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Battling Venezuelan Pirates
…Captain Hook has been glorified, but I can tell you from first hand experience that Venezuelan pirates are not cool, they are not fun, you do not want to run into them, and no one has a wooden leg or a hook for a hand…
Live Transcript: McDonald’s Experience of a Lifetime
The McDonald’s Experience of a Lifetime. -Live transcript of Not Larry during the 2023 Arctic Winter Games in Fort McMurray, Wood Buffalo. [su_dropcap]W[/su_dropcap]hen I was coming out of Mac Island I saw three people walking. One of them was wearing a jacket from Nunavut. I was going to turn towards home, but the people I saw were walking past the Morrison Center. I started thinking to myself, ‘Why are they walking? I have an empty car right now.’ It’s...
Robert: Buffalo vs Dogs Trap-Line Incident
After the wolves ran away, the buffalo saw my dogs and he charged my dogs. He came straight down the trail. That’s why my dog-sled pack leader was trying to stop because she knew that buffalo was there…
George: The Shipping Container Stowaway
This is George’s fascinating story about being a Romanian stowaway on a boat to Canada, and how difficult and near to death the entire experience was in illegal immigration.
Not Larry’s Super Sexy 1970 Oldsmobile 98
This is Not Larry’s Super Sexy 1970 Oldsmobile 98, that she just bought. This car is a beautlful car driven by a beautiful woman. Babes!
The Indian Rat on My Naked Leg
The Indian Rat on My Naked Leg. 15 February, 2013 (Cont’d).Arambol, Goa, India. …Something confused me a couple of days ago… On the edge of my bed, I had a tissue for some old-fashioned-sleeping-pill spillage, and somehow the tissue completely disappeared. That really puzzled me because it was really gone. I searched everywhere just to try to alleviate my confusion, but I truly could not find the tissue and had no understanding of where could have possibly went… Tonight right...
Traveling Through Northern Quebec
Traveling Through Northern Quebec is beautiful. The people are amazing, the gas is cheaper, and the beer is priced to 1998. Go and get it!
Traveling Northern Ontario
Traveling Northern Ontario July 30, 2019. (Cont’d) Western Ontario, Canada. Heading east traveling Northern Ontario, we cruised on into Dryden, Ontario, a city I have really wanted to pass through since I first looked at a Canadian map as a boy. When you look at a map of Canada and see the cities in the provinces, far-western Ontario shows only Dryden. Only Dryden exists! That city name made the place feel somewhat familiar from seeing it so many times....
My First Corvette – My Seven-Year-Old Fantasy is Here!
Corvette Day – This is a short guide on how to have a crush on two girls at the same time! June 1, 2019. By the time we got moving, Gene-the-Corvette-guy had called Not Larry and told her that he would let her have the car for $500 more than her offer. I have been perusing for the right Corvette for weeks. It is time! Plus, Not Larry was making a push to help line one up. So, we made...
Album Review – Red Headed Stranger (1975) – Willie Nelson
A fun and entertaining overview of one fantastic Willie Nelson album. Get ready for a badass Red Headed Stranger!
Sturgis Biker Rally 2018 – Journal
Sturgis Biker Rally 2018 – Journal. 7 August 2018 ..Not Larry and I took Vern the Van to the car doctor. There has been a situation with Vern dripping oil from the cover on the rear-differential. The problem was that we needed someone to get the rounded-off fill-plug out of the rear-end (…that sounds like a perversion). It took four different places to find someone who would work on it, but someone finally took on the job. That cost $45...
Mud Bog: St. Laurent, Manitoba – Metis Days
Mud Bog. St. Laurent, Manitoba, Canada. 5 August 2018 Last night before Not Larry and I went into the dance at the Metis Festival in St. Laurent, Manitoba, Canada, we met an indigenous man named Hammi. It turns out that Hammi is short for Hamilton. Interesting. Hammi was telling us about the mud-bog that would be taking place today and how good it has been in the previous years. Not Larry and I decided to go to it. [su_quote]Not Larry...
The Re-Encounter, The Follow Up, and The Finale
Seoul, South Korea The Re-Encounter, The Follow Up, and The Finale – A Hook Up Tale. The Re-Encounter – Nov. 20/2005 Then the strangest thing happened to me just outside the stadium/flea market. Mark and I were walking down the street when a girl and I made eye contact. We both said, “No Way! What the hell? That is crazy!” Her name is J.B. I used to sit next to her in French 101 at the University of Regina and...
Canada Driving from the Northwest Territories to Alberta.
Canada Driving from the Northwest Territories to Alberta. Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada. 14 January 2018. I had an alarm set for 10:00. Alarms are terrible on vacation. It took some time, but Julie and I eventually got out of bed. Showers. Pack the car. Dead battery. Great… It was Arctic cold again, -34° Celsius, so it was hard to blame the car for not wanting to fire-up. Had it not been for our morning fire-up in the room, I may...
Entering the Northwest Territories of Canada: Fort Chipewyan to Fort Smith.
Entering the Northwest Territories: Fort Chipewyan to Fort Smith. 13 January 2018 (continued. Click here for dog sledding first part). Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, Canada. At 13:00, after some convincing from everyone in the community, Julie and I left Barbara and Robert Grandjambe’s house, gassed up the car up in Fort Chipewayn for $1.60/liter, and drove north. It would be a 3.5 hour trip from Fort Chipewyan, Alberta to Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. Neither Julie nor I had been to any...
Traveling Canadian Ice Roads: Fort McMurray to Fort Chipewyan
Traveling Canadian Ice Roads: Fort McMurray to Fort Chipewyan. 12 January 2018. I was nearly pacing the floor waiting for Julie to finish her course in the morning to come and collect me. It is hard to know what a person is going to need in northern Canada. I was already far north in Fort McMurray, Alberta, but we were going to be heading much further north than that on an ice-road…further north than most Canadian minds think of, to...
