Things that are pissing me off today:

1. People who are praying that God will intervene for Terri Schiavo—how do they know God hasn’t already intervened? How is it that God’s will is only what they decide that it is?
2. Michael Jackson’s armbands—What the fuck is the point? (there are so many additional WTFs related to Mr. Jackson, that I have chosen only one in the interest of space and bandwidth.)
3. From the NYTimes’ QUOTATION OF THE DAY
   “My party is demonstrating that they are for states’ rights unless they don’t like what states are doing.”
   – CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Republican congressman of Connecticut, on the Schiavo case.

4. People who don’t remember earlier statements they have made. Example: “The level of insurgency in postwar Iraq wouldn’t be so high if the U.S.-led coalition had been able to invade from the north, through Turkey, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday.”—You go to war where your army is, Donnie. Not where you wish it might be.
5. National Vanguard Books
6. That I have never and will never have the guts to dye my hair “Pimpin Purple”—and that the unfortunate truth of the matter is that it’s very hard for young girls to dye their hair, get crazy piercings, and buy clothes that their mothers don’t approve of unless they have someone’s credit card. And impetuous airline tickets to Seattle are right out.
7. Not knowing what to do with RSS feeds, not knowing enough about Lawrence Lessig, and not being able to understand a single convincing argument for installation “art”
8. The fact that the Army raised the maximum age for enlisting in the National Guard and Army Reserve from 34 to 39—because it suddenly made me feel very, very, very old to know that I’m too old even for the new age max. Not that I have any interest in any of this. I just feel very old.
9. That I created What Your Shoes Say even though I don’t have a clue what I mean to say or do with it.
10. Commercials that suggest people might want to buy shoes that animals try to eat or carry off, that there is a correlation between taking a shower/bath and buying a car, or that Internet connections are sandwiches, that spam is chili, and viruses are jello and whipped cream.