Category Archives: Wee Bit O’ Humour

Bird Wings Good; Bat Wings Bad

Posted on 26 July 2025 by Larry Russwurm

Have you ever noticed that good religious creatures, like angels, have what can only be described as bird wings? Meanwhile, evil religious creatures, such as demons, have wings that are blatantly like that of a bat. The only bad thing … Continue reading →

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The Mighty Mississippi

Posted on 3 May 2025 by Larry Russwurm

The mighty Mississippi is not as mighty as it should be. At 3 770 km in total length, the Mississippi river isn’t even in the top ten rivers in the world. It sits at number 13 in that category. The … Continue reading →

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Positive Role Models for the Overweight

Posted on 19 April 2025 by Larry Russwurm

Mike and Molly was a television show that tried to have positive role models with its two overweight leads. They both meet at an Overeaters Anonymous and end up having a romance. That romance is complicated by all their friends … Continue reading →

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Did Ovechkin Have Help Breaking the Goals Record?

Posted on 12 April 2025 by Larry Russwurm

Did Ovechkin have an assist from someone other than a teammate in breaking the record amount of goals scored in the NHL? Has he been using steroids? The previous record holder for lifetime goals scored was Wayne Gretzky. He was … Continue reading →

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Little Drummer Cat

Posted on 5 April 2025 by Larry Russwurm

My pretty black cat, Bast, died two weeks ago. So I looked over all the posts under the tag “cats” in my blog. It was a nice walk through memory lane. My favourite fact about Bast was that she used … Continue reading →

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Rantacular

Posted on 25 January 2025 by Larry Russwurm

The first thing I’d like to rant about is the idiocy of YouTube in placing advertisements in the middle of music videos. They’ve done this both for a Yes song and for a couple of songs by Jon Anderson and … Continue reading →

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Gordon

Posted on 4 January 2025 by Larry Russwurm

In the realm of music, Gordie Tapp was the first Canadian Gordon who made it big. He was in the country field. Indeed, he was a regular on the country show, Hee Haw. He only had a couple hits because … Continue reading →

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Squeamish About Bitcoin

Posted on 15 December 2024 by Larry Russwurm

First of all, Bitcoin is a non fungible token or NFT. Doesn’t that sound kind of icky to you? It does to me. But we can forgive Bitcoin for that. Especially if the NFT keeps rising in value. Which it … Continue reading →

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The Roaring Lion

Posted on 23 November 2024 by Larry Russwurm

If you heard the name of the famous photograph, The Roaring Lion, and asked to see it, I’m sure you would be confused. Firstly there is no image of an actual lion in this photograph. Instead you would see a … Continue reading →

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The Mr Universe Pageant

Posted on 2 November 2024 by Larry Russwurm

For those who don’t know, the Mr. Universe pageant is all about body building. Those who have built their bodies to the maximum musculature are vying for the best bodies to be determined by the hopefully neutral judges. They are … Continue reading →

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