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Proper use of the apostrophe

Turns out that “Chris’s car” is just as correct as “Chris’ car” — see Rule #2 here: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp

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Why men need table skirts

In Victorian times, “limbs” was used as a euphemism for “legs,” which were thought to be so exciting to men as to cause a sexual frenzy. Thus, table skirts were invented to prevent unnatural unions between a man and furniture. [Personal note: I wish I were making that up.] So I had to [...]

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HD-DVD officially dead

It’s official. Toshiba officially leaves the format war, leaving Blu-ray to take the Gold. Which honestly, we all knew would happen. I now wonder what to do with my HD-DVD player. I now hope and pray that HD-DVD’s will drop in price and I can get some cheap hi-def films!

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