Category Archives: Humour

New Improved Birth Order Theory

Posted on 25 January 2012 by Larry Russwurm

In the post All Psychologists are Lazy, I took umbrage with the state of birth order theory. I especially disliked that theory which stated 5th born children are the same as 1st born children and 6th born children are the … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate in Anti Intellectuals – Cats

Posted on 19 January 2012 by Larry Russwurm

I just got a new cat. A pretty black cat that goes by the name of Bast. She is roughly a year and a half old and I welcome her into my life. There’s just one thing. I forgot how … Continue reading →

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Poor Harper – He’s Jonesing Right Now

Posted on 11 January 2012 by Larry Russwurm

It’s been about 8 months. Or 254 days. That’s about 6 096 hours. Poor Stephen Harper. That’s how long it’s been since he’s run an attack ad. Who could have foreseen it? Both major opposition parties being leaderless this long. … Continue reading →

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An Offbeat Strategy for an Offbeat Party

Posted on 7 January 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Update: I was down Bleams Road today (January 22) and the sign is down. Which is too bad, really, because I might have done another post by getting a group of people around the sign, holding up their index finger … Continue reading →

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A Jacques O’ Christmas Tree Xmas Eve

Posted on 24 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm
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Mammaral

Posted on 17 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

It was shocking to the humans that first landed on Alexane that many of the beasts there were obviously mammals. It was more shocking that one of those beasts was the mammaral, shown below. As shown, mammarals are almost totally … Continue reading →

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Progress

Posted on 14 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm
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Time for an Old Fashioned Folk Off

Posted on 10 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

I’ve always wanted to write a novelty song. It at least goes back to my early guitar playing days. Back then I remember coming up with a chord progression that sounded like a “real” song (I hadn’t done so previously … Continue reading →

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Now We Should Go After the Biggest Polygamist of Them All

Posted on 7 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

Those of us who are against polygamy have had a couple victories over the last little while. Polygamist Warren Jeffs of a fundamentalist Mormon sect is now in jail in the United States. Included in his jailing was the finding … Continue reading →

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Got a Sinking Feeling About Fort Knox

Posted on 3 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

One of the wild ideas that I’ve heard of to explore the earth’s interior, is to use iron. Spread a whole lot of iron for a breadth of many kilometres and piled a certain height. Once a certain height of … Continue reading →

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