Author Archives: Larry Russwurm

About Larry Russwurm

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

Reverse Stomach Growling

Posted on 15 February 2025 by Larry Russwurm

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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Human Nip

Posted on 1 February 2025 by Larry Russwurm

Catnip is a drug for cats. If you give it to them, they will eat it and roll in it, etc. How can cats afford to be paled out on catnip when many creatures are bigger than them and could … Continue reading →

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Rantacular

Posted on 25 January 2025 by Larry Russwurm

The first thing I’d like to rant about is the idiocy of YouTube in placing advertisements in the middle of music videos. They’ve done this both for a Yes song and for a couple of songs by Jon Anderson and … Continue reading →

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Betelgeuse

Posted on 11 January 2025 by Larry Russwurm

As an amateur astronomer, I eventually ran into the name Betelgeuse. Only about 50 stars have proper names (rather than unique tags) and this was one of them. I tripped over this name when I first encountered it. Was it … Continue reading →

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Gordon

Posted on 4 January 2025 by Larry Russwurm

In the realm of music, Gordie Tapp was the first Canadian Gordon who made it big. He was in the country field. Indeed, he was a regular on the country show, Hee Haw. He only had a couple hits because … Continue reading →

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Best Posts of 2024

Posted on 29 December 2024 by Larry Russwurm

It is boxing week, again, where I try to highlight some of my best posts of the last year. At the start of this year I trot out one of my pet peeves. In Summiting Everest, you can easily tell … Continue reading →

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Squeamish About Bitcoin

Posted on 15 December 2024 by Larry Russwurm

First of all, Bitcoin is a non fungible token or NFT. Doesn’t that sound kind of icky to you? It does to me. But we can forgive Bitcoin for that. Especially if the NFT keeps rising in value. Which it … Continue reading →

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Performance Enhancing AI

Posted on 7 December 2024 by Larry Russwurm

In my opinion, performance enhancing AI is exactly like performance enhancing drugs in sports. Performance enhancing AI should be banned in the fine arts when it comes to prizing. Why? Because the jobs that pay in the fine arts are … Continue reading →

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Consonants Need Vowels?

Posted on 30 November 2024 by Larry Russwurm

I remember being told that consonants need vowels by one of my elementary school teachers. I remember repeating this to my oldest sister, Lynda, after she had a kid or two. Lynda said no you don’t need a vowel sound … Continue reading →

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The Roaring Lion

Posted on 23 November 2024 by Larry Russwurm

If you heard the name of the famous photograph, The Roaring Lion, and asked to see it, I’m sure you would be confused. Firstly there is no image of an actual lion in this photograph. Instead you would see a … Continue reading →

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