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Category Archives: Fashion
The Golden Age of Alcohol
The evils of alcohol were delineated all across North America which eventually led to prohibition, or the dark ages for alcohol. Of course many people were addicts of alcohol so they maintained their supply no matter how severe the penalties. … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged alcohol, alcohol good for your health?, binging, dark ages for alcohol, did alcohol giants bankroll some studies?, don't get a buzz with metering, golden age of alcohol, high fat diet does not lead to lesser life expectancy, life expectancy, metering, prohibition, resveratrol, the evils of alcohol, the French
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Television Dreams
I grew up outside of Elmira, Ontario an area known for its old order mennonites. Old order mennonites are much like the Amish and reject 20th and 21st century technology. They get around by horse and buggy, have no electricity … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Humour, Religion, Stage and Screen
Tagged a straw hat, Amish, answering machines, dark trousers, farm work, flower print dresses twin braids, Happy Days, horse and buggy, Laura Ingalls, Little House on the Prairie, live like its the 1800s, Mennonites, Old Order Mennonites, old order mennonites are gone from school after grade 8, suspenders, suspension of disbelief, telephone, television, the Fonz, toys and games from the 1800s, video arcades
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Shhhhh, Prince Harry
Prince Harry just let loose the thinking in the current British royal family. As it turns out, no one wants to be king but they are willing to do it anyway, out of some warped sense of duty. Aren’t we … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, History, Humour, Politics
Tagged British royal family, line of succession and how it changes, long con, middle children and youngest siblings have lots to complain about in royal family, no one wants to be king, Prince Charles, Prince George, Prince Harry, Prince William, Princess Charlotte, proper bloodline, QE II, save your life Prince Harry
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Creep Creep
Can we all just agree that marketers are overwhelmingly creeps? It seems the lot are driven to exaggerations and hyperbole in the effort to sell us anything at all. Today I’d like to talk about the exaggerations in “technical” fields. … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Pseudo Science, Science
Tagged artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence is still far in the future, Back to the Future, exaggerations, hoverboard, hoverboards don't hover, I'm offended as a science fiction author, marketers, maybe we should sue, remote control battles, remote control wars, robot battles, robot wars
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Post Modern Anything is Impossible
There existed a time when the architecture and the art was hard to name. As such, the lazy, lazy people of this time called this style modern. And as the movement grew it was still called modern. Even as it … Continue reading
Why Donald Trump Must Deport Himself
In the run-up to the American election and in the election itself, Donald Trump positioned himself to be a deporter of more of the people that try to make the United States a home. But I have to call him … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Humour, Politics, Science Fiction
Tagged alien hair, aliens, America, deporting, deporting aliens, does Donald's hair release spores?, Donald is an orange alien, Donald Trump, Donald Trump has the mind reading skills of an alien, ET's hands were bigger than Donald's, extra terrestrial aliens, If the Donald is called home he will deport all extra terrestrial aliens, mind reading, NDP, New Democratic Party, orange hair, orange skin, Republican, Rosie O'Donnell, the Canadian left, Trump University
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How India Could Field the Next Olympic Gold Medal Winning Ice Hockey Team
This is intended as a guide to how India can become the best country in the world at the sport of ice hockey. Firstly, India must struggle through the lower tiers of hockey since they would be just a beginner … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Geography, Humour, Sports
Tagged call center, computer programming, gold medal Olympic champions of hockey, higher tiers of hockey, hockey check, how to blow nose with long fingernails, how to eat with long fingernails, how to wipe butt with long fingernails, Ice Hockey, India, lethal hockey hit, lower tiers of hockey, playmaking, puck hog, rich parents, skating, soon the rich countries will field a team with super long fingernails, stickhandling, Taj Mahal, twenty-five foot long fingernails, worry about being enveloped by fingernails
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The Knights of the Square Tables
I see what you were doing there, King Arthur. Putting your knights at a round table so there is no special or more important position. What a political lesson that was, making all your knights feel equal. But I have … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, History, Humour, Politics
Tagged array of square tables, can promote or demote to keep multiples of four, equality, King Arthur, King in the centre table, knights of the round table, knights of the square tables, most important knights at centre table, multiples of four, the king should see his favourites
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The Cultural Appropriation of the West
Much has been made about the developed world (otherwise known as the west) and its cultural appropriation of the developing world and other disenfranchised groups. But cultural appropriation swings both ways so I’d like to point out the cultural appropriation … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Music, Social Science
Tagged 1950s cars, 1950s cigars, 1950s medical care, Asia, Beijing's smog, Beyonce, Britain's smog, Coldplay, Cuba, cultural appropriation, Dubai, respiratory illnesses, Rihanna, small c conservatives, tallest building in the world, the developed world, the Eiffel tower, the industrial revolution, the pyramids, the west
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