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Category Archives: Wee Bit O’ Humour
The Blame Game
It seems fair to blame young adults for their failures to launch. That is getting a job, being self sufficient and not living at home till they are thirty-five. First of all in my jurisdiction of Ontario, there is a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Politics, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged does the intern benefit more than the business?, for profit companies, high school graduation with strings, interns, jobs, let 16 and 17 yearodls vote, mandatory volunteer work, not for profit companies, Ontario, sub minimum wage for students, unpaid internships, USA
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Rainbow Adventure
We are told that a rainbow is an optical illusion that depends on your perspective, the position of the sun, and the existence of water droplets in the air. But that doesn’t say if the pot of gold exists. The … Continue reading
Minority Marketing
Now that ads increasingly have minorities in them, marketers are taking advantage of some of the qualities that these minorities bring. Those ads for teeth whitening products now almost exclusively include those with darker skin. Why do these companies do … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Stage and Screen, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged ads, dark skin, drag queen, even men can be satisfied by our burger, glow in the dark, limo ad, marketers, marketing, minorities, primordial dwarves, primordial dwarves have very high voices, primordial dwarves' voices give them away, same proportions as an average sized human, small women, teeth whitening
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Ironic Titles?
Two stalwart rock bands, Coldplay and Imagine Dragons came out with albums recently. Both albums implied there was more to come in this vein. The title of the Imagine Dragons album is Mercury Act I. Act I usually implies that … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged album series, are these ironic titles?, Coldplay, Did the label have to name the Led Zeppelin albums?, Follow You, Green Day, Imagine Dragons, Led Zeppelin, Mercury Act I, Music of the Oblate Spheroids, Music of the Spheres, My Universe, Tre is a Green Day band member, Vol. I From Earth With Love, Wrecked
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Pandora Papers Legacy
A huge news story lately has been the Pandora Papers leak. That is where it has been leaked to the public all sorts of specific information about the wealthy hiding their riches from the taxman. A lot of information is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Politics, Sports, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 2016, 2017, 2021, Canada Revenue Agency, Elvis Stojko, free advertising, free endorsements, government, Jacques Villeneuve, leaks, offshore tax havens, Panama Papers, Pandora Papers, Paradise Papers, Patriot Papers?, tax cheats, the wealthy
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Figurative Stockholm Syndrome
Well we’ve just about closed the case for another election in Canada and still I wonder why people don’t vote for their self interest. For instance, the NDP was offering free pharmacare and free dental care. While both packages are … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged accountants, Canada, captive sympathizes with captors, crash tests, election, landlord, NDP, pharmacare, self interest, stockholm syndrome, SUVs, SUVs for safety, take taxes down to zero, tax the ultra wealthy, the Green Party, universal free dental care, young people vote for the parties that susidize fossil fuels
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Did Disney Purchase Marvel for the Potential Lawsuits?
I don’t think that Marvel can sustain the success they’ve had at the box office for too much longer. Oh it’s not going to be a precipitous drop – just a slow and steady drop off after the Avengers peak. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, comics, Science Fiction, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged Alan Dean Foster, Avengers, Billy Batson, Black Sabbath, Captain Marvel, DC, Disney, Disney owns almost everything Marvel, George Lucas, Iron Man, Marvel, Shazam, source for evil?, source for good?, Star Wars, the competitions, the mouse, the song, the superhero
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Nevada Teachers Should Wear Body Cameras
A group in Nevada has suggested that teachers wear body cameras so they won’t “push politics” on their unsuspecting audience. This is a thinly veiled attempt to ban critical race theory from being taught in the classroom. I say, fine, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged big brother, body cameras, can turn off body camera, critical race theory, defund the police, going to the bathroom, half decent hacker, mental health forms, Nevada, Nevada kids, police, politics in the classroom, teachers, teachers should have the same rights as cops, wellness checks
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More Pain, More Gain?
We’ve all heard the expression “no pain, no gain”. This is especially thrown around by weightlifters who like a little pain with their workouts as it usually means they will gain some muscle when their body can repair things. But … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged childbirth, emotional intelligence, epidural, James Bond, minor superhero, no pain no gain, oldest are usually wiser, oldest have encountered more pain on average, painkillers, PTSD, PTSD means little gain for pain, S & M, spies risk torture, takes a bit of pain to increase muscle mass, weightlifters, women usually have a larger bond with child
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Practice Makes Perfect
We’ve all heard the saying practice makes perfect. And we all mulled on it for a few seconds and thought well that makes sense. But have we elevated the saying to be the prime directive of sports? Why no we … Continue reading
Posted in Sports, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 12 strikes in a row is a perfect game, 30 shots with no strikes and spares in bowling, 450 points is a perfect game, 5 pin bowling, best golfers might need 21 or more holes to reach par for the course, golf, high jump, hockey, like Le Mans, maybe I can compete with best bowlers, most shots with 150 points being a perfect game, no point to have a goalie, practice makes perfect, prime directice, prime directive of sports, racing won by distance, soccer, spares, sports, sprinter, strikes, track and field, won by number of shots on net
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