Randy | October 17, 2010
The Wendigo – I will call it that but there are many iterations of its name – is a malevolent forest spirit that comes in winter. It needs human flesh to feed but can only slake its hunger by possessing a human that it then uses to hunt, kill, and devour its prey. The Wendigo […]
Randy | October 15, 2010
“Witch hunt” is a well entrenched term in the English language, meaning actions undertaken to root out anyone who you are hell bent on blaming for whatever ails you. If you’re powerful enough you can play this out for centuries and use it as a tool to whip a population into line simply because they’re […]
Randy | October 14, 2010
Erzsébet (Elizabeth) Bathory was an infamous Hungarian noblewoman generally held to have been responsible for the torture and murder of at least 600 young women, and for bathing or showering in their blood as a means of retaining her youthful vigour and beauty. A variety of period portraits are claimed to have been of her, […]
Randy | October 11, 2010
Nature doesn’t care if you live or die. She only cares that, moment by moment, you keep proving your worthiness to remain breathing, and as in the theatre, you’re only as good as your last performance. In this day of instant gratification and miraculous cures, an unfortunate majority live in a 911 mindset, ill prepared […]
Randy | October 10, 2010
“Russian roulette is not the same without a gun, and baby, when it’s love, if it’s not rough it isn’t fun.” ~ Lady Gaga ~ Most men live their lives in daylight, And when darkness wraps its claws around them, they are blind. But embrace the darkness, my cherubs and you can see. Most men […]
Randy | August 27, 2010
I’ve never been one to become bored by my own company. I was quite young when I realized that being alone wasn’t boring, and that to truly know boredom I had to be in the company of other people. For most of my childhood, and all of what has so far passed as my adult […]
Randy | June 27, 2010
Lately I’ve found it impossible to swing a dead politician without hitting something that refers to the 2012 apocalyptic deadline. Apparently there’s no point in hand wringing over rogue asteroids any more because it’s all pre-determined. If you’re diagnosed tomorrow with a condition that will make your life unbearable in three or four years, forget […]
Randy | June 12, 2010
As related in my 30 May 2010 article titled Scout Leading Revisited, I was once tapped to fill the post of Publicity Chairman for the Lunenburg District Scouting Commission. Among my duties was the writing of a weekly column that appeared in both the Lunenburg Progress Enterprise and the Bridgewater Bulletin in space generously donated […]
Randy | June 5, 2010
I once had a Border Collie named Pepper that every Sunday I took to participate in flyball at a school soccer field located about a 35 minute drive from where we lived at the time. The drive involved travelling most of the way on a major highway, then a turn off at a particular exit […]
Randy | June 2, 2010
I have a subscription to the Zenhabits newsletter, regularly enjoy returning to their excellent website, and highly recommend it. Today I discovered a guest post titled “A Beginner’s Guide to Trail Running” accompanied by the beautiful photograph at left and written by Matthew Frazier of No Meat Athlete. According to the note about the author […]