Humor
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Working in retail means I get exposed to whatever virus is currently making the rounds. Turns out there is a vicious head cold out there. Trust me on this. The Plague Day One I have a plague within my nose, A nasty common cold. It runs and stuffs and blocks and hurts, This joke is…
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So day 25 of NaPoWriMo and there’s not a crumb of inspiration in the old mental cupboard. Still, I am nearly there. Only six to go including today. I’ve got a rhyme, let’s see where it goes. Enjoy! The Home Stretch I write and write, and write some more More than I thought I could.…
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Today marks the halfway point in the NaPoWriMo challenge. So naturally, I had absolutely no clue what to write. As I was stressing about it, I began devising rhymes about my problem. Here is the result. Enjoy! Writer’s Block I sit here and I ponder what To write I have no clue. At fifteen yarns…
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As a gamer, it bugs the crap outta me when some people announce that violent games and movies are more to blame than “gun culture” for mass shootings. I live in Canada. That means I’m exposed to all the same violent games and media as my southern neigbours. On the other hand, we experience a…
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So I figured I’d lighten the mood a bit. Today’s NaPoWriMo entry is all about me… and the millions of others who work in malls or other places with no natural light. This one’s for all of us. Enjoy! The Mallshroom I run a shop within a mall From morn til day is done. I…
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If you’ve ever gone online, you’ve most likely encountered what I like to think of as Internet Science. I’m not talking about real science that actually makes the internet possible. I’m talking about the weird and special things you can find masquerading as science online. Among the most conspicuous, are the ads featuring “One weird…
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This morning as I was browsing headlines from United Press International, I came across a story about 125 University students suspected of cheating on a final exam. The students are accused of either working together to come up with the answers or copying off one and other. One might reasonably suspect that it should be…
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Earlier today I was reading an article about Ann Romney’s speech at the Republican National Convention. This was the latest of the ongoing efforts to “humanize”, her husband, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney. This raises a couple important questions for me. The first question that springs to mind is, “Why should I believe anything she…
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Photo by: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel For those who don’t know, I don’t live in the U.S. I live in Canada, which means I still have a large vested interest in the activities of our friend and neighbour to the south. As such, I have been following with some interest the campaigns for the leadership of…
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Anyone who knows me can tell you I’m not the most mechanically inclined person. If my family would please stop laughing, we can continue. My washing machine has been leaking for a while now. It’s been getting worse as time goes by. Now so much time has gone by that it’s starting to erode a…
Brain Bits To Go 