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Author Archives: Larry Russwurm
Money is Time
The idea that money is time was not lost in science fiction. More than once I’ve seen monetary units be credits or person hours. This simple relationship is a sort of skewering of modern capitalist systems. And somehow it feels … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Language, Mathematics, Politics, Science
Tagged burn out, Children should drain wealth, copyright law would give income forever, credits, Elon Musk, entrepreneur, extra money would mean extra time, hard time, jail, life lengtheners, liviing paycheque to paycheque, make it big, money, nice life as own boss, person hours, retirement. the more you save - the longer you live, time
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U-Turn on U-Turns
When I was young I seem to remember the law being different on U-turns. About 40 or 50 years ago I think it was illegal to do a U-turn. This pretty much was the law everywhere in southwestern Ontario. Except … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language
Tagged 70 years before changeover is complete, hard to enforce, illegal, King Street, Kitchener, legal, LRT, n-turns, real U-turns are dangerous, signs, U-turns, Waterloo
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2 Strategies for Multiple Lead Singers
From what I’ve heard there are a couple of strategies when having multiple lead singers in a band. The first strategy is to have obvious differences between the lead singers so one can easily tell the voices apart. This Strategy … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Music
Tagged Ann wilson, Canada, Christine McVie, conform, Dennis DeYoung, different, Fleetwood Mac, Geddy Lee, Gil Moore, heart, Lindsey Buckingham, multiple lead singers, Nancy Wilson, rebel against Rush, Rick Davies, Rik Emmett, Roger Hodgson, Rush, Saga, Scratching the Surface, similar, similar genes, Stevie Nicks, Styx, Supertramp, theatrical, These Dreams, Triumph, wicked witch of the west
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Bird Wings Good; Bat Wings Bad
Have you ever noticed that good religious creatures, like angels, have what can only be described as bird wings? Meanwhile, evil religious creatures, such as demons, have wings that are blatantly like that of a bat. The only bad thing … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged angels, bat wings, bats nurse their young, bird wings, black, blue whales, cats, conspiracy of ravens, day, day birds are evil to bats, demons, dinosaurs, dragons, evil, giraffes, good, horses, labs, maggots, mammals, murder of crows, night, plague of grackles, polar bears, rabies, sonar, squabble of seagulls, termites, white
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Early Summer Grab Bag o’ Humour
Let’s not kid ourselves, the Grade 6 lobby is very powerful. What has it done to display its power? Well a few years ago it flexed its muscles and got Pluto demoted as a planet. Why? To make it easier … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Music, Science
Tagged ain't can mean haven't, Another Brickin the Wall Part 2, artificial intelligence, BTO, Chasing Cars, domesticated animal, donkey, female dog, four letter words, grammar, Mercury, mnemonic, near sun asteroid, Pink Floyd, planet, Pluto, seear words, Snow Patrol, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet, YouTube lyrics
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The New Gladiators
Hockey includes fighting. This should be obvious because they have a penalty called fighting which they use quite commonly. But in hockey the name fighting is of a very narrow usage. What they really mean is boxing. If hockey were … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Sports
Tagged 10 game suspension, 25 years in prison, Beijing Serial Killers, bloody murder, boxing, drop kick, fighting, hockey, kicking with skates, kung fu dojo with and interest in hockey, martial arts, NHL policies itself, only stitch I got was from a skate blade, roundhouse, skate blade, Stanley Cup, towel around neck
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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