Faves and Peeves

My favorite things, my latest annoyances

A place to exult and vent

Faves on November 18, 2002 at 8:37 p.m.: Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections, the satisfaction of finishing a long novel, the ability to renew library books over and over again.  

Peeves on November 18, 2002 at 8:38 p.m.: Christmas commercials weeks before Thanksgiving, the drafty dining room window, overdoing the vegetables

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Faves on November 5, 2002 at 12:50 p.m.: "I Voted" stickers, red-tipped leaves, Nantucket chocolate chunk cookies by Pepperidge Farm

Peeves on November 5, 2002 at 12:50 p.m.: the dim and ugly lamp near our reading chair, wasting water, non-voters

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Faves on October 9, 2002 at 12:50 p.m.: Creme Caramel yogurt, weekly phone calls from Mom, fleece.

Peeves on October 9, 2002 at 12:50 p.m.: eBay's credit-card verification system, chest-pounding from the war hungry.

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Faves on October 3, 2002 at 3 p.m.: The Washington Post's health section, Blueberry Bliss decaf tea, Quicken budgeting software.

Peeves on October 3, 2002 at 3 p.m.: Northern Pipeline's gas contractors, hot humid weather when it's supposed to be Fall, the fact that Verizon's voicemail doesn't have a no-ring option.

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Faves on September 24, 2002 at 12:20 p.m.: The First Amendment, gooey homemade chocolate cake with fudgy icing, my daughter's eyelashes.

Peeves on September 24, 2002 at 12:20 p.m.: RealOne software, icy-cold air conditioning, people who don't pick up after their dogs.

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© Copyright 2002 Lisa Guernsey. Last update: 11/18/2002; 8:43:17 PM.