Dark Sentiments 2013 – Day 9: Your REAL Net Worth

| October 9, 2013

Look at you. You used to be so cocky. You were going to go out and conquer the world. You once called me a warped, frustrated, old man! What are you but a warped, frustrated young man? A miserable little clerk crawling in here on your hands and knees and begging for help. No securities, […]

Dark Sentiments 2013 – Day 1: A New Beginning

| October 1, 2013

Welcome, Dear Reader, to yet another season of Dark Sentiments; being our traditional 31 October days of musings, revelations, exposé, poetry, literature, visual arts, and myriad dark expressions of the Human spirit, all chosen from the sort most in the world have spent the past year trying desperately to avoid, or pretend into nonexistence. This […]

Just Leave it to Uncle Argyle

| September 28, 2013

By the courtesy and unflagging vigilance of the Right Honourable Master At Arms James Albert Keating, I was recently made aware of an entertaining bit of information out of Scotland. According to her Behance and facebook profiles, Beatrice Sgorbani is a young woman living in Edinburgh, Scotland, working as a “brand and business development executive” […]

If TV News Were Ever So Truthful

| 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

| 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 […]

A Tale of Two Bints and a Bear

| August 27, 2013

The stupidity of sending out trappers after a bear who did nothing except be a bear is unbelievable. How about – if you’re going into bear country, expect to have a bear encounter. If you can’t handle that, DON’T GO WHERE BEARS LIVE!! And for fuck’s sake, wear something a little more appropriate on your […]

Impaired Driving is Impaired Driving, Forever and Always

| August 19, 2013

“From One Second to the Next,” the rather unlikely film below, came together when AT&T approached the legendary German filmmaker Werner Herzog and asked if he would direct a series of short films warning people about the dangers of texting while driving. “What AT&T proposed immediately clicked and connected inside of me,” Herzog told the […]

In Ferro Veritas – Chapter the Fourth

| 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 […]

There is Nothing that Pairs With This

| August 16, 2013

The Northeast Italian winery known as Vina Lunardelli is provoking the strongest response from organizations globally for the sale of what it calls “Hitler Wine”. Vina Lunardelli has started selling a product line of wines that feature images of the infamous leader of the Third Reich …. … Vina Lunardelli simply states that they are […]

Father Thomas and the Bear

| August 14, 2013

Father Thomas and the Bear By LFM Father Thomas crossed the sea With righteous blazing soul, In search of heathen sinners, Whose salvation was his goal. A month of sore privation Found him standing on a strand Wherefrom a forest primal Stretched across a trackless land. T’was there he met a people Who were naked, […]