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The Many Rants of Larry Russwurm
- Television Dreams
- Title Mining is Strong in Imagine Dragons
- In Search of Justin Trudeau’s Middle Class
- The 6 Basic Characters and the 5 Basic Settings
- SETI: Dumb Isn’t Dumb
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- Why Do Extreme Right Wing Authors Glorify the Left?
- Be Careful Little Mars
- Shhhhh, Prince Harry
- Dysing Dystopias II
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In Search of Justin Trudeau’s Middle Class
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
Posted in Humour, Language, Mathematics, Politics
Tagged a brief check of Justin's policy makes you realize his middle class leans heavily toward the rich, Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., E. Hunter Harrison, government employees who make over 100 grand, has Justin trudeau ever helped you?, Justin helps the rich, Justin Trudeau, Justin Trudeau's middle class, middle can mean any amount between two endpoints, middle class, middle is a vague word, neodefinitions, Ontario's sunshine list, quest
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The 6 Basic Characters and the 5 Basic Settings
If you have delved into writing for any large degree you must have come across the idea (or the book) that there are seven basic plots. Now I am not going to tell you what these seven are (some have … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Politics, Writing
Tagged 2 basic plots, 5 basic settings, 6 basic characters, 7 basic plots, alien, comedy, divine places, Earth, free fall, godlike or near godlike, hard surfaces with gravity, human, jading youth, lesser magical creatures, robot or computer, tragedy, weird science fiction settings, writing
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Be Careful Little Mars
Fragile is a classic album by the band Yes and illustrated by Roger Dean. The front of this cover has an idyllic looking miniature world with a “wooden” spaceship with jagged edges and curved wings flying above and is pictured … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Music, Politics, Science Fiction
Tagged bomb, China, classic albums, Earth, Fragile, Mars, MAVEN, moorglade mover, NASA, rover, Russia, space probe, spaceship with jagged edges and curved wings, Star Trek : TNG, third eye death stare, USA, Viking, Viking landed in 1976, what if NASA sent an unsterilized probe to Mars, Yes
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Shhhhh, Prince Harry
Prince Harry just let loose the thinking in the current British royal family. As it turns out, no one wants to be king but they are willing to do it anyway, out of some warped sense of duty. Aren’t we … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, History, Humour, Politics
Tagged British royal family, line of succession and how it changes, long con, middle children and youngest siblings have lots to complain about in royal family, no one wants to be king, Prince Charles, Prince George, Prince Harry, Prince William, Princess Charlotte, proper bloodline, QE II, save your life Prince Harry
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Dysing Dystopias I
I don’t like dystopias in science fiction although I see how popular some of them are. I am young enough to have taken science fiction books (that’s right plural) in some of my English classes. I was disappointed with every … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, Science Fiction, SF Criticism, Writing
Tagged 1984, Cory Doctorow, Donald Trump, dystopias, English class, Handmaid's Tale, inciting to legislate badly, Little Brother, lobbyists, Oops I feel a dystopia coming on, politicians use dystopias as a guidebook, science fiction, sensawunda, the English establishment, UK
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My Plan to Counterfeit and Never Get Caught
Since 1967, it is my belief that there are 6 852 different coins in circulation in Canada and we are somehow supposed to recognize them all as legal tender. So, yes, I intend to counterfeit coins. In 1967, it was … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Politics
Tagged 1967, 1973 quarter honouring the mounties, 2017, Canada, Canada's centennial, Canada's sesquicentennial, change, coins, fake coin ought to celebrate something plausible yet funny, legal tender, loonies, no legal tender is made of paper anymore, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, toonies, which coin is the most profitable for the government to make?, Wikipedia
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The Canadian Duel
(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
Welcome, Canadians, to Our ‘Choice’
For those who don’t know, Canada has five parties that get seats: the Liberals, the Conservatives, the NDP, the Greens and the Bloc (which is only in Quebec and can’t win. I am going to ignore them for the rest … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, Wry
Tagged 4 parties that can win, Americans are laughing at our lack of choice, Bloc, Canada, Conservatives, five parties that get seats, Greens, Justin Trudeau's Liberals copy the Conservatives, let's not vote for liberal/conservatives, Liberals, NDP, of late the NDP copies the Greens, only one choice, only two parties have ever won
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Let’s Build a Wall
It has been said that the reason The United States must build a wall is because many Mexicans are trying to escape their hellhole for the relative peace of the United States of America. So along came Donald Trump with … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Politics
Tagged as a businessmans Trump will pay-oh wait, attempted Canadians, border, build a wall, Canada, Donald Trump, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, Manitoba, Mexico, Ontario, present the bill to Donald Trump, Quebec, send bill to Mexico, the Donald, USA, wall of great lakes
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