Solomon Kane – Large Fierce Mammal of Fantasy – Update!
Randy | October 7, 2009
The trailer to the Solomon Kane movie is making the rounds of the internet. In case you haven’t seen it yet, I’m embedding it here. I smell DATE movie!
The World’s Most Interesting Man
Randy | May 28, 2009
Television has seen an interesting, but not altogether surprising, advertising event of late: promotion of Dos Equis beer by The World’s Most Interesting Man. For those who have yet to see the ads of which I speak, TWMIM is portrayed as a gentleman of years and experience, even more so when we include his beard. […]
Observations on the Best Food Show on Television
Randy | April 18, 2009
As unrepentant carnivores, Mrs. Large Fierce Mammal and I have small tolerance for those among the Great Unwashed who see nothing wrong with eating meat while at the same time idiotically attempting to expunge their “sin” by repeatedly reminding everyone in earshot of how bad or guilty they feel about it. We have the utmost […]
Solomon Kane: A Large Fierce Mammal of Fantasy
Randy | April 16, 2009
Robert E. Howard 1906-1936 Most people are familiar with the character Conan the Barbarian, created in literature for the pulp fiction market by Robert E. Howard, and later popularized by the films of varying quality starring the current Governor of California. Howard was a prolific writer who delved heavily into a number of genres including […]
Sleeping With the Elephant
Randy | March 30, 2009
Addressing the Press Club in Washington, D. C., on 25 March 1969, and in reference to the relationship between Canada and the United States, then Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Elliott Trudeau said, “Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, […]
Recipes Guaranteed to Get You Laid – Baked Ham With Mustard Glaze
Randy | October 11, 2008
My ham gets attacked so soon after leaving the oven that it never gets a chance to be photographed. This is stock footage from the internet. Thanksgiving approaches, we’re having guests in, and Diana has ordered my famous ham as the main event. I am pleased to comply. Real men know how to cook, especially […]
What’s Worse Than Finding a Blue Jay in Your Car?
Randy | September 26, 2008
Everybody’s heard this riddle Q: What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? A: Finding half a worm. Many years ago I was driving through the Annapolis Valley on a beautiful late summer day. In the car with me were my ex- wife (front passenger seat), her mother (rear right seat), and her mother’s […]
Interpreting Sexual Body Language
Randy | September 12, 2008
I recently came across an advice article entitled “Everyone wants to know how to read the sexual body language.” You can read the entire article here. After reading it twice and letting the laughter subside, I felt compelled, as your security and survival professional, to comment on its contents. For clarity, I am quoting items […]
Strange Lyrics From Rural Nova Scotia
Randy | September 9, 2008
Rural Nova Scotia has spawned some strange ditties. One of the summer jobs I had while attending university was as night watchman at what was then called the “Adult Residential Centre” at Dayspring, Lunenburg County. A vast and rambling structure known locally as “the poor farm”, the ARC dated from darker times when the mentally […]
One of My Dogs Had a Hate on for Robert Mitchum – Tiny Strikes Again !
Randy | September 5, 2008
Robert Mitchum in the role of Raymond Chandler’s fictional private detective Philip Marlowe. Tiny hated him in that part too! I discovered an interesting phenomenon one day while watching “The Yakuza”, a 1974 film directed by Sydney Pollack starring American actor Robert Mitchum as a detective who has come to Japan to rescue a friend’s […]