Readers who still adhere to the printed word may know of Daedalus Books, which sells overstocked books, sometimes quite curious ones. The latest catalogue offers "The Pocket Encyclopedia of Aggravation", originally priced at $12.95, now just $3.98. Our copies (the Staff needs several) are on order, but for Readers in need we list some aggravations absolutely free. Please do not write in to say we are crotchety. This is a public service. We start with the non-word "Incentivize", used by a paid apologist explaining why various corporate executives were getting retirement packages of, say, six million a year for life. The claim is that giving outsize sums to CEOs is necessary to "incentivize" them, regardless of their success or failure. We rant not at the derelictions of the corporate directors shoveling out such loot, nor the corruption of mutual fund managers who vote for such directors. Forget about that. The point is, after swiping stockholders' money, you should not hire an apologist who thinks "incentivize" is a word.

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