Category Archives: Language

Password Progression

Posted on 31 March 2018 by Larry Russwurm

For many years now, having a password hasn’t been enough security for anything. Instead, many of us started using passphrases such a long, long time ago. And you know, I have been told for years that this just isn’t good … Continue reading →

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The Moon is Not an All Night Nightlight

Posted on 25 November 2017 by Larry Russwurm

Poets, songwriters and prose makers beware that if you don’t observe carefully enough, you might be taken to task for sloppy writing. In this case I’d like to call out songwriter Jason Mraz for his song “Shine”. There was a … Continue reading →

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Little Geney

Posted on 14 October 2017 by Larry Russwurm

This website has talked about Barry Manilow’s Mandy and how obvious a trick the now out-of-the-closet Manilow was making with the apparent heterosexual love song. We also speculated that perhaps someone in Boston is gay with their song Amanda (a … Continue reading →

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The Trillion Dollar Family

Posted on 7 October 2017 by Larry Russwurm

Let’s start out with the definition of a million dollar family. This is said to be composed of a family with a mother and father that has a mini-me for each sex. I.e. there is a mother, father, daughter and … Continue reading →

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Giv’ ‘er Should Be the Title of the New Imagine Dragons Album

Posted on 30 September 2017 by Larry Russwurm

I’m just going to list the titles off the album “Evolve” and put them in a particular order with little but some explanation: Believer Thunder Mouth of the River Start Over Whatever it Takes Yesterday Walking the Wire (contains e … Continue reading →

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In Search of Justin Trudeau’s Middle Class

Posted on 5 August 2017 by Larry Russwurm

It’s a question I had often wondered about but never found by my own thoughts. So I started to ask it out loud. First of all I know that I am not a part of Justin Trudeau’s middle class. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Universal Symbols Aren’t Universal

Posted on 3 June 2017 by Larry Russwurm

See the two yellow lines in the image. The universal symbol that they impart is that a vehicle that fits can drive between the yellow lines up to the curb. What is meant to be conveyed by the image of … Continue reading →

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The Canadian Duel

Posted on 15 April 2017 by Larry Russwurm

(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 →

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Vaguest Shortened Name

Posted on 8 April 2017 by Larry Russwurm

There is a danger when you shorten too much, which can happen as English sometimes is a more concise language. You can lose information – important information. Which is usually bad. But in this day and age that might be … Continue reading →

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Naming Animals by Sex That are Closest to Us

Posted on 9 October 2016 by Larry Russwurm

In English it seems that all the types of farm animals are named, like boar and sow, cow and bull, hen and rooster, goose and gander etc. But it is much more shocking when we look at the animals we … Continue reading →

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