Randy | October 1, 2014
“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.” ~ […]
Randy | September 1, 2014
On one sunny Summer’s day about ten years ago, the bountifully beauteous Mrs. LFM and I were shopping in the Halifax area when we decided a cup of coffee was in order. And so it came to pass that we pulled up in front of a coffee shop in the Bayer’s Lake district, facing the […]
Randy | May 8, 2014
This was inspired by a CBC article Mrs. LFM brought to my attention today on the subject of those items of produce most infused with pesticide contamination. Ode to the Marketplace By LFM The money’s spent, the thing is built, It’s time to market, screw the guilt. Though testers, testing, met their ending, Still they […]
Randy | May 3, 2014
Bloody Foreigners is the name of a four part series that aired on British television beginning in 2010. It tells the story of how pivotal events in British history were brought to a successful conclusion in no small part through the efforts of non-British people. The series title alone spoke to me because I am […]
Randy | May 2, 2014
For reasons that don’t relate to anything I can remember dreaming about last night, I woke up with a particular song in my head that we’ll get to in a moment. Like most things in my life, it reminded me of a story from personal experience. In this case it’s one that, as in the […]
Randy | March 30, 2014
A Startling Discovery By LFM On the path to self-relation, The child discovers mastication. What starts out firm he’ll learn to soften, And from that day, he’ll do it often.
Randy | March 20, 2014
On this day, Peter Ashley Thompson has succeeded in turning 58 years of age – a thing so singularly amazing that it’s unlikely he’ll ever manage to do it again. To commemorate this occasion, we’re offering this. Ode to Thompson by LFM Peter Thompson’s fifty-eight, Above the sod, don’t call him late, He’s white of […]
Randy | February 5, 2014
To many a modern fencer, the “weapon” in hand is no weapon at all, but an instrument of athleticism no different and more deserving of noble regard than a tennis racquet. In discussion with one who openly brings concepts of martial artistry into fencing practice, even accomplished fencers routinely ridicule any such idea as archaic […]
Randy | December 27, 2013
“First off, to assume someone is actually happy is obscenely offensive. Secondly, to speculate that a person is on holiday is equivalent to slapping them in the face.” ~ Sharon Coyle, Canadian Association Alliance Back on the eleventh of this month, CBC radio show This is That interviewed Sharon Coyle (photo and quote above), of […]
Randy | December 11, 2013
Going Postal By LFM I killed a man the other day, He’d just himself to blame. First my patience emptied Then my pistol did the same. Disposing of his carcass Was an easy thing to do. So simple that you’ll wonder why It never came to you. I bubble wrapped and boxed him up And […]