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Author Archives: Larry Russwurm
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
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
Posted in Fashion, Music, Science, Stage and Screen, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged Adele, All About that Bass, allowing some cheats, Ashley Graham, Billy Gardell, Bob Hearts Abishola, body positive, effective weight loss drugs, heart attack, high protein, Kelly Clarkson, low sugar, Meghan Trainor, Melissa McCarthy, Mike and Molly, Mounjaro, Overeaters Anonymous, Ozempic, Rebel Wilson, walking, year of health
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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
Posted in Science, Sports, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged Alexander Ovechkin, Did Ovechkin start steroids in 2013?, goal scoring record, Gretzky's best was 92, Joe Paveleski, NHL, Ovechkin is early by my calculations, Ovechkin's best was 65, Russia, Sochi Olympics, some Russian athletes use steroids, steroids, Washington Capitals, Wayne Gretzky
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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
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
Posted in Language, Music, Science
Tagged adrenaline, army or police might think it's fight or flight, blind man, fight, flight, freeze, Jewel, memory is better, mind speeds up, observe and report, parent killed, reporter, security guard, someone in group killed, Standing Still, the blind shouldn't fight, the blind shouldn't run
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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
Posted in Geography, History, Humour, Pseudo Science, Science
Tagged America geese, blood red full moon, Canada geese, clouds occult the full moon, full moon, Gordon Lightfoot, Great Lakes, Gulf of America, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Gitche Gumee, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Trump?, largest fresh water lake in the world, lunar eclipse, Superior incorrectly named, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Trump, werewolves
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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
Posted in Humour, Language, Sports
Tagged Atlanta, Atlanta Flames, Atlanta Thrashers, Calgary Flames, Canada, emotion, fights, Four Nations Cup, Hamilton, NHL teams, Ptolemy, Quebec City, quitters, silent letters in writing, time machine, U.S., Winnipeg Jets
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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