Gushes

Venting various vexations helps people to let go of the rage that idiots incite on that occasional boiling-point day. It’s freeing.

— Anonymous

So glad you brought back the “drive you nuts” lyrics. Still don’t love the new fonts/layout. In time perhaps.

— Anonymous

On Demand (on cable TV) has “General Hospital! Yay! As background noise, GH is great when you’ve got a slew of things to get done. Good background noise means annoying tasks end more swiftly.

— Anonymous

Gripes

Shame on that Secret Service Agent who refused to pay his prostitute. It is a legal profession in their country (Colombia) and it leaves him no more than a thief! Doesn’t anyone know how to act in other countries anymore?

— Anonymous

What is the ridiculous obsession with the Titanic. Ships sink all the time.

— Anonymous

My happiness has never been contingent on a mate, and I resent those who think I can’t be happy alone just because they’re too damaged to be fully satisfied in life.

— Anonymous

People who use Google Earth and other creepy “spy” sites to stalk people!

— Anonymous

My gripe is neighbors who take no pride in their homes or their yards: junk cars, some packed with more junk, used tires, trash, useless stuff they feel they may need someday scatted about. Some of us work very hard to make our homes look nice, yet when we look out our windows all we see is filth. . . . You’re bringing me down, not to mention what you’re doing to my property value. Clean up your act.

— Anonymous

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