substitutions...

I thought it was bad at work when I discovered that someone had done a global search and replace in our software, finding "material" and replacing it with "appearance". So now part of the software instructs users to work with "a appearance." Unfortunately, this happened in our online help, too, which I've been cleaning up over the last few weeks.

Even better, I just read over on Joe My God about a conservative news outlet that reprints mainstream articles, replacing the word "gay" with "homosexual". Of course, they've drawn some attention to themselves. There was a recent track event, which a young man with a notable last name won. The conservative site included many references to "Tyson Homosexual."

How many friends would love to sport a last name like "Homosexual?" Maybe we could be "homos" for a day, perhaps Pride Day, which darn it, has just passed. Kind of reminds me of the time that dear Mark and I were getting ready to go out and he asked "Do I look like a homosexual?" Today, I could say, "You certainly do bear a striking family resemblance."