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Author Archives: Barry Pomeroy
Haters Gonna Hate
Comments about haters, or people who have no contributions other than to heap ridicule onto another’s accomplishments, are common now, but the phenomenon is not new. I would venture a guess that even when the first stone tool was smashed … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Self-reliance
Tagged boat building, Haters, overcoming negativity
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The Parable of the Man in the Cave
Suffa lived in his cave and every day he prayed that he might somehow win the house across from him. He imagined what it would be like living in a palace, looking out across the desert and even overlooking the … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Solitude
Tagged man in cave, parable, Solitude
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An Island Overrun with Prisoners and Soldiers
When William Golding imagines his feral schoolboys in Lord of the Flies, he thinks that they will inevitably shed the shallow indoctrination of the arbitrary and recently acquired rules of polite society and fall back upon their baser instincts which … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Culture, Health, News of the World, Politics
Tagged 2003 blackout, boot camp, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, hurricane katrina, Hurricane sandy, Jeremy Bentham, military, panopticon, prison rape, prison system, private prison system, William Golding Lord of the Flies, World Trade Centre bombing of 2001
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Bugs on the Bus
I was on the bus one time when a bunch of teenagers got on and, because of crowding, they had to stand in the aisle. As soon as seats came open, they claimed them, and then called to their friend … Continue reading
You Know the Rules
Years ago my sister had both a cat and a dog. Although she was always kind with the animals, when the dog farted she would put the cat outside as well. As she did, she would say, “You know the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Self-reliance, Superstition
Tagged arbitrary rules, Murphy's Law, powerlessness
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Honda Civic Maintenance from 81 to 99: A Personal Journey
Many older people often fall into the trap of believing or pretending that the world was better when they were young. They mistakenly presume that their nostalgia means that their memories are worth more than those who are young now, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Self-reliance
Tagged 1981 Civic, 1999 Civic, honda civic, mechanical repair
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Canada’s Difficulty with Reconciliation
The rediscovery of unmarked gravesites at the Kamloops residential school in the summer of 2021 brought a grisly history into the public eye. Although people had found bones on the site before, the use of ground penetrating radar went a … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Culture, History, Winnipeg
Tagged Indigenous people, Justin Trudeau, manitoba conservative party, racism, Steven Harper, Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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Coming to Shore
If I were writing an elegy, I would say that the voyage has been a difficult one. I readied the boat, took down sails in the storms, and dropped anchor when arriving in the calm waters of the port. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
Typhoid Mary
The case of Typhoid Mary—a name she hated—is a peculiar one in the annals of public health. We had surely had carriers like her before, those who never suffered from an illness they inadvertently passed on, but she was the … Continue reading