Things For Tuesday, Aug. 26

Been awhile since I've done one:

Things I Loathe

• Driving 45 in a 55, forced to crawl behind a slowpoke

• Laryngitis. While traveling. At a developer's conference.

• The devoutly religious who defend their actions by invoking a "Higher Power", then get all bent out of shape when you ask them to prove this "Higher Power". As Christopher Hitchens says, "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof."

• Being forced to merge onto a 65 MPH highway at 30 MPH

Things I Love

• Wildly enthusiastic greetings from kids and dog when coming home from traveling. The wife is merely relieved.

• blip.fm - quick, use it now before the RIAA gets its ugly paws on it, and stomps down to squash it like it did with muxtape :(

• Recovering (mostly) from laryngitis

• Getting back to playing hockey

• A good drive in golf. Especially if it is followed up by a good second shot, which is an even rarer happening.