Randy | July 9, 2012
Mrs. LFM recently brought to my attention a job posting for a position, one of the primary duties of which was proof reading. The job posting contained two errors that proof reading should have corrected before the item went out for publication. An argument could be made that the errors weren’t corrected because they really, […]
Randy | June 14, 2012
In my article Ticks: Threat or Menace?, published on the Golden Mountain Dog Solutions blog back in 2008, I debunked an incredible litany of bad advice and disinformation provided in the popular press by way of an interview with Dr. Edith Angelopoulos who has taught parasitology at Dalhousie University for lo these 30 very odd […]
Randy | May 27, 2012
Back on 21 October 2010 while the first incarnation of my now annual Dark Sentiments series was in full swing, I wrote an article about the Wendigo phenomenon. Part of that contained the facts, as they were then known, in the strange case of Tim McLean wherein his head was severed from his body and […]
Randy | March 27, 2012
Since November 2010, Jemima Harrison has operated Pedigree Dogs Exposed – The Blog. for the purpose of exposing, “… the latest news and views regarding inherited disorders and conformation issues in purebred dogs.” Ms. Harrison also produced BBC investigative documentaries on the subject, both of which I will be presenting here. We here at LFM […]
Randy | February 26, 2012
Most incidents involving an alleged case of a dog biting a human start out with a few common elements: the dog accused of doing the biting; the dog’s owner. who may or may not be present; the dog’s handler, who may or may not be the dog’s owner, and who likewise may or may not […]
Randy | January 5, 2012
Another serendipitous discovery happened today by the name of FPS Russia. A self described “Professional Russian“, this guy doesn’t need anyone to do his talking for him so I’ll turn him loose with a couple of gems to show you what I mean. And like he says, don’t try any of these tricks at home.
Randy | January 2, 2012
If you’ve gotten far enough to read this after Mrs. LFM’s title photo, and if you believe the hype, the year just ended will also mark the end of the calendar printing industry because 2012 is it. Well, Mrs. LFM and I have appointments the day after Armageddon so that shit’s not on for us. […]
Randy | 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 […]
Randy | December 30, 2011
Mahone Bay is a tiny and picturesque town on the south shore of Nova Scotia with a population that has been steadily shrinking for decades, mostly due to natural causes. On the thirty-first day of January 2001, a landmark business in that town, Bills Department Store, closed for good, but not before it had borne […]
Randy | October 28, 2011
For my own part, I regard stories that involve people making a pact with the Devil, or an ever burning Hell pit of damnation, as suitable fodder for entertainment, but nothing else. As a case in point, in the course of my research for Dark Sentiments 2011, I found the original, accept no substitutes, Dante’s […]