If TV News Were Ever So Truthful
Randy | September 20, 2013
This news item took me straight back to my state of mind while writing A Tale of Two Bints and a Bear. Take a look pf your own and see what I mean.
The Apprentice
Randy | September 14, 2013
In a recent telephone conversation with my Esteemed Friend Gary Carbone, we spoke of matters that included the taking on of students, and the choosing of training partners. Specifically, the filtering of those who truly want to know from those who simply want to look as though they do, and how one may come to […]
In Ferro Veritas – Chapter the Fourth
Randy | August 17, 2013
Welcome back dear reader, and may I introduce you to this fourth chapter of In Ferro Veritas! This summer in Nova Scotia has seen an extreme escalation in highway accidents and fatalities therefrom. Along with this has come a constantly fizzling, crackling background noise of daily close calls, and it is a rarity these days for […]
“Fucks” as a Sustainable Resource
Randy | August 4, 2013
“It’s not that people don’t give a fuck; it’s that they don’t broadcast the topics for which fucks are given. Because giving a fuck can often lead to being hurt, fucks are given more cautiously and with lesser fanfare than was the case with the fucks given in previous time periods. The proper current etiquette […]
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
Randy | August 3, 2013
In an overly politicized, polarized world, seething with bullshit and wherein you can’t swing a severed arm without hitting someone who’s selling something, entirely too much credibility and trust is placed in statistics. Statistics have value only within very specific parameters, and for the most part those parameters do not include the broad, sweeping strokes […]
Of Shit and Shinola
Randy | July 31, 2013
Recently one of my Esteemed Friends had occasion to say “shit” publicly. He did not do so without justification and, to my mind, he owes no one any apology. The identity of said EF shall remain confidential for a variety of reasons, but he will know of whom I speak when I say this poem […]
The Thorn Defends the Rose
Randy | July 2, 2013
Amid my growing assemblage of favourite quotations is this gem penned by an unknown source, and that found me decades ago: The thorn defends the rose, yet it is peaceful and does not seek conflict. Whoever can take the credit, be they alive or dead as I write this, they can rest assured that as […]
Worldly Wisdom Wednesday – Teachers
Randy | June 26, 2013
When one sets forth to learn an Art, whatever that Art may be, one begins with an interest in it as well as some degree of presupposition about its nature. This presupposition will often differ to some degree from the Truth that reveals itself as training in the chosen Art progresses. A student who prefers […]
Jackie Chan’s Best Story Ever
Randy | June 15, 2013
For a young martial arts performer, getting to act opposite Bruce Lee was a huge honour – and Jackie Chan got the chance on the set of ‘Enter the Dragon’. But things didn’t exactly go according to plan. So begins the intro to a “Best Story Ever” segment of the CBC television show, George Stroumboulopoulos […]
Worldly Wisdom Wednesday – Wise Is as Wise Does
Randy | June 5, 2013
Attitude and actions – of the two, which is more important? I would posit that actions, being a physical manifestation of attitude, are what truly matters. If you are smart but pretend to be stupid, then to the rest of humanity, your net effect on the world is that of one who is stupid. Thus, […]