays. I hate everything from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day. I already discussed it to some extent in the post The Spirit of…
Read articleIn The Middle
I’ve claimed on this blog before that I’m poor. Well, apparently, I’m not. According to the republic of California, I make enough money to be charged…
Read article10 Things I Hate Part 6
1. Raw onions. Specifically, I hate how onions are somehow a standard part of any sandwich. I don’t like raw onions. I never have. I can…
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