Ponderings and Wanderings » Woodworking http://www.quis.com Dan Katz's thoughts on marketing, customer service, woodworking, his baby boy and other musings. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:02:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Yes Virginia, Mahogany is a Wood http://www.quis.com/2008/01/29/yes-virginia-mahogany-is-a-wood http://www.quis.com/2008/01/29/yes-virginia-mahogany-is-a-wood#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:27:46 +0000 Dan Katz http://www.quis.com/2008/01/29/yes-virginia-mahogany-is-a-wood/ Back on December 9, 2007 there was this post on Weird Spot about a guy who made a car out of mahogany. Very cool from a woodworkers point of view. What made me laugh though was this line – “made from mahogany (a type of wood).” Mahogany, a type of wood? No kidding. I thought this strange at first and then I clued into the audience for Weird Spot www.weirdspot.com and realized that maybe they are simple enough to not even know that mahogany is a wood.

And yes, I realize that mahogany could be a color – but if the post is titled “Car Made from Wood” and then you say “made from mahogany” and you have a picture –do you really need to say “a type of wood”.

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Oh, and of course I still NEED to read this stuff because how else do you find out stuff like A Hospital Serves Up Mouse Head on Plate Because you know this is much more important than CNET, WSJ, NYT or any other news .you could possible imagine. ;-)

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