WHAT MAKES SOMETHING ANNOYING?
A couple of researchers have written a book about it, and they say:
"One of the key things about what's annoying is what it's not: It's not deadly, it's not lethal -- it's minor. There are three characteristics: Unpredictable, in the sense that you get on the subway and you can't know or even control that the guy next to you is going to pull out a nail clipper. The second thing is it's unpleasant. I can't tell you what's going to be unpleasant to you, but as long as it's unpleasant to you, it's potentially annoying. The third is an uncertain duration. There's this optimism of, it's gotta stop sometime, but it's the uncertainty of when. And then there's "terminal annoyance" -- you become annoyed with yourself for being annoyed. There are unconfirmed reports of heads exploding."

Read the whole thing.  One annoyance that doesn't surprise:  fingernails on a chalkboard.  Ugh!

SOME COOL SITES
In case you don't know about them:

Here's a page for kids with facial paralysis.

And for those of you on Facebook who are from Canada, here's a page for you.


"Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while,
but their hearts forever." -unknown