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Category Archives: Geography
The Chinese Revolt
Capitalism and communism make strange bedfellows. In China at its present state, with the communist party in charge of the government and capitalist businesses driving the economy, strange bedfellows is the norm. That such a contradiction in systems could make … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Geography, Humour, Politics
Tagged Beijing, Beijing olympics, Beijing's smog, capital of China, capitalism, capitalists, China, communism, communist party, death struggle, maybe a new leader will abandon communism, National People's Congress, powerful economy despite the contradictions, premature deaths, solar panels, strange bedfellows, windmills
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Water Roads
“Well,” the tour guide explained to the aliens aboard the gondola, “We humans accidentally had the city of Venice sink beneath the waves. But before that happened, for a long time it sank slowly and we were treated to some … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, History, Science, Science Fiction, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged arctic and antarctic, coastal cities, Earth, fossil fuels, global warming, gondola, industrial revolution, July 13, Manhattan, Manhattan henge, sunset, two thousand foot buildings. thousand foot buildings, Venice, water roads, we meant to do this, what do we tell the aliencs?
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Canada’s Cultural Prosaic
For those who don’t know, prosaic means boring. Canada has long been smug about its cultural mosaic. This differs from the American melting pot. Instead of people from different cultures changing to fit in, the official line in Canada is … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, History, Humour, Politics
Tagged America, Canada, Caribbana, Caribbean, cultural clubs, cultural mosaic, excitement can sure be scary, genocide, German, Irish, Kitchener, melting pot, nuclear powers, Oktoberfest, prosaic, St. Patrick's Day, Toronto, Utopias are boring, war
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The 6 Basic Characters and the 5 Basic Settings
If you have delved into writing for any large degree you must have come across the idea (or the book) that there are seven basic plots. Now I am not going to tell you what these seven are (some have … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Politics, Writing
Tagged 2 basic plots, 5 basic settings, 6 basic characters, 7 basic plots, alien, comedy, divine places, Earth, free fall, godlike or near godlike, hard surfaces with gravity, human, jading youth, lesser magical creatures, robot or computer, tragedy, weird science fiction settings, writing
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The Canadian Duel
(Showdown at the Number 12 Bus) There I was, embarking on the simple task of taking the number 12 bus. A crowd had built up as the bus pulled up and let out its passengers. That went orderly enough but … Continue reading
A Perfect Storm of Groundhogs
For the purposes of this article I have used this list of prominent groundhog prognosticators. First of all I want to ignore the southern groundhogs. By 6 more weeks of winter, in my parts it means 6 more weeks of … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Science
Tagged 6 more weeks of winter, a perfect storm of early spring, Alabama's Smith Lake Jake, Balzac Billy is too confined by prairie temperatures and Chinook winds, Balzac Billy of Alberta, Buckeye Chuck of Ohio, Canadian groundhogs are better prognosticators because of global warming, early spring, Georgia's racist General Beauregard Lee, Global Warming Day, Groundhog Day, groundhogs, North Carolina's Sir Walter Wally, prognosticators, Punxsutawney Phil of Pennsylvania, Shubenacadie Sam of Nova Scotia, Staten Island Chuck of New York, this year the Canadian reliables said early spring, Wiarton Willie of Ontario, will global warming make the two reliables always say early spring?
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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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Change of Heart
Posted in Cartoon, Geography, Humour, Politics
Tagged Alternative vote - Boo!, Cap'n Canada, don't change your mind about electoral reform, First Past the Post - Boo!, Jacques O' Christmas Tree, Justin Trudeau, Justin Trudeau being self centred, Justin Trudeau quit his geography program, Justintrudeauia, proportional representation - Yeah!
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Don’t Cry for Venice
Well you can cry for Venice if you are a citizen of that fine city and it is completely submerged in a few years. But I, as a mere tourist with nothing of import in Venice, will not cry. Because … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Science
Tagged any port city will become a Venice, Big Ben, Eiffel Tower, global warming will make sea levels rise, gondola ride in Manhattan, Las Vegas with its stunted Eiffel tower sucks, lets copy landmarks in our own continents, make tourism more competitive, New Orleans, there might be a Venice within bussing distance, thousands of Venices, Venice, Venice is sinking
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I Come From a Long Line of Sons
When Quebec was being settled along the beautiful St. Lawrence River it was thought to be a shame to deny settlers the serenity of the might river. So the farms that were built were long farms, all with a small … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, History, Humour, Mathematics
Tagged "I come from a long line of sons", a farm became so thin that a weed whacker could harvest the field, basketball line markings, early Quebec seemed like an egalitarian society, families that went to sons had to splite the homestead, farms became thin enough it only took one pass of the tractor, farms became thin enought that they were part time money makers, Max Lecoutier has the thinnest farm, nice view, Quebec, skinnier farms were the result, St. Lawrence River
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