Category Archives: Humourless

Performance Enhancing AI

Posted on 7 December 2024 by Larry Russwurm

In my opinion, performance enhancing AI is exactly like performance enhancing drugs in sports. Performance enhancing AI should be banned in the fine arts when it comes to prizing. Why? Because the jobs that pay in the fine arts are … Continue reading →

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Running Out of Steam

Posted on 27 July 2024 by Larry Russwurm

It’s slowly happening. I am running out of humour ideas. Don’t forget, I have to riff on an idea for a whole page or so. Or, if I’m doing a grab bag o’ humour, I have to have a lot … Continue reading →

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Book Launch

Posted on 29 April 2023 by Larry Russwurm

Here I was last Sunday for my official book launch at the Stratford Book Fair. Get my book Fabricated. To order, go to the right column at the top. Click the image to go to the Amazon site it’s available … Continue reading →

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Fabricated Diagram

Posted on 15 April 2023 by Larry Russwurm

My new book, Fabricated, links together fundamentally different fantasy machines. The following diagram lists these fantasy machines and the story in Fabricated that contains the link. Notice how the arrows connecting the machines only go one way. This is because … Continue reading →

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Fabricated: My Book, Out Now

Posted on 18 March 2023 by Larry Russwurm

“Fabricated” is my first book that I have put out. It’s a collection of science fiction stories that dare pose the question: is there a grand unified theory of fantasy machines? While it doesn’t quite answer this, it provides strong … Continue reading →

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Steven Del Duca is an Extremist

Posted on 28 May 2022 by Larry Russwurm

Most people consider the Ontario Liberals to be a centrist party. There are other parties in Ontario but most are considered to be to the left or the right of the Liberals. Largely their centrist position seems to hold up … Continue reading →

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Why We Won’t Find Aliens by SETI

Posted on 19 May 2018 by Larry Russwurm

Those aliens, precisely because they are intelligent, are in hiding, of course. What else would you do with the human race and its addiction to violence? Transmitting higher technology to us just sounds insane. We are violent when we are … Continue reading →

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The Dark Side of Astronomy: Would Be Namers

Posted on 19 January 2016 by Larry Russwurm

We’ve all heard the story, pay a small price and you can name a star that will be filed by a company. The only problem with this is that professional astronomers do not accept these files. Paying a few bucks … Continue reading →

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Rest In Peace Stephen Huss

Posted on 6 August 2015 by Larry Russwurm

My best friend, Stephen Huss, died last weekend. He was my age, only 47. The electronic music aware of you might recognize his name from the rock band Psyche. Now that he is gone I find it a bit comforting … Continue reading →

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Is There an End to Humour?

Posted on 21 June 2014 by Larry Russwurm

I come to you this week without humour. Oh I thought of a couple jokes. But they’re one liners that I can’t figure out how to pad into a post. I sometimes wonder if all the jokes possible will ever … Continue reading →

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