Category Archives: Humour

Garbage Out

Posted on 27 December 2014 by Larry Russwurm

While the news agencies are actually behaving themselves the rest of the year by doing actual reporting, this blog (which adds twists to that news much of the time) is productive. But during boxing week when the news consists of … Continue reading →

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Eleventh Hour Evidence – and Santa

Posted on 20 December 2014 by Larry Russwurm

The five high Arctic nations are currently trying to divvy up the Arctic Ocean amongst themselves. These countries are Canada, Russia, the USA, Denmark (they own Greenland) and Norway. Here is an article showing Denmark’s latest gambit to claim seabed … Continue reading →

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Parkway

Posted on 13 December 2014 by Larry Russwurm

1st Panel: What politicians probably mean by calling expressways parkways…  Shown: lone car driving quickly through nature. 2nd Panel: What regular users think parkway means… Shown: backed up expressway with lots of honking and one thought balloon going to one … Continue reading →

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Parody of The Trees

Posted on 6 December 2014 by Larry Russwurm

Rush has written some great songs over the years. The Trees starts out with good musical parts. Indeed the music stays good right to the end. And the cutesy idea of using the forest for its lessons is quite enamouring. … Continue reading →

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Cash – The Form of Currency for the Christian Pure

Posted on 29 November 2014 by Larry Russwurm

If there is any doubt that Canada’s Conservative Party has an implied pact with the conservative Christian movement, remove that doubt. Due to the actions of the Conservative Party it is now impossible to have the sum of $6.66 in … Continue reading →

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Peekaboo

Posted on 16 November 2014 by Larry Russwurm

A year or two ago I tried playing peekaboo with my cat to some success. Sometimes she comes up to my bed while I’m lying down and I can see the tips of her ears over the line of the … Continue reading →

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The Golden Age of Moths

Posted on 9 November 2014 by Larry Russwurm

“Like a moth to a flame” is a common phrase. But what does it refer too? It references the dance of death where a moth will see a flame and be attracted to it. It doesn’t stop there. The moth … Continue reading →

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Dithering Gen X Caused By Dithering Sociologists

Posted on 25 October 2014 by Larry Russwurm

X stands for the unknown in mathematics and that is how Gen X (full disclosure: I am a Gen Xer) gets perceived by the world. It’s not just that both surrounding generations (the baby boomers and the millenials) have a … Continue reading →

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Guaranteed Way of Beating the Freshman 15

Posted on 18 October 2014 by Larry Russwurm

The much dreaded “Freshman 15” refers to the gain of 15 pounds by university and college freshmen. We know this pitfall exists so why haven’t we done anything about this? In this era of increased obesity amongst younger people maybe … Continue reading →

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Replacing the Few With the Many

Posted on 11 October 2014 by Larry Russwurm

A couple albums ago, the band Yes was faced with the prospect of not having a keyboardist. Big things are expected of a Yes keyboardist because such people as Rick Wakeman, Tony Kaye, Geoff Downes, Patrick Moraz and Igor Khoroshev … Continue reading →

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