Randy | March 14, 2009
“I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Many experiences in my life have contributed to […]
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 9, 2008
Rural Nova Scotia has spawned some strange ditties. One of the summer jobs I had while attending university was as night watchman at what was then called the “Adult Residential Centre” at Dayspring, Lunenburg County. A vast and rambling structure known locally as “the poor farm”, the ARC dated from darker times when the mentally […]
Randy | September 4, 2008
Eats, Shoots & Leaves, The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss should be required reading in every school system that claims to teach English. Words can be misspelled in a sentence without losing your meaning. The ability to read “typo” is a vital skill, and we all forgive it when we encounter it. […]
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 […]