I was watching my television the other day and became quite annoyed when short bits of news kept interrupting the commercials. Despite these annoying distractions, I still managed to catch the latest effort by Blunder Country's Treacherous Faction (BCTF). For those unfamiliar with the BCTF, it is a conglomerate of creatures who have undertaken the …
Month: June 2019
To Russia, With Whatever
I've been on a Russian reading kick for the last while. I know that most people, (well - some of the book reading people) will assume that I've embarked on the classics of Russian literature. You know the ones I mean; the incredibly thick books that remain on bookstore shelves until some poor hapless person …
Remembrance
The antics of politicians in any place provide endless fodder for the amusements of the populace. What are they there for, anyway? The province of Blunder Country in the northern country of Kanadoodle is no exception. Here in BC's capital city of Wicktoria (named in honor of the fact it doesn't hold a candle in …
The Powers of Persuasion
I'm blessed with a clever daughter who obtained a degree in English literature and recommends a book or two for me to read every year. She's very keen on fantasy and, over the past couple of years alone, has pointed me to books like: Rothfuss' Name of the Wind, Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora, …
Doomsday Unplugged
Just before I engaged in my usual morning routine of preparing breakfast, the power went out. There's a lovely hush in a house when the power goes out, not unlike the quiet you get in the far north on a calm winter's day. In the north there are places with no cars, no planes, no …
Buying a Pipe Dream
I often wonder if the folks south of Kanadoodle's border get as much merriment out of our politics as we do from them. I suspect not, if only because they're always too busy campaigning for their next election to take much note of anything else going on in the world. Down in the Unilateral Silliness …
The Wonky World of TV Scripts
There's nothing on TV that drives me away from a series faster than impossibilities written into a script. You don't have to go far to find any number of popular shows whose writers are addicted to stupid plots or creating villains who could only accomplish their nastiness if they were possessed of super powers. I …
South of the Border
When it comes to nation watching, the average citizen in the northern country of Kanadoodle is often puzzled and perplexed by the events occurring within the confines of that great neighbor to the south of them, the Unilateral Silly Alliances (USA). Of course it's always been true that everyone watches their neighbors as part of …
Collecting Books
What is this compulsion to collect things? My wife doesn't seem to have the same urge to collect, unless I count clothes. I, on the other hand, have at least started to collect many things, most of which are now long gone. My longest addiction in collecting involves books, with a special interest in first …
My Books – And Then There Were Two
After the phenomenal success of my first novel, 'Punto and Me' (yes, I only have about 99,992 more copies to sell and I'll be a millionaire!), I cast around for inspiration for a second novel. It eventually arrived with my second novel entitled 'The Odin Incident' - Book One: Embracing the Owl. This time the …
Richard's Left Bank 