December 18 - Pet Peeve Monday - Year End Compilations

This week’s PET PEEVE MONDAY is Year-End Compilations.  It happens every December:

• The year in review in music, sports, news, literary existentialists, etc.


• Top 100 Song Countdowns


• Ten Worst Dressed Celebrities


• The Ten News Stories That Changed the World

My favorite is the photo montages they play at the end of newscasts accompanied by sad, sad music of all the people that died that year.  How do they decide what order to scroll the pictures of the poor departed souls?  Is it alphabetically, chronologically, or by that person’s perceived level of importance?

I use it as an exercise to practice my math.  I yell out the ages of the person that died.  Quick, 2006-1934?  71, no 72.  Actually, to be honest it depends on their actual birthday and death day.

With next week being Christmas, this is the last true Monday of the year.  So ironically, I will provide a summary or compilation, if you must, of my 2006 Pet Peeves.  

I’ve also added a quick link to the right side menu, so that you can be reminded at any time during the year as to what bothers me.

Here is a summary of my 2006 PET PEEVES.  Asterisks represent blogs that have received interesting feedback (always favorable, of course) from readers.

April 3 – Daylight Savings Time
April 10 – Disorganized / Distracted Grocery Shoppers
April 17 – Everything Has To Be Political
April 24 – Failure to STOP

May 1 – Illegal Immigrants **
May 8 – Highway Rock Gathers **
May 15 – One Name Celebrities
May 22 – TV Series Finales
May 29 – Jimmy Hoffa Search

June 5 –Commencement Speakers
June 12 – Athletes without Helmets **

July 3 – Exploited Holidays
July 10 – Can I have Fries with that Poor Service? **
July 17 – Second Amendment **
July 24 - Newsreaders Gone Wild
July 31 – Children on Phones**

August 21 – Phobias**
August 28 – Reality Show Racist

September 18 – Geneva Convention Revisions
September 25 – Revisionist Historians

October 2 – Do Not Pass Go, Go Straight to Rehab**
October 9 – Media Pollsters
October 16 – Do Not Call Lists
October 23 – No Talking Zone**

November 6 – Non-Voters
November 13 – The Wave
November 20 – Fragile Children**
November 27 – Iraqi Uncivil War

December 4 – Inappropriate Gift Giving
December 11 – No smoking MEANS NO SMOKING**