Public Scolding of Pet Peeves

You know how it is with Pet Peeves, sometimes you just have to give them a public scolding.  Call them out on the floor in front of everyone, hoping it’ll make them completely disappear.  You know it isn’t likely, but can’t help feeling that if one person says something against ridiculousness it’ll lead to another one saying something against  ridiculousness…which will lead to another, etc.

With enough someones, we could surely surround the culprit(s) and squeeze the ridiculous out of them. Below are some of my Pet Peeves that have been acting up lately - they range from mildly annoying to wildly annoying.  See if any have your number, too.

• Spam - whether it’s on blogs, in the mail, or in e-mails, why in the whole world can’t something be done about it?
• Restaurants cutting back on portions and quality but not reflecting it in the price.  If you’re going to downsize the meal, downsize the price along with it.
• Celebs, like Sienna Miller, Cameron Diaz, Paris Hilton, Drew Barrymore, and (of course) Britney - doing drugs in public and even bragging about it.  Unless something changed when I wasn’t looking, they’re still illegal.  I know there are certain elements to the law that I don’t fully understand - you know all the can’ts and cans designed to protect the people who are getting away with things - but, come on.  If celebs keep rubbing their addictions in the public’s face, if singers keep singing about it….does anyone know how much worse the drug problem could actually get?  Baseball players are raked over the coals, but good, for steroids - The public points a finger in their face and yells at them about setting a bad example for kids.  More kids are watching celebs than baseball players.  If everyone boycotted the products, music, and movies these celebs endorsed, they’d get the idea.
• The MySpace generation’s obsession with photographing themselves doing everything from sitting on toilets, brushing their teeth, changing their clothes, sitting half dressed on war memorials….  Shouldn’t they, at some point, start feeling a little ridiculous?
• …and the one that’s messing with my mind the most?  These directories and little websites that contact other websites/blogs to exchange links.  I don’t mind (and even encourage) good link exchanging.  I WANT to hear from website and blog publishers who want to exchange fair links.  In fact, I can’t remember ever turning away a fair link exchange on any of my blogs or websites.  However, if someone expects me to link to them on my front page, or on a link’s page - I expect the same courtesy.  There are countless sites contacting people about exchanging links - but they hide your link on a secret page - not accessible by their visitors.  The last one that approached me about this sort of thing was for my cat blog (Cat Pause).  She wanted me to link to her, and in return she’d add my link to a hidden page.  That’s like saying,  “Hey, my back itches and your back itches - scratch mine and then I’ll draw a picture of me scratching yours.  How’s that sound?!”  Then, having the audacity to get indignant when your answer is, “Not so great.” 

 Now to balance out the Kharma in the post, some Pet Perks:

• I love that American Idol is doing something to give back to society. In a program titled, “Idol Gives Back,” AI and its sponsors are looking to improve the lives of children in Africa as well as the US.  Click HERE to read more about it and to see what we can all do to help.
• The successes of Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood, and Chris Brown. They’re breaths of fresh air in an industry that could use a lot more. 
• Nice weather is finally here and Gorgeous weather is just around the corner!  Doesn’t it just make you feel better - from head to toe?  I spend just about the entire day outside yesterday.  My youngest daughter and I walked at the park - something we’d sorely missed, then I came home and worked in the yard for a few hours.  My cats and dog loved every minute of it.  They weren’t a lot of help, but they were more than enough company and entertainment.  I was picking up sticks at one point and had that “I’m being watched” feeling - I looked up and one of my cats, Alexa, was on top of the garage looking down at me.  I’m not sure who had a better time - me or them.  In fact, when I dragged myself in, one of my babies, Svenn came to the front door (picture above) wondering why the party had ended so soon.  Gotta confess, I went back out and we walked around the yard a few more times.
• Starbucks.  I could never air out Kharma without mentioning Starbucks.

Well, now, if that doesn’t call for a Chai Tea Latte, I don’t know what does.

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