Author Archives: Larry Russwurm

About Larry Russwurm

Just another ranter on the Internet. Now in the Fediverse as @admin@larryrusswurm.org

A Champagne By Any Other Name

The name Champagne is trademarked across the world and only means sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France. So if you dare to use the name for anything other than this, be prepared to be sued to your 15th … Continue reading

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The Mighty Mississippi

The mighty Mississippi is not as mighty as it should be. At 3 770 km in total length, the Mississippi river isn’t even in the top ten rivers in the world. It sits at number 13 in that category. The … Continue reading

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Positive Role Models for the Overweight

Mike and Molly was a television show that tried to have positive role models with its two overweight leads. They both meet at an Overeaters Anonymous and end up having a romance. That romance is complicated by all their friends … Continue reading

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Did Ovechkin Have Help Breaking the Goals Record?

Did Ovechkin have an assist from someone other than a teammate in breaking the record amount of goals scored in the NHL? Has he been using steroids? The previous record holder for lifetime goals scored was Wayne Gretzky. He was … Continue reading

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Little Drummer Cat

My pretty black cat, Bast, died two weeks ago. So I looked over all the posts under the tag “cats” in my blog. It was a nice walk through memory lane. My favourite fact about Bast was that she used … Continue reading

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Fight, Flight or Freeze

It may have been Jewel’s song, Standing Still, where I first had an inkling that a fight or flight response might be too simplistic. Here’s her relevant lyrics, “Between fight and flight is the blind man’s sight and a choice … Continue reading

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An America Sandwich Grab Bag o’ Humour

Since Trump has decided the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed the Gulf of America, perhaps he should look to other areas that America has been slighted in, such as the animal kingdom. Canada geese spend half their time down … Continue reading

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Betting on the Oscars

The Oscar awards need more stats. Enough so the big gambling companies can make a huge amount of money off of the proceedings. In each category, I would like to see how the approximately 10 000 votes went, exactly. Then … Continue reading

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Hockey Sandwich – Grab Bag o’ Humour

Let’s go back to the Four Nations Cup. In the first game with Canada against the US, the Americans started 3 fights in the first 10 seconds. This surprising turn of events, eventually led to the Americans defeating Canada in … Continue reading

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Reverse Stomach Growling

There is an ad on television, to promote school meal programs, that relies on the stomach growling of young kids to illustrate that they are hungry. I am all for meal programs for these hungry kids, it’s just that I … Continue reading

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