Life's Little Annoyances: True Tales of People Who Just Can't Take It Anymore.LIFE'S LITTLE ANNOYANCES: TRUE TALES OF PEOPLE WHO JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. Ian Urbina. 2005. Read by Stanley Tucci. Abridged. 2 cds. 2 hrs. Audio Renaissance. 1-59397-839-1. $14.95. Cardboard; content, author, reader notes. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. Urbina proves that passive/aggressive behavior, usually so infuriating, is often the only sensible response to difficult situations that call for tact or restraint. This thoroughly appealing audiobook examines those daily irritations that make us want to punch someone and shows how actual people have chosen to find safe, legal, creative ways to blow off steam and get even besides. There's the man who stockpiles literature from the Krishnas who solicit near his workplace to discourage the Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian group originating in the United States at the end of the 19th cent., organized by Charles Taze Russell, whose doctrine centers on the Second Coming of Christ. who ring his doorbell too often and too early; the gentleman who has accumulated nearly half a million copies of AOL's free installation disks, intending to load a hauler, drive it to AOL's headquarters and announce, "You've got mail The audio announcement heard millions of times per day by AOL users. The voice was recorded by Elwood "El" Edwards in 1989 at the suggestion of his wife Karen, who worked in customer service for Quantum Computer Services (before Quantum became AOL). "; the city dwellers who put tiny flags in the dog turds Noun 1. dog turd - fecal droppings from a dog dog do, dog shit, doggy do faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, BM, dejection, stool - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels their neighbors fail to clean up, and ever so much more. Whoever and wherever you are, you're sure to find your pet peeve pet peeve n. Informal Something about which one frequently complains; a particular personal vexation. Noun 1. pet peeve - an opportunity for complaint that is seldom missed; "grammatical mistakes are his pet peeve" among the mix. Tucci reads this deadpan, but no matter. It's wickedly funny. Francine Levitov, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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