Learning to Butcher a Deer and Make Sausages
Learning to Butcher a Deer and Make Sausages. 15 November 2017. Dusty, Stryker and I went for a drive in the afternoon to see if we could find any deer as hunting season is underway. Shortly into our drive, a buck jumped out of a patch of trees! Dusty took three shots at him but missed the buck that ran into another massive grove of trees. The buck was in quite a hurry by that point, understandably. Dusty went into...
Bank Error in my Favor, Collect $720!
Bank Error in my Favor, Collect $720. May 15 – 2012 Big Beaver, Saskatchewan, Canada. I was up at 8:00 and I called my bank in London, England. My financial institution forgot to mail my pre-ordered bank statements to the farm while I was in transit to Canada. I needed the statements to be at the farm as soon as I got home. They never arrived. When I called the bank, I was very polite, though I told them that...
Thinking about Picking Mangoes in Australia? Don’t do it!
Thinking about Picking Mangoes in Australia? The season is on the way. Are you thinking of picking mangoes in Australia? Perhaps you should re-think that idea. I know, I know…you have red and green, juicy, oval-shaped stars in your eyes with just the right texture. You are thinking breakfast, lunch, and dinner of mango-surprise… Your favorite fruit is the mango… Mango fruit salad. Mango juice. Mangoes on your cereal. Mangoes on your hard-boiled eggs. Mangoes in your lasagna. Mango grilled-cheese...
Broken Baseball Dreams
Broken Baseball Dreams. -Live transcript of Mr. H. [su_dropcap]S[/su_dropcap]o this story starts off how I was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays. The 18th round, second overall pick out of Canada. I ended up going down to Florida for a year and a half. Went to spring training with the Toronto Blue Jays. Proceeded to go to Kansas and Missouri. The thing is this whole time I had a long-term girlfriend. High school sweetheart of five years. So I decided...
Roger Waters Us + Them
Roger Waters. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 24 October 2017. For $167, my friend Christian and I found tickets 16 rows back of the stage for the Roger Waters Us + Them show at Rogers Place in Edmonton. It is about as close as a person can get to seeing a Pink Floyd show that includes Roger Waters post-1981. There were nosebleed tickets available for about half of the price so we went all in. The top four concerts...
#metoo
The ‘me too’ movement is a serious matter on Facebook right now, in an attempt to bring sexual harassment to light. It is incredible to see how many women I know who have been sexually harassed. It is truly sad. I too have a story about sexual harassment, and I posted it on Facebook with the #metto tag. I wanted to shine some light on it from a male perspective as well. This is how it all went down… 21...
Tragically Hip, Gord Downie, Amsterdam and Canada.
Tragically Hip, Gord Downie, Amsterdam and Canada. 18 October 2017. Time is really taking my rockstar heroes. It took Gord Downie today. Downie was from a Canadian band called The Tragically Hip. There is a small possibility that you have you have heard their name if you are from anywhere else, but if you are from Canada, and under 50, you grew up with them or you grew up listening to them. Gord Downie was a iconic legendary poetic rockstar. Brain cancer,...
The Situation of my Mother with Alzheimer and Dementia
The Situation of My Mother with Alzheimer and Dementia. Doug, my mom’s husband/my step-father, collected me from the mall. He told me that he barely recognized me when he first saw me because of my short hair. Doug then drove me to see my mother at the care-home where she stays. The home was having a hot dog and hamburger sale so entire families were there to be with their loves ones who have been institutionalised… I was not sure how...
Learning Liquor
Learning Liquor. 6 October 2017 Sometimes I get called ‘Soft’ or get called a ‘Pussy’ because I rarely drink hard liquor. When I get called a ‘liquor pussy’ and I am never sure if that is an insult or a demand… It drives me a little bit crazy because most of the people who attempt to taunt me have never come close to partying to the degree that I have over the years since this journey began fresh to the...
The Synchronicity of Tom Petty and the Name, ‘Jen’
The Synchronicity of Tom Petty and the Name, ‘Jen’. 5 October 2017. Life is weird and has patterns. One could never understand how synchronicity seems to happen in the bizarre ways it does… Tom Petty’s death has hurt me. I loved his music and the way he carried himself as the coolest and most casual person one could ever wish to meet. He is one of my heroes. I have been listening to so much of his music again over the...
My Earth Revolutions
Earth Revolutions. Maybe it is common knowledge but perhaps it is not… I have been thinking about this for the past couple of days and it is likely that no one has had to think about it unless it has happened to them… When you fly around this planet from east to west, you lose a day of your life when you cross the International Date Line. One day full of your life! Poof! Gone! Somewhere between Canada and Australia...
Guns ‘N Roses Concert – Edmonton, Alberta.
Guns ‘N Roses Concert – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 30 August 2017. I was up at 09:00 and my 17-year-old cousin Trevor was up and at it by 10:00 so that we could get on the road. He and I got into his car and headed 5.5 hours north to Edmonton, Alberta… …Guns ‘N Roses. On the drive on the way there, I bought tickets on Stubhub for $145 ($183 CDN) for seats on the bottom of the Commonwealth Stadium, 36...
The Crotch Rocket at 212 km/h.
The Crotch Rocket at 212 km/h. 28 August 2017. I met up with Trevor, my 17 year old cousin, after lunch. Trevor asked if I wanted to go biking. “Heck Yeah!” That sounded like a blast! Trevor has a 2012 KTM SX-7, 250cc, four stroke dirt motorcycle with a lot of bottom end power. He also has a 2004 Suzuki GSXR, 600cc, crotch rocket. I would soon learn how accurate the nickname crotch rocket is for one of those motorcycles…not...
