Category Archives: Social Science

Spam So Wrong It’s Ironic

Posted on 7 March 2012 by Larry Russwurm

The most annoying part about blogging is dealing with all the spam I get as comments. I sift through more than 100 spam comments every day. Still, it is my belief that spam wants to be caught and not distributed. … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Politics, Social Science, Writing | Tagged hazard of blogging, I apologize for spreading spam, ironic spam, real comments will mention something specific in post, spam, spam that does the opposite of sneaking under my radar | Leave a comment

There is No Perfect Toy for a Cat

Posted on 22 February 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Cats seem to lord it over anything smaller than themselves. They kill mice, eat flies and even kill rats and rabbits. Cats are tough for their size. This seems to be true all the way up to the big cats. … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Pets, Social Science | Tagged catnip toys have the best chance to please your cat, cats, cats mortal enemy - vacuum cleaners, scaredy cats, white noise, why does my cat hate suction cups?, wind up toys | Leave a comment

Pickup Cars

Posted on 18 February 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Truck. Truck. Truck. Truck. Truck Truck. Truck. That’s how many times your average pickup truck ad describes their product as just a truck. Only once or twice in the entire piece do they use the full ‘pickup truck’ moniker. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Humour, Politics, Social Science | Tagged A licence, D licence, don't need special licence to drive pickup, pickup, pickup ads are wish fulfilment, pickup car, pickup truck, truck, truckers | Leave a comment

What if Average Height Keeps Increasing?

Posted on 15 February 2012 by Larry Russwurm

I was going to cite the information tidbit that was in the margins of one of my elementary school textbooks that said, ‘children will grow up to be one inch taller than their same sex parent’. This may have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Science, Social Science | Tagged average height might keep increasing because of progress, basketball could get boring, Dr. Oz, height increases and decreases throughout history, height science is complex, immunizations and antibiotics are healthy, many health improvements to go, men's voices would be subsonic, might evolve a relay of hearts, more wind the higher we are, one inch taller than same sex parent, The Doctors, the more healthy a society - the taller the people, women and children would sound like Barry White | Leave a comment

Alternative to Affirmative Action?

Posted on 11 February 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Philosophically, I hate affirmative action. Affirmative action is done to compensate for the prejudice that lingers in society by giving groups who are often discriminated against an advantage. Often times, women or minorities are given a better chance at getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Politics, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour | Tagged affirmative action, affirmative action fights unfairness with unfairness, employment, expert make up artists, free make up, government paid I-want-a-job haircuts, government paid white face, I-want-a-job haircut, long haired males face bias, Sampson!, some females might pass as male, white face for visible minorities | 1 Comment

New Improved Birth Order Theory

Posted on 25 January 2012 by Larry Russwurm

In the post All Psychologists are Lazy, I took umbrage with the state of birth order theory. I especially disliked that theory which stated 5th born children are the same as 1st born children and 6th born children are the … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Pseudo Science, Science, Social Science | Tagged 1st born same as only children, 5th born is the same as 1st born, birth order theory, even lazier theory, preserves the 5th born same as 1st born cycle, psychology, simpler cycle | Leave a comment

The Leap Week Calendar

Posted on 4 January 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Imagine that you have a birthday on a Monday. ‘Fine’ you sputter on that Monday morning ‘at least I have almost equal odds of getting a birthday on a Sunday or a Saturday’. But you’ve been hearing rumours of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour | Tagged 5 or 6 years between leap weeks, elimination of Friday the thirteenth, Every 400 years there is a whole amount of weeks, Friday the thirteenth birthday in perpetuity, Gregorian calendar, I want my birthday on a Friday or Saturday or Sunday, leap week calendar, Monday birthday in perpetuity, start of season could be way off the 21st | 2 Comments

Progress

Posted on 14 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

Posted in Cartoon, Fashion, Humour, Politics, Science, Social Science | Tagged are spacesuits next?, burka, if trends continue, muslem women, muslim dress, possible effects of sexual harassment, religious dress, sulfur hexafluoride | Leave a comment

Now We Should Go After the Biggest Polygamist of Them All

Posted on 7 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

Those of us who are against polygamy have had a couple victories over the last little while. Polygamist Warren Jeffs of a fundamentalist Mormon sect is now in jail in the United States. Included in his jailing was the finding … Continue reading →