When I receive enquiries for my video services, the verb “film” is usually in there somewhere. For example, “I was wondering if you’re available to film my business presentation on [date].” The thing is, the pedant in me cringes at the use of the word “film”. My video cameras don’t use film. Years ago, I used tape-based cameras, and I… Read more »
People who know me well know my opinion of golf. “A good walk spoiled” is a polite and succinct way of putting it, I suppose, although I prefer to say, “why the heck anyone would want to pay that much to dress up in those overly-tidy clothes and lug all that hardware around a totally unnatural field and torture a… Read more »
How Many Feet Can You Get in Your Mouth? I suffer from Foot in Mouth Disease. By nature, I’m a shy, retiring kind of a guy, and socializing tends to tire me out. But over the years, I’ve learned to mask my shyness in various ways, ranging from smiling strange smiles at people as a means of visual communication that… Read more »