Randy | October 12, 2020
“An acquired taste is an appreciation for something unlikely to be enjoyed by a person who has not had substantial exposure to it.” ~ Wikipedia Of this very subject, I once wrote: “I like fruitcake. I also like marinated herring, Danish blue cheese, scotch whisky, anchovies, the smell of a good cigar being smoked – […]
Randy | October 11, 2020
“We all know what rotting meat smells like, and hence the term, “What died?” has entered the popular lexicon. Just words though, Goode Reader, for there is a quantum leap in the experience that lies between pulling the lid off something found forgotten at the back of the fridge, and the full flower of meaning […]
Randy | October 10, 2020
Hard on the heels of last night’s The Grave Digger’s Song Book is tonight’s LFM original. Join me now on a romp through the thoughts of a Man on the subject of holes, what goes in them, and his place in the void. The Grave Digger’s Song By LFM He’s a miserable thing who won’t dig […]
Randy | October 6, 2020
Unless you’ve never been here, or otherwise lived your life ten feet up a Moose’s ass which is the Canadian equivalent still in use even after decades of metrification, you will have heard the adage that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. An irony arising from that is the regularity with which […]
Randy | October 5, 2020
“Frederick John Elgersma (born July 9, 1957), known by the stage name Fred Eaglesmith, is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. He is known for writing songs about vehicles, rural life, down-and-out characters, lost love and quirky rural folk. His songwriting uses techniques of short story writing, including unreliable narrators, surprise endings, and plot twists.” ~ […]
Randy | October 4, 2020
While tonight’s Dark Sentiment may appear to be inspired by the current state of unpleasantness, history shows that everything in it has played out innumerable times in the past. What makes it so special this time is that the travails have never before played out in such a time of simultaneous connection and division, global […]
Randy | October 3, 2020
Of my own Mother, I once wrote: My Mother, Evelyn, taught me to read, sound out words I didn’t know, spell (including my own full name and those of both Parents, the names of all the major African animals, as well as those of what I considered the most interesting dinosaurs), count forward and backward […]
Randy | September 29, 2020
The subject of tonight’s fossil utterance comes to you from Day 4 of Season 9, and unlike toilet paper last March, is something that is in far from short supply. Dark Sentiments Season 9 — Day 4: Anxiety First published on October 4, 2018 Anxiety, like feeling stressed, depression, anger, boyhood, and a plethora of […]
Randy | September 28, 2020
As we approach the day when Dark Sentiments springs anew in this Year of the Great Unravelment, here’s a lesson from Season 8 to fuel your day’s meditations. Dark Sentiments Season 8 — Day 9: Lessons First published on October 9, 2017 Lessons By LFM To raise a child is one of Nature’s fundamental things, […]
Randy | September 26, 2020
When people speak of “manners”, they commonly have in mind some superficial behaviours first impressed upon them as something to be sure to do at Grandma’s dining room table. Just as all things of True Importance become trivialized by common usage among the Great Unwashed, we have manners, and Manners. The Dark Sentiment uttered on […]