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Category Archives: Culture
The Purpose of a Lie
When Joyce chose to lie to her daughter it was as if she’d forgotten the purpose of a lie. She was trying to cover up her crime with perfidy, but she didn’t realize that making the person you are lying … Continue reading
The Myth of Narcissus
Many know the rough outlines of the original myth of Narcissus, the man who was so enamoured with his own image that he drowned while reaching for his reflection in a pool. The original outlines of the myth are more … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Peoples, Culture, Health, History, Literature
Tagged Myth of Narcissus, selfie
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Such Friendly People
When I first moved to Manitoba, I couldn’t avoid noticing the license plate. Each car proudly proclaimed—even while they were swerving in front of me for the advantage of a few metres—that I had arrived in friendly Manitoba. I made … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Travel
Tagged friendliness, manitoba, Socializing, Winnipeg
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Cultural Covid
Now that Covid-19 has been with us for two years, its profound effects on the different societies of the planet are becoming more obvious. Relatively democratic societies, for all their flirtation with fascism, are descending into mob rule as unscrupulous … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Culture, Education, Environmentalism, Health, Media, Social Media
Tagged anti-maskers, anti-vaccine, Conservatives, consumerism, covid, Covid19, environmental, healthcare, vaccine mandates, workaholic
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Why People Believe in Gods: Coincidence and the Workings of Chance
When I was driving east with my friend this summer, we began to have car problems. Such problems, as you know if you have experienced them, nearly always occur late in the evening and on a Saturday evening. As if … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Religion, Superstition
Tagged breakdowns, car maintenance, logic and coincidence, prayer
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Skyscrapers: from No Lions Anymore
When he first heard the expression for tall city buildings, he imagined they actually scraped the sky. In his childhood imagination he saw the final bricks—for he was used to building with interlocking blocks—fastened to the top and the last … Continue reading
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Tagged social censure, trauma, twin towers
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Even the Stars are a Mess
They were years of frustration, endless eons of disappointment spliced with rare bursts of pleasure, like the sudden explosion of a present for his birthday, or the sight of horses hanging their long heads over a fence, all in a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Writing
Tagged imagination, walter mitty
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Halfway Across the Country
I have driven across Canada over fifty times, although that measurement is contested by my friend. Everyone gets cranky when they are overtired or have had a bad day, or just when someone is annoying, but when some of my … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Superstition
Tagged alternative facts, arguing, google is your friend, intellectual honesty, measurement, physics
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Retirement
The first time I encountered the notion of retirement and pensions was nearly twenty years ago when I was working at Worcester State College. I had just been hired, and although they only intended to give me full time hours … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Gardening, Health, Self-reliance
Tagged pension plans, Retirement
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Nutrient on the History Channel Show Alone
A central preoccupation of the show Alone is, naturally enough, how to get enough food to stay alive. The show has featured survivors who have made deadfall traps to catch mice, eaten slugs, and relied on seaweed to keep themselves … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Health, Media, Self-reliance, Solitude
Tagged Alone from the history channel, calories, food, history channel, nutrient, protein
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