Randy | December 28, 2011
Every time I embark on a series of articles that connect with a theme, for example Dark Sentiments that runs the entire 31 days of October each year, and now A Long Winter’s Night which will likewise be an annual event running from 21-31 December, my fevered brain generates content that far o’erflows the allotted [...]
Randy | December 26, 2011
Last evening Mrs. LFM and I did something that’s an annual tradition for some people, but we’ve never done before – I took her to the Christmas Day opening of a movie. Specifically, we viewed the 2011 incarnation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Clicking on the embedded link will take you to the [...]
Randy | December 25, 2011
Whether you be celebrating or just suffering through it, here we are on Christmas Day! Most of you probably are at a point where reading one of my usual diatribes will be impossible because you’ll be scanning the same line repeatedly, so I’m going to spare you in favour of a brief introduction to some [...]
Randy | December 23, 2011
If you’ve ever met anyone who watched even one episode of Seinfeld, you’ve heard of Festivus, AKA “A festivus for the rest of us”. If you’ve dug a little further, you’ll also know that today is the day. The origins of Festivus are not lost in antiquity. They lie in the writings and family practices [...]
Randy | December 11, 2011
Canadian Tire recently began selling the Fasthawk tomahawk manufactured by SOG Specialty Knives and Tools. The local branch is a security client of ours and recently, whenever I was there, I could hear the damn thing calling my name. Fortunately, Mrs. LFM and I maintain a toy budget made entirely out of Canadian Tire Money, [...]
Randy | November 27, 2011
“In considering how much you should care about the reaction of another to your own behaviour, it is always best to assume that they are armed, lethally skilled, and prepared to kill you at the slightest provocation. If the desired outcome of your course of action outweighs that risk, then you must proceed without delay; [...]
Randy | November 5, 2011
Overnight tonight those of us who live with daylight saving time get to set our clocks back an hour which, when it happens to people who have to work the next morning, feels like a sixty minute freebee. Today I’m presenting a poem about a man who scored himself one hell of a lot more. [...]
Randy | October 31, 2011
It being the third anniversary of the LFM wedding, you’ll all understand, our hands are far too busy to type.
Randy | October 29, 2011
The Chair By LFM Malcolm found a shop one day He’d never seen before. It sold antiques and bric-a-brac, And dusty tomes of lore. He went inside to look about And as he made his rounds He found a chair marked, “Cursed Antique” “Reduced to 20 pounds.” Superbly carved from pitch black wood, It looked [...]
Randy | October 28, 2011
For my own part, I regard stories that involve people making a pact with the Devil, or an ever burning Hell pit of damnation, as suitable fodder for entertainment, but nothing else. As a case in point, in the course of my research for Dark Sentiments 2011, I found the original, accept no substitutes, Dante’s [...]