Randy | March 24, 2009
I took the title of this post from among the many wise and witty utterances of the immortal Groucho Marx. He also said, “I intend to live forever, or die trying.” Of no surprise to my readers will be the disclosure that my brand of humour veers sharply toward the dark side. My dance card […]
Randy | December 14, 2008
What you see at left is a picture I created from Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 of a Vickers Vanguard turboprop airliner in the livery of Trans-Canada Air Lines. The aircraft and its paint scheme are the work of the inimitable Rick Piper. Click on the picture for a better view. Formed by Canadian National Railways […]
Randy | November 6, 2008
Followers of this blog will be pleased to learn that the Large Fierce Mammal and his Beautiful Mate were married this past Hallowe’en resulting in much merry making and little energy for posting here. An article of monumental interest is in the offing concerning issues relating to our union that will undoubtedly soothe the impatience […]
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 […]
Randy | September 24, 2008
About 15 years ago, one of my medical alarm clients dropped her panic button in her toilet. She fished it out right away, but in trying to wash it off, water penetrated the casing and caused an alarm. After the dust settled, and she told me what had happened, I went to her residence to […]
Randy | September 17, 2008
The family doctor I had known since my junior high school days retired in 2001, and even though I am no longer a patient of his he is still a client of mine. He recently phoned me with a question about his security system that I handled in my usual highly efficient and professional manner. […]
Randy | September 6, 2008
“Like one, that on a lonesome road, Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.” ~ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~ I attended elementary school at Lunenburg Academy, […]
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 […]
Randy | September 5, 2008
Diana holds Tiny, the canine cannon ball, during the little gaffer’s “Welcome to Canada” party. Back in 2000, I was in Florida on business and ended up rescuing a little ragamuffin toy poodle puppy named Tiny. Because I was traveling on business, I flew there and back in uniform. This was before we transitioned to […]
Randy | September 2, 2008
This website is an outlet for a man, blessed by The Gods and disdainful of the clods. It’s the lectern of one who, like some hoary old primate in a tree, has finally reached that level of enlightenment from which he feels unapologetically compelled to fling turds of wisdom upon all who pass by. Each […]