If you have been following Penniless Pensioner you’ll know he has gone from more or less rags to riches as his Bitcoin investment made him a wealthy man so he is no longer penniless but he insists upon drinking wine under $20 and stocking his wine cellar with wines carrying that price limit so heContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner Goes Overboard with His Tuscan Wild Boar Stew! Stanley Tucci a Special Guest for Dinner!”
Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)
“My Life as a Golf Marshall” : Tales from the Edge : The Stalker!
A colleague in my pro shop told me when he was acting as a Marshall he met a woman who was a beginner and he helped her out by answering her questions about golf. Then he gets numerous calls for several days from this woman which he did not answer. A student working at theContinue reading ““My Life as a Golf Marshall” : Tales from the Edge : The Stalker!”
RKS Wine: Two Sisters 2015 Merlot: Outrageous Gouging or Excellence?
A $84.80 Merlot from Niagara. Is somebody on a psychedelic trip or simply trying to hoodwink the public? Merlots from Niagara rarely impress so what makes Two Sisters confident an $84.80 price for a 2015 Merlot is justified. Putting this honestly this must be an awesome wine or a wine that is floating around inContinue reading “RKS Wine: Two Sisters 2015 Merlot: Outrageous Gouging or Excellence?”
“My Life as a Golf Marshall” : Tales From the Edge : The Headless Groundskeeper (almost)
I heard this story from my favourite groundskeeper at my golf course who is a thirty-year veteran of groundskeeping including stints at some of the top golf courses in Ontario. We get along very well as I always am trying to learn and understand what he does and he senses my interest in him andContinue reading ““My Life as a Golf Marshall” : Tales From the Edge : The Headless Groundskeeper (almost)”
“My Life as a Golf Marshall” : Balancing your “work” and personal life
Depending on the amount of shifts you have as a Marshall your personal life schedule is somewhat diminished. I have retired as a lawyer but this is a new job indeed. Now it takes me 7 minutes to get to the golf course for an opening Saturday shift and 15 for a Sunday afternoon shiftContinue reading ““My Life as a Golf Marshall” : Balancing your “work” and personal life”
RKS Film: “The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses”
Reviewing documentary films can be a chore as the topics are not always exactly cheerful and uplifting. Decimation of aboriginal populations, destruction of the environment, drug abuse, discrimination etc. So when I was offered the chance to review “The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses” I took a deep breath expecting to see a sad extinction tale.Continue reading “RKS Film: “The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses””
Passage of the Day: Charles Dickens “Bleak House”
“The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself. There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and consistently maintained through all its narrow turnings. Viewed by this light it becomes a coherent scheme and not the monstrous maze the laity are apt to think. Let them but once clearly perceive thatContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Charles Dickens “Bleak House””
RKS Wines: Wines from The Outer Limits: Austria; Audrey Hepburn Type of Wine!
Austrians drink approximately 30 litres of wine per person a year which is twice as much as Canadians drink. More white is produced than red. As for red wine Zweigelt is a popular red and is a cross between Blaufränkisch and St. Laurent and as stated in Karen MacNeil’s “The Wine Bible” the wine isContinue reading “RKS Wines: Wines from The Outer Limits: Austria; Audrey Hepburn Type of Wine!”
“Mutantism on the March ” : Chapter 106 Canada’s Worst Enemies: Its Politicians
Premier Poorassa of Quebec held his press conference and laced into both the MSQ and René Hecklevesque claiming they had been a thorn in the side of Canadian unity and Quebec’s integrity. He accused Hecklevesque of inciting populist riots and asserted the “frog politician” Affliction had referred to in his transcript was none other thanContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March ” : Chapter 106 Canada’s Worst Enemies: Its Politicians”
“My Life as a Golf Marshall” : What do Sausages and Golf Have to do with Each Other?
Well strictly speaking not much intellectually speaking. However in my course there is a snack hut at the 10th hole that serves an appallingly small selection of food. At one point in time there was a person at that hut that grilled the tastiest sausages with pride and became somewhat of a golf course legend.Continue reading ““My Life as a Golf Marshall” : What do Sausages and Golf Have to do with Each Other?”
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