... and because I'm sick of the neighbor's car alarm talking in the middle of the night, here is a list of Fifteen Things that Get or Have Gotten on My Nerves.

1. People with car alarms that talk, of course. ("You are too close to the vehicle." "Step away from the car." Bah.)
2. People who keep roosters in residential neighborhoods.
3. People who don't bother to look before changing lanes.
4. People with inane personalized license plates. (I have at least 15 more driving-related pet peeves, but I'll hold back.)
5. People who play with all the sounds on their cell phones in restaurants while I'm trying to eat.
6. The college students in the back who yell, "I DIDN'T GET ANY PUSSY!" at 4:00 in the morning. Of course you didn't. You're a moron.
7. Administrators who work in student services but truly despise serving students.
8. The persistence of confusion between "your" and "you're."
9. Guys in college who used to say things like, "I can't believe you won't sleep with me. All those hours I spent working out in the gym were for nothing. Now I feel undesirable to all women." With lines like those, you're on your way, buddy.
10. People who arrive to pick up a member of their carpool at 5:30 am, park outside with the car running, and honk incessantly. (I suppose that's driving-related. Yeah, I changed my mind.)
11. Republican Hair. (Think Nancy Reagan. About half the female guests on Politically Incorrect. Arianna Huffington, no longer a Republican darling but still sporting the 'do.)
12. People who don't clean up after their dogs at the park.
13. People who give me shit for not changing my last name after I got married.
14. Passengers on planes who won't stop kicking the back of my seat.
15. Movie-goers over six feet tall who, after surveying scores of open seats, decide to sit directly in front of me, thus forcing me to move. They are usually the same people who get up for more Milk Duds halfway through the show and then loudly demand a full recap from their friends upon returning.