Category Archives: Business

Practically Homeless Elon Musk

Posted on 3 January 2026 by Larry Russwurm

Perhaps you’ve lived under a rock these past few years and hadn’t heard that Elon Musk gave up all his mansions and practically lived under a rock. Maybe your rock, if your rock is in Texas. His new home is … Continue reading →

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December 2025 Grab Bag o’ Humour

Posted on 6 December 2025 by Larry Russwurm

I just saw a McDonald’s ad using the phrase “Up and at M” where M was really the golden arches. But because copyright law rewards the most aggressive companies the most, I now fully expect McDonald’s to sue the Simpsons. … Continue reading →

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November 2025 Grab Bag o’ Humour

Posted on 22 November 2025 by Larry Russwurm

Kudos to Demi Moore for correcting the pronunciation of her name. It’s not Deh-MEE like we thought many years ago. It’s Duh-MEE as she corrected us. And it does take courage to correct the public. Especially if you know that … Continue reading →

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Trumpkin the Pumpkin versus Trump

Posted on 1 November 2025 by Larry Russwurm

It’s that time of year, November 1st, when we are overrun by useless Trumpkin the pumpkins (or jack o’ lanterns to some). Trump is much like the Trumpkin the pumpkins in that he, too, is useless on November 1st as … Continue reading →

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Elon Musk and His Time Machine

Posted on 13 September 2025 by Larry Russwurm

Elon Musk likes to be in the middle of the latest technology. That’s why he’s involved with Tesla, Space X and Neuralink. But the one he will never tell us about is time travel. He heard about a time travel … Continue reading →

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Money is Time

Posted on 6 September 2025 by Larry Russwurm

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 →

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A Champagne By Any Other Name

Posted on 17 May 2025 by Larry Russwurm

The name Champagne is trademarked across the world and only means sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France. So if you dare to use the name for anything other than this, be prepared to be sued to your 15th … Continue reading →

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Squeamish About Bitcoin

Posted on 15 December 2024 by Larry Russwurm

First of all, Bitcoin is a non fungible token or NFT. Doesn’t that sound kind of icky to you? It does to me. But we can forgive Bitcoin for that. Especially if the NFT keeps rising in value. Which it … Continue reading →

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Ex RSV

Posted on 7 September 2024 by Larry Russwurm

I just realized what may have gone down in the RXV naming meeting. They had a viable vaccine for RSV. So maybe they wanted to name it ex RSV. But they wanted it to be shorter. So they replaced the … Continue reading →

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How Pure Are Your Virgins and Extra-Virgins?

Posted on 22 June 2024 by Larry Russwurm

Olive oil is becoming scarce because of a drought in Spain, one of the major producers of this oil. Before this, there were already fake olive oils floating around. With scarcity, this means that there is probably even more fake … Continue reading →

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