#1 When someone replies to an email that is signed with your name and, in their reply, they spell your name wrong! How does this even happen? You are looking at my name in type right in front of you spelled correctly. Copy and paste for God’s sake. I will even get emails that are replies to my emails with totally different names like Heather or Hanna. I can understand if you have never seen someone’s name in print before or only know them over the phone but by email? Holy cow! The correctly spelled named is mere inches below what you just wrote!

#2 When someone replies to an email that I sent them with "Dear Sirs." OK, fine my name is a little gender neutral but why wouldn’t you just address the email to my name. And, I am sorry, but it offends me to not only be referred to as a man, but as several men! I am not multiple men, darn it! I prefer "To Whom it may concern" or "Sir or Madame" over this.

#3 Perhaps my most massive pet peeve of all is when I write an email and sign it "Hillary" and their reply is addressed to "Dear Mr. Hillary." ??? A) Why do you assume that I would sign an email with my last name? Who does that? B) See #2 for how I am NOT A MAN.

I know that I am a bad person. I know it. But whenever I get emails like this, I always reverse their gender. They get a reply with something like "Dear Ms. Charlie" or "Dear Mr. Jane." One rude turn deserves another. Though, I might add that I have yet to have a woman do this to me. It’s always men.

Do penises make you see everyone in the world as a man?

Ok, so two days ago I was sitting here in a T-Shirt with the window open happy as can be watching the wildlife and today, it’s snowing.

Make up your mind!

Though, odd as it is, snow puts me in a much better mood than rain so I suppose its a decent runner up.

As long as it clears up enough for our St. Patty’s Day dinner with the fam, I will be happy.

http://ask.yahoo.com/20070305.html

It’s really funny that this was the Ask Yahoo question today because I was just talking to my mother about this very thing. I was commenting on why people (including myself) go so nuts over a Harry Potter or Jasper Fforde or Artemis Fowl or Lemony Snicket. Because its so refreshing to read something different.

It’s particularly bad when you read a lot of one genre. I mean, does every fantasy book on earth have to be some misunderstood orphan with a destiny who meets up with one of every type of creature and goes on a quest? At least in Harry Potter instead of going on a quest they went to school. I am not asking a lot here.

I have found some good stuff lately that does manage to keep the various genre’s fresh but I must confess, The Book of Three has to bust something awesome out soon before I give up on it as another Lord of the Rings clone.