Author Archives: Larry Russwurm

About Larry Russwurm

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

The 100 Mile High Club

We’ve all heard about the mile high club. That’s the club where a randy couple have sex on a plane that is flying. Usually the plane is flying that high. So you can guess what I mean by a 100 … Continue reading

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Best Posts of 2021

It’s that time of year where I pick my favourite posts of the the year and hence miss writing an original post for the week. Yes it is that time of year where I get a break from deadline stress. … Continue reading

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Method Writing

We’ve all heard of method acting where the actor tries to fully inhabit the space of their character. So this is less about acting and more about just doing what your character would do. Presumably this gives a more realistic … Continue reading

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Giant Flying Space Phalluses

Jeff Bezos was so excited last year when he was brought the final designs for his New Shepard rocket. But one of his employees was disgruntled enough to say what everyone else was thinking. “So there’ll be giant flying space … Continue reading

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The Thunder Bug

Lightning bugs are sometimes followed by the much slower thunder bugs. Indeed thunder bugs are so loud, they often scare away the faster lightning bugs. If they follow lightning bugs, why haven’t you heard them before when you have seen … Continue reading

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Halloween’s Revenge

I’m so lightning fast that I thought of a Halloween post in December. While most would think that’s a couple months late, I claim it’s about 10 months early. But of course I won’t remember 10 months from now so … Continue reading

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The Blame Game

It seems fair to blame young adults for their failures to launch. That is getting a job, being self sufficient and not living at home till they are thirty-five. First of all in my jurisdiction of Ontario, there is a … Continue reading

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Rainbow Adventure

We are told that a rainbow is an optical illusion that depends on your perspective, the position of the sun, and the existence of water droplets in the air. But that doesn’t say if the pot of gold exists. The … Continue reading

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Minority Marketing

Now that ads increasingly have minorities in them, marketers are taking advantage of some of the qualities that these minorities bring. Those ads for teeth whitening products now almost exclusively include those with darker skin. Why do these companies do … Continue reading

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Affluenza Treatment

For this post I am going to use the second definition of affluenza listed at the link, because it is the one the public is more familiar with due to the trial of Ethan Couch in 2013. So affluenza is: … Continue reading

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