* Festivus (for the rest of us) list of annoyances:
^Scooters left anywhere, including the sidewalk in front of your house.
^Noisy leaf relocaters.
^Otherwise nice restaurants that are too LOUD.
^College football coaches who make more–much, much more–than university presidents, scholars and cancer researchers.
^Saying hello to someone without response because he’s affixed to his cell phone.
^Political debates’ rehearsed sucker-punch, gotcha lines.
^Government-shutdown roulette.
^Those prefacing a problematic remark with a disingenuous “With all due respect.”
^ Dialed-out dog owners at dog parks.
^Motorcyclists for whom the rules of the road seemingly don’t apply.
^Having to sit through extra-loud, made-from-action-comics movie trailers, while waiting for the actual movie you’re there to see.
^Did I mention #@%^&*+ scooters?
^And no, just because stuff annoys you, it doesn’t make you a curmudgeon.
* George Washington is the only president who didn’t blame the previous administration for his troubles.
* We are what we keep. Anyone who has ever “downsized” knows that reality.