Randy | August 22, 2015
In the tradition established by my earlier pieces, The Game – Sharp and To the Point and When Zip Met John, I offer this. I Honed My Knife for This? By LFM An urge to drain my bilge was how I met the stupid lad. He was lurking just outside the door Where toilets could […]
Randy | July 11, 2015
This poem was inspired by an event that occurred just last night on the south shore of Nova Scotia. Symbols Three Dogs and I went out last eve’ To fertilize the yard, Yet soon I saw my comrades pause, Each silently aguard. Up stream upon the river Was where each had set their gaze. So […]
Randy | June 14, 2015
Today’s title is a fragment of the sentiment spoken by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto upon learning of the successful raid on Pearl Harbour: “In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after […]
Randy | June 12, 2015
Gildor Inglorion: “That Gandalf should be late, does not bode well. But it is said: ‘Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.’ The choice is yours: to go or wait.” Frodo Baggins: “And it is also said, ‘Go not to the elves for counsel, for they […]
Randy | June 6, 2015
“I was born in 1957, and for Canadians of my generation, World Wars 1 and 2 can be compared to what can be said today of cancer, in that it would have been a difficult task during our formative years to swing the proverbial dead cat without hitting a member of a family that had […]
Randy | April 19, 2015
For those of you who aren’t privy to the machinations of Canadian politics, our government is attempting to push through a piece of legislation that is widely held by the thinking population, including us LFMs, as a dangerous and intolerable assault on the rights and freedoms of Canadians, all presented as another one of those […]
Randy | April 18, 2015
It’s said that you must never suggest to a woman that she might be pregnant unless there is a baby coming out of her at that very moment. In a similar fashion, I would advise that while survival demands recognition of the potential defensive and offensive use of any object, however mundane, as a weapon […]
Randy | April 13, 2015
We all know that children naturally imitate adults, and how important it is to make sure that whatever it is your kid sees you doing, it’s something you can safely shape into play that’s gauged to their present level of understanding. There comes a time when the child’s development imparts the ability to grasp that […]
Randy | April 12, 2015
I recently came across an article published a couple days ago on a Gizmodo blog called Indefinitly Wild, and more specifically, one by Wes Siler titled What Knives You Can Carry Where In The United States. I don’t live in the United States, but notwithstanding that I found it to be a pretty good article […]
Randy | April 3, 2015
“The Knight Errant is a large painting in which the figures are almost life size. When shown at the Royal Academy in 1870, it was accompanied by a text of Millais’s own invention which was printed in the exhibition catalogue: ‘The order of Knights errant was instituted to protect widows and orphans, and to succour […]