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1: the fact of being annoying
2: a source of annoyance
Synonyms: aggravation, bother, exasperation, annoyance, irritant.

OK, now I’ve branched out to odd &amp; common things that I find interesting because tumblr has so much to offer.

FYI- I’m a conservative guy who has amazing twin daughters who sadly only live with me 50% of the time but we make the most of it by doing lots of activities together and spending a surprising amount of time talking considering they are teenagers. This will definitely embarrass them when they read it:)</description><title>What IRKS or INTERESTS You?</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @stuff-that-irks-me)</generator><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>COUNSELLING BLOG: Tips for Looking more Confident</title><description>&lt;a href="http://onlinecounsellingcollege.tumblr.com/post/50756927755/tips-for-looking-more-confident"&gt;COUNSELLING BLOG: Tips for Looking more Confident&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://onlinecounsellingcollege.tumblr.com/post/50756927755/tips-for-looking-more-confident" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;onlinecounsellingcollege&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;1. Pay attention to your posture. Stand straight, and don’t slouch.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;2.&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Smile.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;3. Look people in the eyes. Averting your gaze or looking down at your feet sends the message that you’re feeling insecure.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;4. Take your time - so you look more relaxed and ease with yourself, and with your…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50761448356</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50761448356</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:29 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>eurovision prediction: ireland win but bulgaria catch the snitch.</title><description>eurovision prediction: ireland win but bulgaria catch the snitch.</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50761340205</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50761340205</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 18:02:03 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."</title><description>“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mark_twain.html"&gt;Mark Twain&lt;/a&gt; (via &lt;a href="http://thatgayone.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;thatgayone&lt;/a&gt;)

&lt;p&gt;Kudos.&lt;/p&gt; (via &lt;a href="http://uscrow.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;uscrow&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50761146083</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50761146083</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:59:25 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1775e4f171ef8aeaff289fc6891bb283/tumblr_mn0eakpoJW1rhnukoo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50761127362</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50761127362</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:59:08 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>bookish-malarkey:

carry-on-my-wayward-fandoms:

