Annoyances and errata...

I hate book examples with syntax errors.  It's like a reference manual for drug or radiation doses that have a few incorrect values in a table.  Buyer beware with a unhealthy glow or pale pallor or both.

There's not enough coffee in the world...

"We kept throwing crap out of his apartment, thinking that we had got back our $300 in bar tabs.  Perhaps we went over a bit with the TV..." - overheard in a real dive of a bar...

"When the shadows move and you feel cold water trickling down your arms, you're in dire need of sleep." - comment from the other day.