Randy | December 21, 2011
If there is one thing to be learned from history, it’s that from a practical standpoint, people don’t learn anything from history. The winter solstice – the interval of time that surrounds the shortest day, and likewise the longest night of the annual cycle, has held deep spiritual meaning for human societies as long as […]
Category: About Beginnings, Alpha and Omega, Lest We Forget, Winter is Coming |
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Randy | December 15, 2011
“In judging a book by its cover, never forget that you may come to be afforded a closer view while you are being bludgeoned with it.” ~ The Large Fierce Mammal’s Small but Weighty Book of Etiquette, Vol. 1 Abroad of a recent evening, Mrs. LFM and I were exiting our local shopping mall […]
Category: Business As Usual, Natural Selection, Romance, Shit and Shinola |
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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, […]
Category: Bush, Blade, Birch, Bludgeon, and Boomstick, Entertainment, Previews of Work in Progress |
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Randy | December 6, 2011
About 15 years ago, long before I ever heard of Game of Thrones and the Stark family motto, I was working late into the night alongside a leathercrafter of great skill who was kindly assisting me with a project that exceeded my own abilities and equipment to complete single handed. As we worked, our conversation […]
Category: A Call to Arms, About Beginnings, Alpha and Omega, Business As Usual, Lest We Forget, Natural Selection, True Grit, Wisdom That's Stuck to my Soul |
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