Oct 17 2006

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 “normal” behaviours for males and the differing set for females. In contrast, sex refers to the biological maleness or femaleness that comes from have a penis or vagina, respectively.

Therefore, I’m sure what they meant to say was “sex.”

Rant over… or is it?

|:| Zach |:|

Oct 17 2006

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 quasi-cheer fashion):

M-O
M-O-R
M-O-R-N-I-N-G W-O-O-D

Followed by a riveting “and harder!”

Just in case you haven’t heard this catchy little ditty, here’s a link to the video on GoogleVids:

To the Nth Degree

Yes, that is the song that is the Mercury Milan commercial. Next time it cums comes on, you’ll have to pay better attention. 😉

|:| Zach |:|

Oct 17 2006

And on the third day…

Zach blogged again! I have been busy with all sorts of things lately and haven’t had a chance to write to you, world. Now that things have settled a bit, maybe I should recap the events of the past few days.

Friday, I did homework so that I wouldn’t have to do a whole bunch of it over the break. I still have a good amount to do, but I probably won’t get to that until later this week.

Saturday, I spent the day running around town getting things for my car (like cluster pinouts) and looking for new camera equipment. I found the perfect set of tripod legs and a grip-head. I also found the shutter release cable that I need. I was surprised that all three pieces only cost $320 before tax! That’s way cheaper than I would have expected.

Sunday, I went over to Uncle Steve’s house to setup his DSL. However, I found out that I couldn’t because his computer is fried. It was too old to bother upgrading and repairing, so I’m building him a new one instead. When I got back in my car (the red one, not the Civic) it decided that the tranny didn’t want to work anymore. Alas, nothing but reverse. So, I had to get a ride home from Uncle Steve, which I’m sure he loved.

And lastly, today I had to take my Mom to work bright and early (well, dark and early actually). Then I picked her up at 14:00. For the past several hours, I’ve been running errands. I got a lot of stuff done, but it wasn’t the nicest of weather outside to be running around.

Hopefully I won’t miss three days in a row again for a long time.
Take care for now.

|:| Zach |:|