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11,002 things to be miserable about…
It has been a difficult week. It’s colder than (fill in the blank). I have had some frustrations. They keep happening.
How can I relieve my misery? I’m trying. I really am. I have resorted to reading a book called 11,002 things to be miserable about… (Abrams Image) by Lia Romeo and Nick Romeo.
This book is a response in a way to the book 14,000 THINGS TO BE HAPPY ABOUT.
So I’m trying to cheer myself up by reading this incredibly miserable book….
Here are some of their examples of things to be miserable about:
seeing your face in a magnifying mirror
studies suggesting a link between cell phone use and brain cancer
euphemisms for death
pointed throat clearing
people who ask you what’s wrong with your face
smells that travel through thick walls
drunks operating chainsaws
flavorless food
telemarketers
ex-best friends
sitting on a bee
scandals involving nude photos of teen age celebrities…
this book is really cheering me up!
What things make you miserable?
Let’s share…
Vick Mickunas
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By downsized
January 22, 2009 8:11 PM | Link to this
the first things governments cut in a depression are aid to Medicaid and other programs for the poor.By lmj
January 21, 2009 12:44 PM | Link to this
That we even have to be concerned that a citizen of our own country would harm our leader.By vick
January 21, 2009 12:00 PM | Link to this
people who have fantasies of harming our new President…By lmj
January 20, 2009 3:18 PM | Link to this
A college kid running a stop sign in front of me allowing him to park in the last spot available in the college parking lot- a handicap spot for which he did not have a hangtag and I did. Further more his SUV has plates designating a police officer.By vick
January 20, 2009 2:33 PM | Link to this
Right on, Page Turner…By Page Turner
January 20, 2009 12:54 PM | Link to this
For many, one fewer BIG misery to count today! GOBAMA! Hurray USA!By vick
January 19, 2009 9:03 PM | Link to this
Huge contracts for old, beat-down athletes.By lmj
January 19, 2009 5:21 PM | Link to this
grammatical errors by professional writers (between you and I) - in other words someone who is paid for bad grammarBy vick
January 18, 2009 1:23 PM | Link to this
typographical errors in new books…By lmj
January 17, 2009 3:35 PM | Link to this
Putting my winter coat on for the first time this winter and discovering that something I forgot…the zipper broke at the end of last winter. My ever increasing list of want to read list and the decreasing time I have to put a dent in it.By vick
January 17, 2009 11:11 AM | Link to this
an equipment failure that prevented me from taping a radio interview with George McGovern last week….By downsized
January 16, 2009 8:45 PM | Link to this
Finally getting not one but two job offers and choosing the wrong one. The continuing nightmare of tinnitus which just got worse. A bothed foot surgery that refuses to heal, making a mere walk excruciating nearly a year after surgery. The government spending more than $150 million on an inauguration in a depression. George Bush still not understanding what he and his cronies did to us and the world…on and on.By vick
January 16, 2009 7:28 PM | Link to this
11,003 things to be miserable about and counting…By Mark from St Paul
January 16, 2009 4:06 PM | Link to this
George Bush isn’t fit to shine Jimmy Carter’s shoes! (There, you should get some comments now….)By vick
January 16, 2009 2:40 PM | Link to this
when nobody comments on my blog posts (whine! whine!)By vick
January 16, 2009 2:29 PM | Link to this
people who think waterboarding is just peachy!By vick
January 16, 2009 2:12 PM | Link to this
my IRA…