Randy | May 17, 2013
Profanity is not a true language, in and of itself. Rather, like a seasoning, it must be infused into language to enhance the message. Wielded well, and with proper timing, it approaches the potency of punctuation in clarifying intention and exorcising ambiguity. I believe most current Parenting doctrine wrongly eschews the Communicative Art inherent in […]
Randy | May 15, 2013
The Way of the Wild deals with Life, Death, who gets each, and when. For successful organisms, embracing this Way is not a choice, and of all things on the Earth, only one kind flirts with living as though this were not so – Man. For the most part, human society does not embrace Wild […]
Randy | May 12, 2013
This is a picture of my Mother. Yours too. Honour our Mother. Let our gift to Her be not limited to one date on a calendar, but rather that every one of us remain Truly deserving of the Life She gives and sustains every day of the year.
Randy | May 11, 2013
Few things are more weakening to a culture than raising its children to believe that “trying your best” and failing can ever mark the end of accomplishment. Teaching that failure is a black mark on your soul. That it’s always best to play safe in all things. Bullshit. If you’re worth knowing, you’ve fallen off […]
Randy | April 14, 2013
“This is my passion: how do animals relate to the stories we tell ourselves about who we are? Where does the line between human and animal identities blur? These questions are the seeds that my films grow out of, and I’ve been surprised and challenged by the answers I’ve found so far.” ~ from About […]
Randy | April 12, 2013
Last Sunday’s feature, Rightful Indignation and Facebook Need to Meet, put a spotlight on some particularly vile bullshit that was being permitted to exist and circulate all too freely on facebook. I asked for the support of all loyal LFM readers who were users of facebook in targeting the offenders through complaints to the website’s […]
Randy | March 10, 2013
In human reference, “al dente” is a word used to describe a cooked state of food, typically pasta, in which it is still firm when bitten. But to an Australian Cattle Dog, al dente isn’t about food. It’s about everything! To them, it describes a state of mind and a way of being! In the […]
Randy | March 6, 2013
Man is a social animal, and a fundamental departure from the Way of the Wild as it is meant to express itself in Man occurs when the value of individual contribution becomes subjugated to serving the role of cog in the machine. Treated as a mere tool, quick and cheap to create and all too […]
Randy | March 3, 2013
A fire breaks out in your kitchen. You have and are permitted to own a fire extinguisher that is more than adequate to stop the blaze, but prohibited from using it in favour of running away to let the Fire Department handle the situation. An hour later, your house is rubble, and both your wheel […]
Randy | March 2, 2013
I’m in the throes of putting together a new Self Reliance Course series, and as usual, the Daemon that lives in my head pooped … I mean popped … out a poem. Behold … Ode to a Home Invasion By LFM My door was locked. You didn’t care. You kicked it from the frame. The […]