October 2006 archive

Bogen qualms

After days of consideration, I still have a couple qualms with the equipment that I’m looking at buying for my camera. The shutter release poses no problem whatsoever. I’m going with the Canon name because it seems to get better reviews than the generic ones. The tripod legs aren’t causing me much confusion. I decided …

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Let’s not be PC about biology!

Today, when looking on Progressive’s website, I noticed the horrible atrocity of political correctness via wrong diction! This is my all-time favourite piece of PC jargon. Here’s a screenshot of the site: Progressive? Let’s briefly go over this error. Gender refers to the sets of behavioural norms applied to either sex, respectively. That is, the …

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Mercury blooper or, errrrr, ummm…boner

So, while watching television (Zach says in a Pancho Villa tone of voice), something interesting came to my attention. A commercial for the Mercury Milan came on and there is a very perky (hehe, pun intended) tune in the background. In the song, which is called To the Nth Degree, a girl sings (in a …

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