The thing about the book is the clever way it progresses and folds in on itself. The things the author hates sometimes end up turning in on themselves and morphing into the things he knows he condones. That the things he hates are often due to his incriminating low standards, self-loathing and feelings of sour grapes makes it humourous and surprisingly revealing.
You might want to check it out.
There is also a facebook page devoted to I Hate Everything, where people can add all their own funny, often compromised, submissions.
In keeping with the theme of 'thinking with my hands' and building dry stone walls I'm listing a couple things I hate here. I'll probably list a few more in the coming days.
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I hate 'running joints'.They're sometimes called 'zipper joints' or 'vertical joints'( Up and down cracks in the wall where stones are not bonded well - that is, the stones are not laid one-over-two or two-over-one)
I hate that I see quite a few in the walls I've built.I hate that they show up so conspicuously afterwards in a photo, or worse, in someone else's photo. I really hate that running joints show up most clearly after those pictures have been posted on the internet.I hate that people make such a big deal about running joints.
