Robert K Stephen (CSW)

“My Life as a Golf Marshall” :Back on Track After the Great COVID Lockdown

Rather stupidly golf courses were closed due to the Great Ontario Lockdown that started on April 17th and lasted until May 22. The closure of my golf course was just that and the golf course was open as a park but somewhat quiet on the weekdays. As a park there was more crowding and lackContinue reading ““My Life as a Golf Marshall” :Back on Track After the Great COVID Lockdown”

RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner in Naples: I am worried!

After his engagement with Celine Serpent seemed to implode PP seems to have become a bit unhinged. He was put on tranquilizers by his therapist. And I receive an e-mail from him saying he is in Naples negotiating some cheese importation deal. I hope he knows who he is dealing with as when last inContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner in Naples: I am worried!”

RKS Films: “Fire Music: The Story of Free Jazz”

Growing up as a teen in Montreal I remember walking through Alexis Nihon Plaza in downtown Montreal and hearing Led Zeppelin 2 blasting from a record store. Was that in 1969? I just had to buy it and arguably isn’t that one of the best rock albums of all time? Yes I loved them andContinue reading “RKS Films: “Fire Music: The Story of Free Jazz””

“Mutantism on the March” : Chapter 101 The Laflirte Kidnapping: Different Strokes for Different Folks

When René Hecklevesque heard about the kidnapping of Quebec Minister Laflirte he collapsed and had to be helped to a chair. Some idiotic Orangemen had thrown a wrench into the fine machinery of his plot, as after the Laflirte kidnapping the population of Quebec welcomed its occupation by the conquering Canadian army. If the armyContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March” : Chapter 101 The Laflirte Kidnapping: Different Strokes for Different Folks”

“My Life as a Golf Marshall” :COVID and its Effects on Golf

The great lockdowns and enforced segregation of masses of society and the inability to travel and socialize has created a newfound interest in golf or is it the only outlet and escape and chance to interact with humanity in a socially distanced fashion? Perhaps all the above but it has created a huge volume toContinue reading ““My Life as a Golf Marshall” :COVID and its Effects on Golf”

“Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 100: The Canadian Army Rolls into Quebec: The Son’s of Westmount Strike!

Immediately after the War Pretension Act was passed the Canadian army rolled into Quebec in a show of overwhelming force. Other units were placed on alert throughout the country. Canada in peril! The pimply faced beer swilling youngsters from The Atlantic provinces were proud to be patrolling the streets of Montreal and Quebec City beatingContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 100: The Canadian Army Rolls into Quebec: The Son’s of Westmount Strike!”

“My Life as a Golf Marshall” :Your Intelligence Network

You have several sources of intelligence open to you as a Marshall. The Starter: The Starter has the first real view of the skills and attitudes of golfers. Are they angry or argumentative? Are they abusive? Are they hackers? Do they reek of alcohol or cannabis? I often start my rounds on the first holeContinue reading ““My Life as a Golf Marshall” :Your Intelligence Network”

“My Life as a Golf Marshall” :Welcome to the Oven! Summer Golf in Toronto

I’ll take a cool fall day with brilliant colours surrounding me hoping that the chill wakes up my hidden golf abilities! Summer in Toronto in the past couple of years has been nothing short of brutal. You know how bad it can be that golfers are soaked through at 10:30 a.m. and complaints about slowContinue reading ““My Life as a Golf Marshall” :Welcome to the Oven! Summer Golf in Toronto”

RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner Ratches Down His Cali Cab Expectations!

The Penniless Pensioner appears flushed with cash but his period of austerity has infused a “budget streak” in the man who laments the amount of money he once spent on trophy wines. He seems to have an obsession to troll the bottom end of the monetary scale for wine and he loves the challenge toContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner Ratches Down His Cali Cab Expectations!”

“My Life as a Golf Marshall” :Rain, Sleet or Snow: The Unpredictable Canadian Spring! (April 11, 2021)

I notice I am paying very close attention to the weather as I’ll be out in it as long as it is not pouring rain, there is lightning or snow is falling. The weather forecasts are atrociously inaccurate The golf season will run from April 1 to sometime in November when it is simply tooContinue reading ““My Life as a Golf Marshall” :Rain, Sleet or Snow: The Unpredictable Canadian Spring! (April 11, 2021)”