Gold courage and fortitude?

August 20, 2008, 1:56 p.m. Yahoo's front page reports "Amputee swimmer shows gold mettle."

Yahoo typo mettle medal

Let's check the definition of "mettle," according to Dictionary.com:

met·tle
–noun
1. courage and fortitude: a man of mettle.
2. disposition or temperament: a man of fine mettle.
—Idiom
3. on one's mettle, in the position of being incited to do one's best The loss of the first round put him on his mettle to win the match.

While the swimmer certainly has a lot of courage and fortitude to win Olympic gold in her circumstances, since the article itself didn't use the word "mettle" once and I wouldn't use "gold" as a modifier for, say, "courage," I'm marking this one as a big mistake by poor speller. (It may, however, be a tactic by a frustrated, passive-agressive intern. We may never know.)

Way to go, Yahoo!

Comment on this August, 20 2008 - 2:03 pm

Yet another avatar website

Aren't avatars just charming.

Meez.com allows you to create a sex-kitten version of yourself, with abnormally large eyes and perfect skin, in advertising-drenched clothing and backgrounds. Who needs that many Nike logos, really?

Here is a completely unrealistic version of me at a Sears-sponsored red carpet event. (Maytag: The Movie, perhaps?)

Meez 3D avatar avatars games

Let's hear it for shameless advertising tactics masked as fun diversions for children.

Comment on this August, 19 2008 - 11:02 pm

The amazing flying office pig

Comment on this August, 15 2008 - 3:14 pm

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