Category Archives: Writing

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 →

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Stories that are Setting Driven

Posted on 14 January 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Fiction writing has long been divided into the two areas of Genre fiction and Literary fiction. It has been said that one of the contrasting features of these two areas is that Genre fiction is plot driven and Literary fiction … Continue reading →

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Mammaral

Posted on 17 December 2011 by Larry Russwurm

It was shocking to the humans that first landed on Alexane that many of the beasts there were obviously mammals. It was more shocking that one of those beasts was the mammaral, shown below. As shown, mammarals are almost totally … Continue reading →

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Why Can’t the Seat of Emotions be in Another Organ

Posted on 9 November 2011 by Larry Russwurm

It’s oh so poetical to say our emotions are in our heart. This leads to sometimes stupid symbolism like “Show me the shape of your heart.” But probably the most famous metaphor is to say you are heartbroken when somebody … Continue reading →

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Things That Make Sense Can Be Deeply Funny

Posted on 5 November 2011 by Larry Russwurm

I was going to rail against a quote in the Natalie Imbruglia song Wishing I Was There. But the two lines “I wish you made sense, Like a joke that no one gets” are fine sentences and don’t need to … Continue reading →

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The Fantastic Three

Posted on 27 October 2011 by Larry Russwurm

The Comics Code of ’61 was for some strange reason adamant that the Fantastic Four needed “unstable molecule” clothing. (Clothing that takes on the traits of the wearer.)

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About the New Banner

Posted on 24 August 2011 by Larry Russwurm

Many thanks to my sister Laurel for creating my new banner for this blog. She is very skilled in photo manipulation as evidenced by this banner and creates the best cards from her computer and many pictures she takes. For … Continue reading →

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Superpower: Sun Shielding

Posted on 17 August 2011 by Larry Russwurm

I made myself a deal when I thought of this cartoon. I knew I was going to publish it for today but I didn’t know the how of it. I said if there is an easy to use backward baseball … Continue reading →

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Hands Inking Hands

Posted on 7 August 2011 by Larry Russwurm

  I think Escher tried to be inclusive in his famous “Drawing Hands” picture. After all, one of the hands is a left hand and the other is a right hand. Or maybe Escher just wanted to produce ‘one magical … Continue reading →

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Stanley Cup Strike

Posted on 16 June 2011 by Larry Russwurm

A strike by the refs is exactly what I thought I was watching for the last game of the playoffs. Last night Boston defeated Vancouver to win the Stanley Cup, but it was the officiating that made me angry, not … Continue reading →

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