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: Wee Bit O’ Humour
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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The Leap Week Calendar
Imagine that you have a birthday on a Monday. ‘Fine’ you sputter on that Monday morning ‘at least I have almost equal odds of getting a birthday on a Sunday or a Saturday’. But you’ve been hearing rumours of a … Continue reading
Posted in Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 5 or 6 years between leap weeks, elimination of Friday the thirteenth, Every 400 years there is a whole amount of weeks, Friday the thirteenth birthday in perpetuity, Gregorian calendar, I want my birthday on a Friday or Saturday or Sunday, leap week calendar, Monday birthday in perpetuity, start of season could be way off the 21st
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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
Yer Favourites
This is my 200th post so today, I’m going to do a best posts of the year sort of thing. Yer Favourites is a title of a Tragically Hip collection I have. Hopefully the name is correct and I have … 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
The Safety of the American Greenback
In these times of economic uncertainties, many a time the market has gotten cautious and money hid in the “safety of the American greenback” (doesn’t the American dollar also have a green front?). So doesn’t this mean the American market … Continue reading
Unhate
In case you were living under a rock last week, you might not have heard of Benneton’s new ad campaign, Unhate. In this campaign there were pictures of perceived political enemies kissing each other. Merkel/Sarkozy (although Germany and France seem … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Fashion, Politics, Sports, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged be unevil, Benneton, my promise if Vatican proceeds in legal action, possible future directions for more Unhate ads, Saturday Night Live, the Vogelcheck skit, Unhate campaign, United Colours campaign, Vatican only official objector
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Harold Albrecht Spin Machine is Back
Harold Albrecht, my Canadian MP, made it back to parliament, along with his Conservative government. He continues to waste the resources of Canada Post by assailing me with propaganda. MP’s don’t pay for mail sent to their constituents. On the … Continue reading
Things That Make Sense Can Be Deeply Funny
I was going to rail against a quote in the Natalie Imbruglia song Wishing I Was There. But the two lines “I wish you made sense, Like a joke that no one gets” are fine sentences and don’t need to … Continue reading