Robert Randall
@robertwrandall.bsky.social
Flaneur. Former Saanich Arts Culture & Community Wellness Committee, Past co-chair Open Space Art Soc., Downtown Residents Assoc. & Downtown Adv. Comm.; 9th place 2008 Victoria civic election. Artist, Designer, Writer, Picture Framer.
Never even got to use it. Never seen a goat run so fast.
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Never even got to use it. Never seen a goat run so fast.
Poilievre is the type of guest star that comes on the Beachcombers with a plot to tear down Molly's Reach.
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Poilievre is the type of guest star that comes on the Beachcombers with a plot to tear down Molly's Reach.
Victoria had a small Ku Klux Klan outpost here back in the '80s whose ideology closely mirrored today's extremists. Nanaimo had some too. Except now instead of being a mocked fringe it's an influential force. They just needed rebranding.
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Victoria had a small Ku Klux Klan outpost here back in the '80s whose ideology closely mirrored today's extremists. Nanaimo had some too. Except now instead of being a mocked fringe it's an influential force. They just needed rebranding.
Ernie Skinner died just last month. Him and Alex Campbell go way back to the ‘50s at Shop Easy. MoY has good prices if you keep your eyes open.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Ernie Skinner died just last month. Him and Alex Campbell go way back to the ‘50s at Shop Easy. MoY has good prices if you keep your eyes open.
That’s one of the things that killed off photo radar here years ago, all revenue went to the province but the city maintained it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
That’s one of the things that killed off photo radar here years ago, all revenue went to the province but the city maintained it.
The La Collina that used to be beside Big Barn Market (now Root Cellar) was sad--formerly a vibrant little shop on Cedar Hill a couple of guys bought it (incl. Alex Campbell Jr.), expanded it and then when things started going bad tried to franchise it to no avail.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The La Collina that used to be beside Big Barn Market (now Root Cellar) was sad--formerly a vibrant little shop on Cedar Hill a couple of guys bought it (incl. Alex Campbell Jr.), expanded it and then when things started going bad tried to franchise it to no avail.
Dad joked the controller motto was, "We haven't left one up there yet".
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Dad joked the controller motto was, "We haven't left one up there yet".
40 years ago my air traffic controller father and a couple of co-workers formed a bluegrass band and wrote songs:
🪕Call us up on your way down
When you're iced up and alone
If our vectors start to bore you
You can find your own way home...
🪕Call us up on your way down
When you're iced up and alone
If our vectors start to bore you
You can find your own way home...
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
40 years ago my air traffic controller father and a couple of co-workers formed a bluegrass band and wrote songs:
🪕Call us up on your way down
When you're iced up and alone
If our vectors start to bore you
You can find your own way home...
🪕Call us up on your way down
When you're iced up and alone
If our vectors start to bore you
You can find your own way home...
The most ridiculous example was 1267 May Street in Fairfield. A dated, generic, boring house from 1947, they had to bullshit some fake architecture history to justify heritage designation and council bought it.
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The most ridiculous example was 1267 May Street in Fairfield. A dated, generic, boring house from 1947, they had to bullshit some fake architecture history to justify heritage designation and council bought it.
1974 was the end of the GH building boom. Some amazing innovative architecture here. A lot of cookie cutter GMHC designs but they are quite dynamic. Speaking of such, perhaps it should be designated permanent heritage. Why not?
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 AM
1974 was the end of the GH building boom. Some amazing innovative architecture here. A lot of cookie cutter GMHC designs but they are quite dynamic. Speaking of such, perhaps it should be designated permanent heritage. Why not?
My uncle tells me 1960s kids would be ashamed to admit they came from James Bay. It's where the poor people lived.
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
My uncle tells me 1960s kids would be ashamed to admit they came from James Bay. It's where the poor people lived.
Pure nimbyism. They tried this years ago by trying to get a street in Fairfield locked down as well.
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Pure nimbyism. They tried this years ago by trying to get a street in Fairfield locked down as well.
Because it's perfectly normal for old cottages to adjoin a capital city's downtown.
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Because it's perfectly normal for old cottages to adjoin a capital city's downtown.
No, think much larger.
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
No, think much larger.
Reminder I have lots of sheets of 32" x 40" foam to give away. Can be cut down to size. Free.
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Reminder I have lots of sheets of 32" x 40" foam to give away. Can be cut down to size. Free.
I know government employees forced down the ladder to retain their job. A lot of people are juggling part-time jobs and gigs. For young people this is fine as it gives good life flexibility. But they don't yet appreciate the value of benefits and pensions a good full-time job provides.
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I know government employees forced down the ladder to retain their job. A lot of people are juggling part-time jobs and gigs. For young people this is fine as it gives good life flexibility. But they don't yet appreciate the value of benefits and pensions a good full-time job provides.
Not the Empress Hotel.
November 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Not the Empress Hotel.
Not a government building.
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Not a government building.
Excellent guess. There are similarities although the Munro's ceiling is several years younger.
November 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Excellent guess. There are similarities although the Munro's ceiling is several years younger.
I oversimplify but I understand the argument to be to limit VicPD's scope, hence they require less money. Non-violent incidents are seen by different orgs with a variety of funding so no net increase to the taxpayer. I haven't seen enough evidence to know if this is practical or effective.
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I oversimplify but I understand the argument to be to limit VicPD's scope, hence they require less money. Non-violent incidents are seen by different orgs with a variety of funding so no net increase to the taxpayer. I haven't seen enough evidence to know if this is practical or effective.
Has there been discussion on how those resources would be reallocated in a practical sense? Or are these more high-level conversations? Because if we're going to take things off VicPD's plate & distribute them to private security & professional and volunteer orgs there must still be accountability.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Has there been discussion on how those resources would be reallocated in a practical sense? Or are these more high-level conversations? Because if we're going to take things off VicPD's plate & distribute them to private security & professional and volunteer orgs there must still be accountability.
Only if they cooperate in "a timely manner" with CFIA. They did not.
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Only if they cooperate in "a timely manner" with CFIA. They did not.