Month: March 2010

terrible spelling / grammar …

On By Rick McIn internet1 Comment

That’s a given in blogs like this.

But have you noticed an increasing number of glaring errors in articles you read in old media? Newspapers, magazines, etc.

Old media has been firing copy editors as rapidly as possible. My buddy Tom edited for the San Jose Mercury News. He took a severance package and is now working online for TrailSpace.com.

Why don’t more sites add something like this link used by TheStar.com:

Crowdsource their editing. Some type-A characters like nothing better than to catch those errors.

Port Townsend Inn, Washington

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Overall we were somewhat disappointed with this accommodation close to the Port Townsend – Keystone ferry.

The promised hot tub was a cold tub. Beds and the rooms themselves were old and slowly disintegrating. (Everything rots in the Pacific Northwest due to the climate.)

On the up side, management was very friendly. They gave us great restaurant advice: Bayview Restaurant. Loved it.

Port Townsend Inn

Coho ferry Victoria – Port Angeles

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We took the Coho, a transportation option to Vancouver Island that I highly recommend.

The M.V Coho provides a scenic passage, linking Victoria, BC and Port Angeles, WA. We are a vehicle and passenger ferry, providing year round daily service …

CohoFerry.com

If the name sounds familiar, perhaps you are remembering the story of the Millennium Bomber. Right wing Americans never tire of reminding us.

south to Baja …

On By Rick McIn cycling, travel, travel Mexico1 Comment

My parents and I depart today for Baja California. A month long driving adventure taking the ferry over to Mazatlan from the Peninsula.

This is not the first time we’ve driven to Mexico. New … I’m taking my mountain bike.

Adios.

Spring allergies in February?

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Rockin and I were both suffering … during the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

What’s with that? … Bloody GLOBAL WARMING.

Normally my allergies peak about May 24th in Calgary.

I’m allergic to some sort of tree.

Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans

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Update. NBC pulled this excellent video. I was surprised to see that CBC linked to it. That link is no longer working, either.

=== original post:

This pre-Olympic fluff piece aired in the States Feb. 12th.

It’s gone viral since, one of the many positives about Canada hosting the Winter Games.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube (6min).

related – Tom Brokaw video a U.S. ‘love letter’ to Canada

Thanks Rockin’