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Category Archives: History
Johnny Fish Spawn
It should be patently obvious to all that fish first came from the sea. From there, some evolved into liking fresh water and thus migrated upstream into rivers and tributaries and freshwater lakes. But what happens when these fish reach … Continue reading
Is Justin Trudeau the Start of a New Math for Liberals?
You may have already heard about the Canadian Liberal Party’s system of alternating English leaders with French leaders. I’ve even mentioned it in an earlier post. But the math may have changed since confederation, 145 years ago. You see, the … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, History, Politics, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 124 years of alternating English/French, Bob Rae, Canada, Canadian Alliance, Conservatives, French descent, French speakers, Jean Charest, Justin Trudeau, Liberal Party, Margaret Trudeau, Michael Ignatieff, New Democratic Party, Progressive Conservatives, Quebec, Reform, ROC, white as ethnicity
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We Not Only Bred With Neanderthals, We Wiped Them Out
I came to this story of Neanderthals by way of a link which said something like its title, maybe “Humans and Neanderthals didn’t breed” without the quotes. It sounded so sure. Like we now know with certainty that humans and … Continue reading
Only 4 Continents
The lie has been spread for so many years that many believe it is true. That lie is that there are 6, or maybe even 7 continents on Earth. But anyone with working eyeballs and a simple world map can … Continue reading
The Roman End of Years
Perhaps we’ll get really lucky and survive past Dec. 21 of this year by the skin of our teeth. This will be in defiance of the Mayan doom but remember we still have other cultures of the world to contend … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Mathematics, Pseudo Science
Tagged alternate Roman numerals extension, end of Mayan calendar, end of movies, Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, Mayan doom, midnight January 22 3247 AD, Roman doom, Roman end of years, Roman Numerals, Rome founded in 753 BC, the Romans didn't have numbers past 3999, we should all become preppers and survivalists
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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
Portents and the Hesitation of Our Ancestors to Call it a New Year
I’m expecting many of you to know about comet Lovejoy – the little comet that could. It had a run in with the sun that it was not expected to survive in mid December. Not only did it survive but … Continue reading
Boxing Week is for Year in Review Stories
Happy blogiversary the second. That’s right, today’s post marks the conclusion of a 2nd full year of posting. Last year, I posted links to the most popular posts I made that year. This year I won’t do that. Why? Because … Continue reading
Time for an Old Fashioned Folk Off
I’ve always wanted to write a novelty song. It at least goes back to my early guitar playing days. Back then I remember coming up with a chord progression that sounded like a “real” song (I hadn’t done so previously … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Music, Politics
Tagged A Horse with no Name, America, Bob Dylan, distinct voice, folk, Folk Off, guitar, Kent State Massacre, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Neil Young, novelty song, Ohio, original song, Southern Man, Sweet Home Alabama
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