The Many Rants of Larry Russwurm- 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
- Stories that are Setting Driven
- Poor Harper – He’s Jonesing Right Now
- An Offbeat Strategy for an Offbeat Party
- The Leap Week Calendar
Category Archives: Humour
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 Ultimate in Anti Intellectuals – Cats
I just got a new cat. A pretty black cat that goes by the name of Bast. She is roughly a year and a half old and I welcome her into my life. There’s just one thing. I forgot how … Continue reading
Poor Harper – He’s Jonesing Right Now
It’s been about 8 months. Or 254 days. That’s about 6 096 hours. Poor Stephen Harper. That’s how long it’s been since he’s run an attack ad. Who could have foreseen it? Both major opposition parties being leaderless this long. … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics
Tagged attack ads, Canada, Conservatives, Dalton McGuinty, Greens, Jack Layton, Liberals, Michael Ignatieff, New Democrat Party, omnibus bills, Ontario, pitbull John Baird, Progressive Conservatives, stacking the senate, Stephane Dion, Stephen harper, stress relief for Harper, Tim Hudack
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An Offbeat Strategy for an Offbeat Party
Update: I was down Bleams Road today (January 22) and the sign is down. Which is too bad, really, because I might have done another post by getting a group of people around the sign, holding up their index finger … Continue reading
Mammaral
It was shocking to the humans that first landed on Alexane that many of the beasts there were obviously mammals. It was more shocking that one of those beasts was the mammaral, shown below. As shown, mammarals are almost totally … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science, Science Fiction, Writing
Tagged Alexane, ambrosia, ansible, dairy experts, interspecies milking, mammaral, mammaries, space mammals
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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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