I got kinda...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/26f03d72d9b950c2bac63345d07d0f42/tumblr_mn03srA7nT1s5kcmko1_250.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/155e53ee66f1efc55b223d008e824162/tumblr_mn03srA7nT1s5kcmko3_250.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ab6e0d656257bcfed9d64fa7ebb7d710/tumblr_mn03srA7nT1s5kcmko2_250.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bookish-malarkey.tumblr.com/post/50735574902/carry-on-my-wayward-fandoms-i-got-kinda-bored" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;bookish-malarkey&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://carry-on-my-wayward-fandoms.tumblr.com/post/50734647947/i-got-kinda-bored-so-i-drew-some-little-doodles"&gt;carry-on-my-wayward-fandoms&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I got kinda bored, so I drew some little doodles of Dean, Castiel, and Sam…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;look at these cute-ass little drawings that my sister did&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;guys go follow my sister she can be annoying sometimes but she’s pretty rad&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50754282102</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50754282102</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 16:25:26 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"Too many among today’s intellectual elite see themselves as our shepherds and us as their sheep...."</title><description>“Too many among today’s intellectual elite see themselves as our shepherds and us as their sheep. Tragically, too many of us are apparently willing to be sheep, in exchange for being taken care of, being relieved of the burdens of adult responsibility and being supplied with “free” stuff paid for by others.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Thomas Sowell, &lt;a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2013/02/26/shepherds-and-sheep-n1519909/page/full/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shepherds and Sheep&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://no-historical-relevance.tumblr.com/"&gt;no-historical-relevance&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50754119471</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50754119471</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 16:23:12 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a5c6107e4e8a972246276eb1eeddada7/tumblr_mn06rcVkQs1sogvkzo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50752795061</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50752795061</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 16:04:44 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Poor Richard's News: 4th grader embarrasses New York City's DOE with hidden camera documentary about their dishonest lunch program</title><description>&lt;a href="http://poorrichardsnews.com/post/50741763305/4th-grader-embarrasses-new-york-citys-doe-with-hidden"&gt;Poor Richard's News: 4th grader embarrasses New York City's DOE with hidden camera documentary about their dishonest lunch program&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://poorrichardsnews.com/post/50741763305/4th-grader-embarrasses-new-york-citys-doe-with-hidden" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;poorrichardsnews&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/968d4376a9c31f3843ec6f7a0fe34183/tumblr_inline_mn0819dSuz1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I love this kid. He has the smarts to become a great investigative journalist. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Zachary Maxwell is his name, and he’s a whiz. He decided to document the dishonesty of New York City’s Department of Education about their school lunch program. His findings are both disgusting and hilarious. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here’s a clip from his film:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50752681407</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50752681407</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 16:03:13 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4samXQfK1qcm16uo1_r2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4samXQfK1qcm16uo2_r2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50752425604</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50752425604</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:59:51 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Talk Straight: 76-Year-Old on Medicare Is Denied Monthly Shot because of Obamacare Costs</title><description>&lt;a href="http://talkstraight.tumblr.com/post/50588434559/76-year-old-on-medicare-is-denied-monthly-shot-because"&gt;Talk Straight: 76-Year-Old on Medicare Is Denied Monthly Shot because of Obamacare Costs&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Today, I went to the Doctor for my monthly B12 shot that I have been getting for a number of years. The nurse came and got me, got the needle filled and ready to go, then looked at the computer and got very quiet and asked if I was prepared to pay for it. I said no, that my insurance takes care of it. She said that Medicare had turned it down and went to talk to my doctor about it. Fifteen minutes later she came back and said she was sorry, but they had tried everything they could and Medicare is beginning to turn away many things for seniors because of the projected Obamacare costs coming in.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nice job, Obama voters.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Source: &lt;a href="http://www.leftybegone.com/post/50585308310/76-year-old-on-medicare-is-denied-monthly-shot-because" title="leftybegone"&gt;leftybegone&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50752378468</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50752378468</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:59:10 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Poor Richard's News: Senate Democrats block resolution to condemn the corrupt IRS bully tactics</title><description>&lt;a href="http://poorrichardsnews.com/post/50597610394/senate-democrats-block-resolution-to-condemn-the"&gt;Poor Richard's News: Senate Democrats block resolution to condemn the corrupt IRS bully tactics&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://poorrichardsnews.com/post/50597610394/senate-democrats-block-resolution-to-condemn-the" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;poorrichardsnews&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/d9a9ef473d18bb5815c0799f41c2b2b8/tumblr_inline_mmwrfiyy8W1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;And why would they do such a thing, you may ask? I’ll get to that in a second but first, here’s the story.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;from Rand Paul’s office:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Today, Senate Democrats placed a hold on Sen. Rand Paul’s recent resolution that condemns the targeting of Tea Party groups by the Internal Revenue Service…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50752253728</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50752253728</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:57:22 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3734f844ff2fd94d29304c07acb0d3f4/tumblr_mmz1u4p6gh1riuur3o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50751998951</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50751998951</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:53:45 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d7725647fa9f33883d071d7faa0573a7/tumblr_mmvqrjotPV1rzwv55o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50751933463</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50751933463</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:52:50 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>KMOV’s Conners Barred From Facebook, Interviews on IRS Controversy </title><description>&lt;a href="http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/05/17/kmovs-conners-barred-from-facebook-interviews-on-irs-controversy/"&gt;KMOV’s Conners Barred From Facebook, Interviews on IRS Controversy &lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Larry Conners" class="attachment-single-post-main-thumbnail wp-post-image" height="300" src="http://cbsstlouis.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/larry-conners1.jpg?w=300" width="300"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;KMOV anchorman Larry Conners has been “advised” by KMOV’s &lt;a class="itxtnewhook itxthook" href="http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/05/17/kmovs-conners-barred-from-facebook-interviews-on-irs-controversy/#" id="itxthook0" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook0p"&gt;&lt;span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook0w"&gt;parent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img class="itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon" id="itxthook0icon" src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/lb_icon1.png"/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; company Belo Corp. to not make statements, post on Facebook, or participate in interviews concerning a recent controversy over Facebook comments he made about the Internal Revenue Service.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Conners has hired St. Louis attorney Merle Silverstein. Silverstein issued a &lt;a href="http://cbsstlouis.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/conners-email.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;letter&lt;/a&gt; to media outlets claiming that the corporate order “is the only reason for his silence.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Conners &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/LarryConnersKMOV/posts/10151393396885544" target="_blank"&gt;wrote&lt;/a&gt; Monday night that shortly after he interviewed President Obama and his wife in April of 2012, the IRS “started hammering” him.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50749338688</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50749338688</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:16:16 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>| America's Liberty |: Surprise! CBO estimates Obama's budget would add $5.2 Trillion to the deficit!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://americas-liberty.tumblr.com/post/50732940109/surprise-cbo-estimates-obamas-budget-would-add-5-2"&gt;| America's Liberty |: Surprise! CBO estimates Obama's budget would add $5.2 Trillion to the deficit!&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://poorrichardsnews.com/post/50732831559/surprise-cbo-estimates-obamas-budget-would-add-5-2" target="_blank"&gt;poorrichardsnews&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/29e2e7ea336027b8c9f1c37052ec5f89/tumblr_inline_mn027qfkhr1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Anytime you hear some stooge of this administration claim that President Obama has “reduced the deficit,” know that it’s utter poppycock. The CBO estimates that if President Obama’s budget passed and became law, it would add $5.2 Trillion to the deficit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;from the…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50734974250</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50734974250</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:50:58 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>If it's true that Yahoo bought Tumblr...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://americas-liberty.tumblr.com/post/50733684306/if-its-true-that-yahoo-bought-tumblr" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;americas-liberty&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;It could have been worse… it could have been bought by &amp;lt;shudder&amp;gt; Facebook&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50734912683</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50734912683</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:50:02 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>the-forward-observer:

I will always reblog this.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fc3e88e3bf4e19eec34ba4f8e9f05c03/tumblr_mm8zcagblb1rdo9b8o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://the-forward-observer.tumblr.com/post/50700976428/i-will-always-reblog-this" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;the-forward-observer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;I will always reblog this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50734565658</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50734565658</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:44:52 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c6d712e7ae15caebfb28119b78a3e1f9/tumblr_mmqv24EMJM1qg9kfqo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50734533342</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50734533342</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:44:22 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>I'm thinking of getting into "Fallen Skies"</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://americas-liberty.tumblr.com/post/50708155067/im-thinking-of-getting-into-fallen-skies" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;americas-liberty&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Worth it?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think it&amp;#8217;s not bad or too liberal. Certainly goes through some of the moral dilemmas during war. Just drags out plot line but that&amp;#8217;s how how sell commercials amd make money.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50734362119</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50734362119</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:41:49 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1043d7f5cf3d34feae884abb566a152c/tumblr_mmycxg0aMH1r6m2leo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50734148999</link><guid>http://stuff-that-irks-me.tumblr.com/post/50734148999</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:38:35 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
