My 2006 grievances

1. This Riverwalk thing has to come to an end.

2. Gov. Rod Blagojevich: Can't you comb your hair to the other side?

3. Route 59: Make your mind up, already: Are you with Naperville or Aurora? By the way, we'd appreciate it if someone could put another Sports Authority along 59. We've only got two of them in a five-block radius.

4. Chicago Bears: Get over it: Your incessant quarterback troubles make us nauseated. Either break our hearts - so we can heckle the Cubs - or win a playoff game.

5. Motorists who speed up to a red light: Your antics are not only dangerous but clueless. Next time you hang on your horn at the guy who's braking toward an intersection full of cars, consider thumping yourself in the head with a cell phone.

6. Naperville Liquor Commission: Don't want to let booze sales begin before noon on Christmas Eve Sunday? If you lived with some of our families, you might understand.

7. Washington Street: What's with the Burger King?

8. Kendra Meeks-Davis, wife of former Bull Antonio Davis: You could at least offer decaf before launching full cups of coffee at people.

9. Neuqua Valley High School: Why can't we just call you Naperville South?

10. People who hold the door open for you when you're 70 feet away: We get the idea, already: You're being courteous. But the offer doesn't make either one of us happy.

- Mike Mitchell, staff writer