A Young Bear; Getting Peevish

Last night, just as dark was settling in, Kathy, Jim and Boo had stopped by where I'm house-sitting.  As we left the house, Kathy and I saw a strange-looking silhouette moving toward us, and then stopping on the verge.  As she asked, "What's that?", the young black bear turned his/her side to us, walked up to a wire fence in a neighbor's yard, and climbed over.  Kathy and I looked at each other, and, nodding, said, "A black bear - a young black bear."  Jim hadn't seen it, as he was fussing with Boo's collar and leash.  Kathy and I walked over to the fence and could see a large dark shape ambling across Sarah's yard.  Discussing it, Kathy and I agreed that it was a youngster - one or two years old, and since it seemed to be moving on at a steady pace, we just ignored it.  But I did send out a neighborhood wildlife watch warning to folks in and around Githens Acres...
  I had a wonderful salad from Lynn's organic garden last night - all freshly picked, washed, and served up immediately.  Yum.

   I wonder if I'm getting more peevish as I grow older.  I know that I did something I'd never have considered doing earlier in life yesterday - during the broadcast of Jeopardy! there were three advertisements, all denigrating Senator Mark Udall; each ad was sponsored by a different "Community Action Group," and each was funded and backed by the Koch Brothers.  As the last ad was airing, I found myself giving "the finger" to the television set.  Television stations are paid to show ads - so why was I giving the TV the finger?  It's something that I first saw and learned in grade school, but I think the first time I employed the gesture was when I was in college, to express my disagreement with a professor's opinion. If I had used such a gesture as a child, I don't think I'd have four fingers on each hand when I reached my teen years.
   My "pet peeves" are many and varied:  
 Bicyclists who ride on a sidewalk when there are clean and open bike lanes next to the sidewalk.
 Joggers who run in clearly marked bicycle paths.
 Drivers who ignore pedestrians and bicyclists.
 Drivers who weave through traffic at a high speed, endangering others, so that they end up one car length in front of you, but have to stop at the next red light.
 Drivers who make jack-rabbit starts and then stomp on the brake as abruptly.
 Anyone who drops or throws trash onto the ground, and not into a trash receptacle.
 Pedestrians who jaywalk.
 People who yell, or talk very loudly, into their cell phones or BlueTooth devices in public places, ignoring other people who are present.
 People who dog-ear library books instead of using a bookmark.
 Al Michaels talking about horses and calling all of them "it"s, not he or she.
 And I hugely dislike anyone who mistreats any animal - another human, a pet, or wildlife of any type.