Not All That Grand Opening of the LFM Shootin’ Range

| August 23, 2012

Everybody who comes here knows that Mrs. LFM and I use a scythe to mow the part of our yard that we actually want to be able to see over. Since I taught her to use it early this summer, our Austrian Scythe has become her favourite tool, and so now we need to acquire […]

Art, Science, Life, and Reality – Certified Organic

| June 24, 2012

Miyamoto Musashi‘s teachings come down to us today through his Book of Five Rings, a short but very pointed bit of work that exists on store shelves in a variety of translations, most of which are little more than exercises in linguistics rather than being true interpretations rendered from any meaningful foundation of martial understanding. […]

The Book of Dark Sentiments – A Teaser

| June 7, 2012

For those of you eagerly awaiting your chance to read The Book of Dark Sentiments, I’m releasing here the contents of that tome’s Introduction: Dark Sentiments is the name of an annual series that appears on my Large Fierce Mammal website every October, each day of that month presenting observations and tales of people, things, […]

SitRep

| May 17, 2012

The current slate of projects has been keeping me away more than anticipated, so I feel you all deserve a preview of things to come. The Book of Dark Sentiments, being a collection of skullduggery gleaned from previous incarnations of my LFM Dark Sentiments series combined with previously unseen work, is very near completion. It […]

Back in the Saddle Again

| February 23, 2012

To quell the panic that’s abroad in the land, I’m here today to assuage your fears that ol’ LFM has thrown in the towel or some such. Not a chance. Mrs. LFM and I have been grappling with the latest iteration of black death, and are now well on the mend. In the mean time, […]

A Long Winter’s Night – Let the Good Guys Win

| December 31, 2011

I’ll be looking at the past year in a retrospective tomorrow. In the mean time, here’s my favourite New Year’s Eve song, dedicated tonight to Sarge, a persecuted dog you’ll be reading more about here in the very near future because in my opinion, what’s being done to Sarge and his family in the name […]

New Pants For My SOG Fasthawk

| December 11, 2011

Canadian Tire recently began selling the Fasthawk tomahawk manufactured by SOG Specialty Knives and Tools. The local branch is a security client of ours and recently, whenever I was there, I could hear the damn thing calling my name. Fortunately, Mrs. LFM and I maintain a toy budget made entirely out of Canadian Tire Money, […]

The Large Fierce Mammal’s Small But Weighty Book of Etiquette

| November 27, 2011

“In considering how much you should care about the reaction of another to your own behaviour, it is always best to assume that they are armed, lethally skilled, and prepared to kill you at the slightest provocation. If the desired outcome of your course of action outweighs that risk, then you must proceed without delay; […]

The Blackberry Wine Project

| September 25, 2011

Mrs. LFM and I live in the midst of plenty, all of it provided by Nature and requiring only the investment of time, effort, and gratitude to enjoy. An example of what I’m talking about is the succulent Blackberry that grows in abundance at our place. I decided this past spring to pursue a couple […]

I Love Her

| September 3, 2011

Yesterday, Mrs. LFM posted this announcement: A decade ago, after many hours of in-depth, personal, soul-baring conversations, a smart, sexy, hysterically hilarious man named Randy grabbed me and kissed me, changing the course of my life forever. Happy 10 years baby! I love you ! My Love said a mouthful there, and the day I […]