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Randy | July 26, 2010

Mrs. LFM was born in Poland during the Communist regime. She and her family, mother Izabella and father Ryszard, came to Canada by way of Italy in October 1986. Politically, this would be called a defection. On a human level, I’d call it nothing more or less than a family trying to build a better [...]

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Randy | October 31, 2009

One year ago today, in the glorious autumn of 2008 and on the occasion of the most perfect Hallowe’en ever documented in human history, my perfect Diana and I were married.
People often ask, “Why Hallowe’en?” to which we always answer, “Because some of the most important guests are dead and that’s the only night they [...]

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Randy | March 25, 2009

If this was my shirt it would say, “YIPPEE!!!!” on the back and everything after “WIFE” would be covered in exclamation points.

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Randy | March 24, 2009

I took the title of this post from among the many wise and witty utterances of the immortal Groucho Marx. He also said, “I intend to live forever, or die trying.”
Of no surprise to my readers will be the disclosure that my brand of humour veers sharply toward the dark side. My dance card of [...]

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Randy | March 23, 2009

On my father’s side of the family, all ancestry leads back to German settlers arriving in Lunenburg by way of Halifax in 1753. On my mother’s side, the paternal line goes straight back to the same source, but her mother was born and raised in Surrey, England. That makes me a mutt, and I’m [...]

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