The Prince Enthroned

In their infinite wisdom, toy manufacturers make half-scale, leatherette club chairs for little people. As the picture shows, you can’t really tell them from the real thing except by size.

Posting from iPrecious, will fix pic later if rotated.

The List, Part 8

These people. To quote the first commenter, separation of church and subway!

And you thought the list was dead…

The List, Part 7

People who use the phrases “not for nothing”, “at the end of the day”, “it is what it is”, and, in political discussion, “wake up”.

The List, Part 6

Tourists who are so intent on getting pictures of the FDNY at work that they get in the way of the firefighters and encourage their entire families to join them.

AKA morons.

The List, Part 5

The “technical” “writers” who create camera instruction manuals.

Yes, they meet the second criterion.

The List, Interlude

Because T&U asked so nicely*, here are the incredibly complex criteria to get on the list:

1. Be a douchebag.
2. Inspire others who would not ordinarily be douchebags to be douchebags.
3. Not be a politician unless your douchebaginess and douchebag-inspiring abilities far exceed those that are the ordinary stuff of politics.
4. Annoy me directly, either in person or by proxy.

*T&U asking nicely:

The List, part 4

Rudy Guiliani
Anita Bryant
Torquemada
Joe Torre
Barney (the dinosaur)
all three Stooges

The List, part 3

Justinian
Constantine
Tiberius
John Calvin
The crazy preacher woman in “Silent Hill.”

The List, part 2

• Frederick Winslow Taylor
• James Buchanan
• Walter Gropius
• Fred Silverman
• All prop comedians
• And, so that part 2 of the list is not a complete sausage-fest, Sarah Palin.

The List, part 1

Note: inclusion and exclusion criteria may not be intuitively obvious to even the most casual observer on roller skates.

• Sirhan Sirhan.
• My third grade teacher, Mrs. Benjamin.
• The guy on the 4 train picking his nose and eating his findings.
• People who use the phrase “real americans” without irony, satire, or quotes.
• Political trolls, grammar trolls, spelling trolls, purity trolls, under-the-bridge trolls.
• 3 of the 5 structural reviewers of the New York City Department of Design and Construction.
• John Sidney McCain II.
• Menudo.