Elise Sereni Patkotak

The world is divided into people who belong to Monty Python and the Holy Grail and people who will never understand the laughter engendered by the words, “It’s just a flesh wound”. I think god I belong to Monty’s world.  It makes so much more sense than the one I live it. Run away.  Run away!

A Prairie Home Companion IS, in fact, in my annoyance hall of fame.  But I refuse to believe I’m the only one who wants to scream when I hear that show.

Kevin Spacey…is there a more annoying actor on the stage today?  I think not.  If you have any doubt, see his Bobby Darin movie.  Yes, I realize actors are becoming quite over represented in my annoyance hall of fame but is it my fault that we have made celebrities our of some of the most annoying people on earth?

We need to differentiate between elections which are necessary for a democracy to flourish and political campaigns which deserve an entire realm in hell just for them and the people who start them four years before the election in question.

Kevin Spacey…is there a more annoying actor on the stage today?  I think not.  If you have any doubt, see his Bobby Darin movie.  Yes, I realize actors are becoming quite over represented in my annoyance hall of fame but is it my fault that we have made celebrities our of some of the most annoying people on earth?

I can’t believe anyone even had a question as to Mel Gibson’s status on my “annoying the hell out of me” list.  He’s about to reach Tom Cruise status and be retired into the hall of fame. He’s been a front runner since Braveheart and Passion of the Christ just about put him over the top. But now he’s just too easy of a target.  I might have to wait till next year to make a final determination on him.

BP is certainly moving up by leaps and bounds in the category of people and things that are annoying me the most this year.

In the annual “who can annoy me the most” contest, we surprisingly do not have a clear cut winner yet. Usually by this time of the year, one has emerged.  Tom Cruise, as always, is a top contender.  And televagelists, as a category, were retired with honor to the hall of fame last year.  Brad and Angelina would be on the list but I find I avert my eyes whenever I see the start of their names in any publication and so have successfully avoided them.  Political campaigns are in the running as always but they may soon have to