Category Archives: Science

Rivers in the Sky -Taking the Fun Out of Flying Cars

Posted on 6 May 2017 by Larry Russwurm

Do you think your normal pilot’s licence is good enough for you to take to the air in a flying car? It won’t be when we all have flying cars and our cities get bigger. There are just way too … Continue reading →

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Creep Creep

Posted on 22 April 2017 by Larry Russwurm

Can we all just agree that marketers are overwhelmingly creeps? It seems the lot are driven to exaggerations and hyperbole in the effort to sell us anything at all. Today I’d like to talk about the exaggerations in “technical” fields. … Continue reading →

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Maybe Mary Wasn’t One of the Biggest Liars of All Time

Posted on 18 February 2017 by Larry Russwurm

Christians believe (blindly) that Mary, mother of Jesus, was a virgin at the date of Jesus’ birth. Now any member of another religion (as well as atheists and agnostics) believe that Mary was one of the biggest liars of all … Continue reading →

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A Perfect Storm of Groundhogs

Posted on 4 February 2017 by Larry Russwurm

For the purposes of this article I have used this list of prominent groundhog prognosticators. First of all I want to ignore the southern groundhogs. By 6 more weeks of winter, in my parts it means 6 more weeks of … Continue reading →

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A Smoke Filled Bar

Posted on 28 January 2017 by Larry Russwurm

1965, a smoke filled bar nearest to a CIA base… The waitress had just gotten all their drinks and been paid so it would be some time before the group in the back corner would have their privacy busted. An … Continue reading →

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There’s a New Organ in Town

Posted on 7 January 2017 by Larry Russwurm

There’s a new organ that has been discovered in the human body. It’s called the mesentery and it connects the intestine to the abdomen. What it does is still a mystery but possibly its discovery could lead to cures for … Continue reading →

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2016 Year End Review and Tesla

Posted on 31 December 2016 by Larry Russwurm

I’ve been waiting patiently all year for someone to poke fun at the Tesla company for making giant storage batteries for the home. This is a direct current operation and would be more sensible coming from a company named after … Continue reading →

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Dear Donald Trump

Posted on 26 November 2016 by Larry Russwurm

You have won the election and now there are even signals that you won’t pull out of climate deals. I write this to try to make sure you do help the climate. Firstly, science is not a buffet. You’re not … Continue reading →

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Don’t Cry for Venice

Posted on 24 September 2016 by Larry Russwurm

Well you can cry for Venice if you are a citizen of that fine city and it is completely submerged in a few years. But I, as a mere tourist with nothing of import in Venice, will not cry. Because … Continue reading →

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Embracing My Inner T-Rex

Posted on 3 September 2016 by Larry Russwurm

Over the last week I’ve tried to embrace my inner T-Rex. Try as I might, I just could not imagine that mighty tail properly. If humanity even had a slight tail I might have had some success. So my only … Continue reading →

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