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Author Archives: Larry Russwurm
The Dark Side of Astronomy: Would Be Namers
We’ve all heard the story, pay a small price and you can name a star that will be filed by a company. The only problem with this is that professional astronomers do not accept these files. Paying a few bucks … Continue reading
Posted in Humourless, Music, Science
Tagged 88 official constellations, asterism, Big Dipper, Bonnie Malkin, Centaurus, constellation, David Bowie, haven't revealed the name of the constellation yet, Libra, lightning bolt, name a star scams, observatory knew exactly when Bowie died, Octans, reporter can't transcribe names of stars from a star map, Spica, stars are suns, Triangulum Australe, vicinity of Mars, Virgo
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Annoying Americans (Geographically)
Generally the atlases sold in Canadian bookstores are either of British or American origin. The American ones are easy to spot. They use a cartographical method that makes the United States appear larger than Canada. Canada is of course the … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour
Tagged Allegheny, America is too big in American atlases, Americans, Canada is larger than the USA, continental divide, Erie, Gulf of Mexico, Jefferson, Mississippi, Mississippi-Missouri-Jefferson is the fourth longest river on earth, Missouri, Missouri has more flow than the Mississippi, Mount Allegheny, Ohio, Ohio has more flow than the combined Mississippi-Missouri when they meet up, suspicious that the Mississippi flows north=south, the Jefferson Mountains, the Mississippi-Ohio-Missouri becomes the United States divide, the United States divide
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Star Wars, Now in Black and White
I bet your kids or other youths lit up when they read Star Wars in the title. But as positive a phrase that Star Wars may be, there is a negative phrase that outranks it for youth. You guessed it. … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, History, Humour, Music, Stage and Screen
Tagged 1950s outfits, adult secrets, another language as code aroung english speakers, black and white, black and white movies, Bleachers, history is boring to youth, I Wanna Get Better, Like a River Runs, Roller Coaster, secret code, Star Wars, television
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Boxing Week Post Held Over
Alright, alright, the truth is that I forgot to do my end of the year Boxing Week post last week. This is the post where in my first blogging year I relied on stats programs to pick the favourites. The … Continue reading
Read This Post or Get the F— Out
Recently decals were spotted in Alberta that showed the outline of that province and said, “Speak English or get the f— out”. While being decried as immoral, racist or unjust it was not considered illegal so the flea market vendor … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humour, Politics
Tagged 120 years seems to be the maximum human lifespan, Alberta, Alberta is not full, celebrities do not fit in, celebrities would be boring if they were exactly like us, if we kick people out for not speaking English..., loss of immigration might devalue houses, oil patch problems, outliers, owning a house worth half what you paid, racist decals, racist t-shirts
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Marta Stuart – Domestic Goddess
Marta grows her hair to lengths that make Rapunzel jealous. Usually her hair is between 50 and 100 meters long. This is so she can wrap it into spools and use it as thread. She died it in to a … Continue reading
I Want to Be a British Billionaire
First of all you might be thinking, ‘how is it even possible for a Canadian to be a British billionaire if you don’t move there?’ Oh I still intend to be a British billionaire even without ever setting foot in … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Language, Mathematics
Tagged Biil Gates, billionaire, Britain, British commonwealth, english speaking world, immigrants from all over the world, indigenous people, North American trillion is British billion, pretentious accent, Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Richard Branson, Warren Buffett
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Been Down for a Month
Unfortunately this site has been down for about a month. While that helped me in completing NaNoWriMo, any regular followers have been left with nothing. We’re back up to stay. Besides this post, there are 5 other posts that the … Continue reading
Man Eating Aliens: It’s Time
It’s a common expression; animals are fattened up before the harvest. You’ve heard it, I’ve heard it and you can bet your bottom dollar that the intelligent aliens checking us out have heard it. Now would be the logical time … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Humour, Science Fiction, Sports
Tagged aliens want protein, all aliens are upper class, Arnie, Charles Atlas, fatten up for harvest, Lou, man eating aliens, Mr. T, Mr. Universe pageant, North Americans are fattened up, Sly, soon we'll know more about food and epigenetics to avoid obesity, the 98 pound weakling, weightlifters are high in protein
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Never Trust Anyone Under 30
Do you remember that old refrain, “Never trust anyone over 30”. Maybe you don’t but I’ll bet all baby boomers and some gen Xers (like me) certainly do. This is the credo that brought drug culture to a very large … Continue reading