Monthly Archives: December 2011

Portents and the Hesitation of Our Ancestors to Call it a New Year

Posted on 30 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

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 →

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Yer Favourites

Posted on 28 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

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 →

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A Jacques O’ Christmas Tree Xmas Eve

Posted on 24 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm
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Boxing Week is for Year in Review Stories

Posted on 20 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

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 →

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Mammaral

Posted on 17 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

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 →

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Progress

Posted on 14 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm
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Time for an Old Fashioned Folk Off

Posted on 10 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

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 →

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Now We Should Go After the Biggest Polygamist of Them All

Posted on 7 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

Those of us who are against polygamy have had a couple victories over the last little while. Polygamist Warren Jeffs of a fundamentalist Mormon sect is now in jail in the United States. Included in his jailing was the finding … Continue reading →

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Got a Sinking Feeling About Fort Knox

Posted on 3 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

One of the wild ideas that I’ve heard of to explore the earth’s interior, is to use iron. Spread a whole lot of iron for a breadth of many kilometres and piled a certain height. Once a certain height of … Continue reading →

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