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Category Archives: Social Science
Hugging Cows
It came to my attention that people were hugging cows in the Netherlands for Covid 19 stress relief. Yes, Covid brings on stressors. Yes, hugging can help us manage this. But a cow? C’mon what are you people thinking? I … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Pets, Science, Social Science
Tagged bats, bird flu, cats, covid 19 is likely from bats, covid-19, cows, dogs, emotional support animals, goats, horse, hugging cows, hugging people is too dangerous, peacocks, pigs, rabbit hole, rabbits, size might make cows a better hug, swine flu
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The Last Gen Xer
I’ve been looking at generation lists with their starting points and end points for a long time. Lately Millennials and Baby Boomers have been getting in dust ups so it seems more important now than ever. Firstly Millennials were named … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Social Science
Tagged "Gen Z", 11 year old can't have a baby, 11 years for Gen X, 19 years for Boomers, 19 years for Millenials, A pox on all the other generations, Boomers, gen X, Gen X not big enough to protest, generations, how is 11 years a generation?, Millennials, slipping guide posts
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DJ Experiments with Yes
Dancing in the era of rock has been easy. The majority of rock songs are in 4/4 time and are fairly easy to dance to because of it. I guess that makes it easier to improvise dance moves. I think … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Music, Social Science
Tagged 1980, 1983, 4/4 time, averages out to 4/4 time, bass heavy part, dancing, DJ, DJs, does 70s Yes kill dancing?, Does it Really Happen, long songs, number one on the dance charts, Owner of a Lonely Heart, Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Reggae, rock music, songs with key changes, songs with time changes, Stairway to Heaven, Yes, Yes fans could dance to Yes because they know the songs
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Superhero Hunt
Mother Earth had seen and “heard” what had gone on in Tail’s attempt to snag Varmint, but Tail had only ended up losing his guns. Mother Earth was very worried that this was the end of Tail. But Varmint kept … Continue reading
Posted in comics, Humour, Science Fiction, Social Science
Tagged adult male body could be Varmint, dance of death, hotwire, infrared tracking, James Bay, Moosonee, Mother Earth, Mother Earth can break into any computer in less than a second, Mother Earth follows Varmint, pepper can interfere with a scent trail, Russian, Russian drone, Russian sub, superhero, superhero hunt, supervillain, Tail, the Kremlin, the Pentagon, thirty second head start for the hunt, Varmint
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Why I’d Make a Poor Superman
The header of this blog is me from about Hallowe’en in 1975ish in a Superman costume. I was puzzled when my mother, taking pictures of me outside in the costume, told me to pose like I was flying. But I … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science Fiction, Social Science
Tagged 1975, a big todo to get my mask on right, a big todo to take my mask off, bowing, Clark Kent, glasses, gruesome as beautiful, Hallowe'en, humans- pull yourselves up by your bootstraps, laziness, losing my secret identity, mask, my laziness might have worse consequences, photo alteration software, slitted eyes, superhero, Superman, teletype, the Daily Planet
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Hobbes the Robin
Early on in his schooling Hobbes the Robin learned the expression “the early bird gets the worm”. While he didn’t enjoy learning that he would have to get up earlier to see if this expression was true or not, still … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Science, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged alarm, birds, early bird gets the worm, frozen ground means worms can't get to the surface, Hobbes the Robin, is there another way that the early bird gets the worm?, solid snow, statistics, weather, what if the early robin headed north 3 weeks earlier?, worm propaganda, worm torture, wormholes, worms
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The Prison
Let’s follow the academic career of a typical scientist to see just exactly where they are coming from. First up is elementary school where the scientist-to-be has a slightly better math aptitude. It is also possible for her to be … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged academic carreer of a scientist, electives, elementary school, high school, junior high, logic aptitude, Master's, math aptitude, Ph.D., prerequisites, prison of own making, professor, research grants, science is curosity driven, scientist, stockholm syndrome, tenure, University
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Maybe We Should Conscript Tomboys
Ever since the entrance of females in the military, most of the developed world has avoided the thorny question of ‘to conscript or not to conscript.’ Quite simply if we conscript every able bodied young person then the home front … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, Social Science
Tagged baby boom to get out of war, conscript men but only vounteer women allowed in a war?, conscription, conscription hasn't happened since women have been allowed in the military, feminism, girly boys, girly girls, home making, homefront, homophobia, if a couple is raising a baby should this make them exempt from conscription, men 18-40 used to be conscripted, military, should girly men stay at home?, should we conscript feminists?, some would enjoy seeing feminists in a war against their will, thank you unlisted women for making our leaders scared to conscript, thorny issue, tomboys
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