The Many Rants of Larry Russwurm- Pickup Cars
- What if Average Height Keeps Increasing?
- Alternative to Affirmative Action?
- Making Sense Out of Cell Replenishment
- Has Liz II Been Cheated Out of an Era?
- Boy is My Face Red
- Liz: ‘No Fascinators at My Diamond Jubilee’
- New Improved Birth Order Theory
- The Ligh-yer Based Professions and the Unending Copyright Wars
- The Ultimate in Anti Intellectuals – Cats
Author Archives: Larry
There is No Perfect Toy for a Cat
Cats seem to lord it over anything smaller than themselves. They kill mice, eat flies and even kill rats and rabbits. Cats are tough for their size. This seems to be true all the way up to the big cats. … Continue reading
Pickup Cars
Truck. Truck. Truck. Truck. Truck Truck. Truck. That’s how many times your average pickup truck ad describes their product as just a truck. Only once or twice in the entire piece do they use the full ‘pickup truck’ moniker. A … Continue reading
Alternative to Affirmative Action?
Philosophically, I hate affirmative action. Affirmative action is done to compensate for the prejudice that lingers in society by giving groups who are often discriminated against an advantage. Often times, women or minorities are given a better chance at getting … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged affirmative action, affirmative action fights unfairness with unfairness, employment, expert make up artists, free make up, government paid I-want-a-job haircuts, government paid white face, I-want-a-job haircut, long haired males face bias, Sampson!, some females might pass as male, white face for visible minorities
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Making Sense Out of Cell Replenishment
Perhaps you’ve heard that every seven years, your bodily cells replenish themselves. Or maybe you’ve heard it happens every ten years. Well I have heard this, too. The seven year thing, especially, makes sense. After all if you’ve broken a … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science
Tagged bankruptcy lasts for 7 years, broken mirror means 7 years of bad luck, cell replenishment, cells replenish themselves at different rates, cerebral cortex neurons are never replaced, fat cells replenish themselves in 10 years, heart replenishes itself at different rates at different ages, new human every 7 years, the 7 year itch
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Has Liz II Been Cheated Out of an Era?
On this coming Monday, February 6, 2012 it will be 60 years since Queen Elizabeth II began reigning over Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. This diamond jubilee has only happened once before in British history: Queen Victoria … Continue reading
Liz: ‘No Fascinators at My Diamond Jubilee’
Perhaps Liz didn’t quite come out and say this so directly. In fact this never officially came from her lips in any form. But the upper crust at Ascot racecourse will no longer accept the head wear at the royal … Continue reading
New Improved Birth Order Theory
In the post All Psychologists are Lazy, I took umbrage with the state of birth order theory. I especially disliked that theory which stated 5th born children are the same as 1st born children and 6th born children are the … Continue reading
The Ligh-yer Based Professions and the Unending Copyright Wars
On SOPA/PIPA protest day (there has been at least one call to name it Netizens Day), the supreme court of the USA decided that since they had cover, they could rule that the public domain could be taken from the … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Politics, Stage and Screen, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged are liar lawyers disproportionately common?, boom years for lawyer based professions, copyright lawyering, Dennis the Dentist and Lawrence the Lawyer are disproportionately common, judging, lawyer based professions, liar based professions, MPAA, Netizens Day, PIPA, politicking, public domain, pursuing copyright maximalisation, RIAA, SOPA, SOPA/PIPA protest day, the supreme court of the US
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