Category Archives: Humour

Boxing Week Post Held Over

Posted on 2 January 2016 by Larry Russwurm

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 →

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Read This Post or Get the F— Out

Posted on 26 December 2015 by Larry Russwurm

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 →

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Marta Stuart – Domestic Goddess

Posted on 19 December 2015 by Larry Russwurm

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 →

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I Want to Be a British Billionaire

Posted on 12 December 2015 by Larry Russwurm

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 →

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Man Eating Aliens: It’s Time

Posted on 5 December 2015 by Larry Russwurm

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 →

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Never Trust Anyone Under 30

Posted on 28 November 2015 by Larry Russwurm

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 →

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what Famous Pickup Lines Really Say

Posted on 21 November 2015 by Larry Russwurm

I’m sure the ladies will be told by their elders that the pickup lines that are served up to them, actually say more about the guy that used them then they say about the lady. But this site intends to … Continue reading →

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Making ‘Black MIDI’ White

Posted on 15 November 2015 by Larry Russwurm

Black MIDI is music, impossible to be played by human hands, on say a piano, because it is so note dense. Indeed the fact that it is so note dense means if these songs were written with normal music notation … Continue reading →

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Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars

Posted on 7 November 2015 by Larry Russwurm

The inhabitants of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars called their planet Barsoom. For all my life, I just assumed that Burroughs had just made this name up, out of thin air. Having looked over the name again recently, I now think … Continue reading →

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Marrying Smart Machines

Posted on 28 October 2015 by Larry Russwurm

Right away, I must tell you, this post is not about sexbots or any other possible way to have sex with electronics. I am only discussing a stratagem for dealing with the modern world. You know that line that everyone … Continue reading →

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