For three years 'Ulysses Speaks' graced the rear page of 'Canadian Research' magazine. Canadian Research was an advertising freebie that acted as a house magazine for the Canadian scientific research community. I was originally asked to write a light humourous column, but given the state of Canadian science in 1986, (and those were the good old days)  I replied I could not do it. If, however, the editor wanted black humour and a little satire, he could back up the truck. I quickly learned that there is no such thing a little satire. Before writing satire the author must don war boots and knuckledusters, and must be prepared to use them. Anyone is a target, including the author. For a short while  'Ulysses' was an unusual demonstration of  scientific humour. Alas, despite a couple of very successful subscription campaigns the magazine folded in 1990 and several Ulysses columns were stranded on the editor's desk. With just a little editing I think some of them are still appropriate. They can be downloaded as Word .doc files from the links.


Scrambled Chatter

Stoking Lufas

Government Surplus

Mutant Drones

Mr. Clean M.P.


Ulysses by Tennyson