My Hate List Reaches the 500 Milestone
After over ten years of writing down the things I hate, I have finally hit the milestone of 500 entries on my Hate List! What a day. I’ve actually had a handful of hates in the waiting, but I felt that none of them were good enough for me to enter as number 500. As for #500 itself, my choice sends me rolling on the floor laughing. It is quite an inside joke at my house. Whether the rest of you get it, or even care, matters not. [Note: 500 is now 490 -- read my comment to the post.]
The list is always a work in progress, but progress and creativity come slower with time. Over the years it has become a challenge to keep it focused and targeted. If I start tossing out anything that comes to mind, it will eventually veer from its unique originality. Also, I want a reader to be able to read the oldest entries and the newest entries, and know that is the same personality, with the same delivery throughout. I think I have achieved that. It helps that I have almost no disagreement with all of the things I hated ten years ago.
Anyway, I hope you’ve enjoyed reading it as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it. Here’s to ten more years?
I’ve always liked reading the list. Last night, on a lark, I threw this together. Hope you like it!
http://craighates.com/
It has come to my attention that I wrongly numbered the entries on my hate list. I accidentally skipped #278 - #287. This was an error in the numbering process. No entries are missing. As a result, I am actually not at the #500 milestone just yet. Remember, as I said in my post, the #500 entry is now #490. I have renumbered the list, and it should display correctly now. Thanks to my cousin Chris for pointing this out!