Monthly Archives: October 2017

Magazines and the Internet

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Barry Pomeroy

I was watching a video on YouTube about a man who was setting up his wilderness cabin. Although he spent most of his time complaining about a snow storm that was sweeping through his area I was most struck by … Continue reading →

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A Use of Old Cannonballs

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Barry Pomeroy

Galileo was alone on the top of the tower. He’d asked his friends to stay away from his experiment. He’d experienced enough failure in the past to worry that his latest venture might prove to be embarrassing and he was … Continue reading →

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CBC’s “This is That” and the Reality of Our News Broadcasts

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Barry Pomeroy

I thought my reaction to the popular CBC parody show, This is That was unlike that of others, so I never mentioned it until this summer when I was talking to my friend in Montreal. It turned out, others have … Continue reading →

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Partridge in the Fall

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Barry Pomeroy

When I was in my teens and traveling on the school bus in the mornings, I would often sit across from my friend Bruce. We were both farm children and thus had lots of chores to finish every night, but … Continue reading →

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Checking Your Delusions

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Barry Pomeroy

The method for checking our many delusions—that the Harry Potter letter is going to arrive for us any moment, that god is carefully listening to my prayers about the cancer He gave my mother, that the earth is flat, the … Continue reading →

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Waking to News about Maniacs

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Barry Pomeroy

Since I need to be awake by nearly the same time every weekday, I have taken to setting my clock radio for nine in the morning and then listening to the morning news before I actually turn off the clock … Continue reading →

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