Category Archives: Wee Bit O’ Humour

Embarrassed about Reading

Posted on 12 June 2012 by Larry Russwurm

It was either Grade 5 or Grade 6 when the teacher decided to have a reading contest in our classroom. Now I knew that this would fall flat amongst the rest of the boys because if it wasn’t for library … Continue reading →

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Give a Monkey a Brain and He’ll Swear He’s the Centre of the Universe

Posted on 9 June 2012 by Larry Russwurm

That’s not my title, it’s from a Fishbone album in the ’90s but it suits my post nicely. A long, long time ago in the eighties, I was thinking about what I want to do with my life as far … Continue reading →

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To Boldly Go Where Men Have Gone Before

Posted on 23 May 2012 by Larry Russwurm

By now many of you who are old Star Trek fans will have heard the news that James Doohan’s (Scotty’s) ashes have made it into space. And I bet some of you are thinking neat, and I’d like to put … Continue reading →

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Uniqueness of Humanity

Posted on 3 April 2012 by Larry Russwurm

If you’re like me then you’ve heard that humanity sets itself apart from the rest of the animal world in many ways. Like for instance in our use of language. Of course this particular brand of uniqueness has been under … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Boy is My Face Red

Posted on 1 February 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Yes my face is red and reader I’ll let you guess whether it’s from embarrassment, anger or cold (it is after all Canada in the winter). You see, I have authored 4 posts mocking the mailings of my member of … Continue reading →

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The Ligh-yer Based Professions and the Unending Copyright Wars

Posted on 21 January 2012 by Larry Russwurm

On SOPA/PIPA protest day (there has been at least one call to name it Netizens Day), the supreme court of the USA decided that since they had cover, they could rule that the public domain could be taken from the … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Portents and the Hesitation of Our Ancestors to Call it a New Year

Posted on 30 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

I’m expecting many of you to know about comet Lovejoy – the little comet that could. It had a run in with the sun that it was not expected to survive in mid December. Not only did it survive but … Continue reading →

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Yer Favourites

Posted on 28 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

This is my 200th post so today, I’m going to do a best posts of the year sort of thing. Yer Favourites is a title of a Tragically Hip collection I have. Hopefully the name is correct and I have … Continue reading →

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