I have a lot of pet peeves; my biggest one is probably people who walk through a door, step out of an elevator, turn down an isle at the grocery store, or otherwise move into a narrow access point and immediately stop thereby blocking all foot traffic while they try to decide where they want to go.

Coming in at a close second is celebrity gossip passed off as real news. I turn the tv on every morning and listen to the news while I get ready for work. I used to watch Good Morning America because it was the only channel I had—even though more often than not, I was annoyed by their definition of news, which consisted of entirely too much celebrity gossip and self-aggrandizing puff pieces about themselves. Lately, now that I have more channels to choose from, I’ve been watching the Today Show, which for the most part has been better, a lot better actually. However, I’m getting real tired of hearing about Michael Jackson. Every station, every morning talks about the death of this man who anyone should be hard pressed to deny was a washed up pedophile with an incredible dysfunctional family. Hearing some random personality theorize about where his severely effed-up kids are going to end up is not news. Telling me about the uprising in Iran is news. I hate you Good Morning America. And I’m getting closer to hating you Today Show. Bring back real news.