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Author Archives: Larry Russwurm
July Grab Bag o’ Humour
Giant hogweed had a nicer name when it was first exported to North America from Asia. It was supposed to be a nice, big, decorative plant. Oh, the folly of our ancestors! It spread easily and it quite earned the … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, History, Science, Social Science, Sports
Tagged "Gen Z", Argentina, Asia, baby boomers, Canada, Chile, Copa America, Everyone's a Winner, giant hogweed, Hot Chocolate, Lionel Messi, Millennials, North America, participation trophies, Peru, plant is named properly now, reacts to UV in sunlight, sap on outside of stem, soccer, team Canada, Uruguay, Venezuela
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June 2024 Grab Bag o’ Humour
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (the PWHL) has as it’s championship trophy, the Walter Cup. I have to question the name of said cup. It’s not as if I like telling women what to do (Indeed I don’t like doing … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Mathematics, Sports
Tagged Austin, comb. fork, Dallas, feminine name, Fort Worth, Houston, masculine name, people's names, Professional Womens Hockey League, PWHL, San Antonio, Texans imaginative?, Texas, the Walter Cup, trident, Walters is a surname, Y in the road
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Turning Off the News
Many times I’ve heard from people that they had stopped watching or reading the news. What stops these people from keeping up with current events? Inevitably it is the same reason. They don’t like watching something that is so negative. … Continue reading
Simple Rock vs Prog Rock
Gene Simmons, a stalwart of simplicity, via his band Kiss, has pronounced his brand of simple rock as being harder to come up with than the more complex stylings of prog rock. He says it’s harder to come up with … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged accent, cavorting, complex music, Don't Kill the Whale, gimmicky makeup, gimmicky stage show, Going For the One, I Was Made for Loving You, jumping, Kiss, memorable music, only 12 notes, Owner of a Lonely Heart, pitch, prog rock, Reggae, Rock and Roll All Night, Roundabout, Shout it out Loud, simple music, simple rock, syncopation, time, time siganture, volume, Yes
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EGO
I never heard of the EGOT till the TV show 30 Rock. But I’ve heard of it multiple places since so I think it snuck into the vernacular since then. It is an acronym of the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Music, Stage and Screen
Tagged 30 Rock, Boston, Broadway, Chicago, EGO, EGOT, Elton John, Emmy, Grammy, live thatre, Los Angeles, New York City, Oscar, performance art, San Francisco, Tony, Tony award too local, Whoopi Goldberg
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To a Quieter Future
I will not be sad when motorcycles become quieter electric vehicles. Too many times they have loudly shaken the street I’m on, just to get from point A to point B. My entreaties to make them use mufflers that actually … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, Science
Tagged a quieter future, airshows, Canada Day, Diwali, electric vehicles, EVs, fireworks are tough on animals, fireworks day, If you must be loud use private tracks, Kitchener, lit up drones, May long weekend, motorcycles, mufflers that work, noise pollution, silent drone shows, sportscars, trucks, Vroom, Woosh
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Do You Really Want to Live to 100?
One of my life goals was always to live to 100. More and more people are doing so. Why not me? Well this is a common area of interest, so much so, that it has brought people to study this. … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Science, Social Science
Tagged bean filled diet, beans, blue zones, chronic pain, climate change, confined to bed, global warming, health, healthwise you are supposed to breathe through nose, healthy lives at great ages, is living to 100 conditional, keep nose plugged, living to 100, methane, noise problem, peers to age with, smelly problem, the more you eat the more you toot, why they are called blue zones
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