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zhai

On writing the other

Mar 12, 2009 22:14

This is going to be my one and only contribution to the conflagration that shall not be named, mostly because it's too ironic to resist. If you want more details, Mary Anne Mohanraj has a wonderfully thoughtful post on it, which also links to this great video. Most of the remaining bases have already been covered. I wish we could just be people. ( ( Read more... )

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zqfmbg March 13 2009, 05:42:51 UTC

A little embarrassing to see "Georgia Straight" and think of, well, Georgia the state. I mean, I used to live in Vancouver, and still visit fairly often. To completely forget about that paper... man.

zhai March 13 2009, 05:45:35 UTC

Yes, the name of the paper was never explained to me. I don't know why it is Georgia or why it is Straight.

zqfmbg March 13 2009, 05:48:13 UTC

That one's pretty easy to explain. The Strait of Georgia separates Vancouver Island from the mainland.

zhai March 13 2009, 05:52:20 UTC

Somehow I'm now more confused than before you told me that.

zqfmbg March 13 2009, 05:54:22 UTC

Heh, I was afraid of that.

I can't completely explain why they would pick that name, but I hope it's obvious that the name does have some local significance. And hey, I've seen weirder newspaper names.

zhai March 13 2009, 06:10:57 UTC

It's okay. Happy confusion can be a kind of zen state.

zqfmbg March 13 2009, 06:14:47 UTC

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WHAT YOU SAY !!

zhai March 13 2009, 06:16:59 UTC

My impulse is to respond MAIN SCREEN TURN ON! but I'm kind of afraid of where this is going. So I'm going to go to sleep. :)

'Cause who could resist? skkyechan March 13 2009, 11:57:25 UTC

Someone set us up the bomb!

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