The Many Rants of Larry Russwurm- Are Plants Drunk Off the Excess Carbon Dioxide?
- The Articler
- In the Presence of Dentyne
- The Space Yoyo
- Pieing Lou Ferrigno
- Light at the End of the World
- H. G. Wells, the Teenage Sidekick of the Father of Science Fiction
- The Right is Right, But the Left is More Right: A Mathematical Proof
- The Ads About Nothing
- Newfoundland Houndstooth
Category Archives: Wee Bit O’ Humour
Light at the End of the World
I’ve lived through at least three possible ends of the world. And instead of being snuffed out, I’ve found that instead humanity ends up being better off for it. I am not going to restate that ‘whatever doesn’t kill me … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Science Fiction, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 1900s/2000s boundary, 2112, doomsday, end of the Mayan calendar, end of the world, fast as light travel possible, grand tour of the outer solar system, gravity 'slingshot' effect, great dark spot, Higgs boson, Jupiter, Large Hadron Collider, Neptune, planets on same side of sun, possible computer glitch, preparedness, Preppers, Saturn, the Jupiter Effect, Uranus, Voyager I, Voyager II, Y2K
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We Need a New Hockey Word
Currently the NHL Chicago Blackhawks have a record of eleven wins, no losses and 3 overtime losses. They are undefeated in regulation time. The NHL has no word for this. Yet. Perhaps this post will make a difference. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Sports, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged Chicago Blackhawks, compound words, losses, National Hockey League, NHL, old rules unbeaten streak, overtime losses, Philadelphia Flyers, ties, unbeaten in regulation time streak, unbeaten streak, unbeatregtime streak, undefeated streak, wins, wins and only pointed losses streak
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This Website – Now Half Off
This has been a long time coming. You see I happened to notice a long while ago that the natural rate for the Many Rants of Larry Russwurm post was about once a week. In a week I can usually … Continue reading
Did the Centre Coast Win the Rap Wars?
Now I’m hardly an expert on rap music and can probably only name 20 of its artists so no matter what I say in the following, I will not have proved my premise. Still I do listen to the media … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Music, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 90s rap rivalry, alternative hip hop, centre coast rap, Chicago, Detroit, Drake, east coast rap, Eminem, Great Lakes, hip hop, Kanye West, noughties, Rap music, Teens, Toronto, west coast rap
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I Thought It Was a Starvation Strike
Some of you may have heard of the Canadian aboriginals protest Idle No More. It is a protest put in place to get some movement on aboriginal rights and to help enforce some signed treaties and land claims. The most … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged aboriginals, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence, Canada, Governor General won't, healthy person can last a month with no food, hunger strike, Idle No More, international publicity, Irish Nationals hunger strikes were consecutive, liquids allowed in hunger strike, maybe I can finally fast a day, Prime Minister will attend, salt allowed in hunger strike, Spence allowed fish broth and vitamins and medicinal teas, starvation strike
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C’mon, High School Teachers, Teach Sensawunda
For this post, I was just going to bitch that the fiction gatekeepers in high school, the teachers, seem to ignore genre fiction. But then I thought back to my education more carefully and realized that grade 11 was a … Continue reading
Posted in Science Fiction, SF Criticism, Wee Bit O' Humour, Writing
Tagged 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea, Asimov, Bradbury, Dystopia, Fahrenheit 451, genre fiction, H.G. Wells, Hari Seldon, high school english teachers, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Jules Verne, Larry Niven, literature, optimism, Orwell, pessimism, psychohistory, Ringworld, science fiction, sensawunda, sense of wonder, The Foundation Series, Utopia
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The True Chretien King Maker
Many have lamented how the left and centre of the Canadian political spectrum have been left out of power for many years. There have been calls for the left leaning NDP and centrist Liberal party to merge in order to … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged Conservatives, F-35 boondoggle, Greens, Jean Chretien, Liberals, natural ruling party of Canada, NDP, Paul Martin, Preston Manning, reason Harper uses smear campaigns, smear campaign, Stephen harper, two right wing parties would assure the left and centre a win, Wildrose Party
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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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Possessions
The language of love leaves a lot to be desired. Think of it. “Be mine” is probably the most used Valentine and candy heart slogan. “I’m Yours” was a recent big hit by Jason Mraz. We’ll even say “who belongs … Continue reading
The BOGO Slide
I first heard of “BOGO” sales on the American television we Canadians get piped in (the majority of Canucks live near the border). The first time I heard an explanation about what the mysterious acronym meant was much later on … Continue reading