Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Mostly Cloudy
Well, it’s supposed to be a mostly cloudy day today, but right now it’s sunny – maybe the weather report will be wrong today, and we’ll have a good day. I have lots of yard work that needs to get done, so I can use all of the sun I can get. The season is…
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Memorial Day
I was always under the assumption that Memorial Day started after World War 1, but it actually started in 1868, after the Civil War (as Decoration Day, which is the name of a blues song). People in Decatur, Illinois, started honoring the war dead by decorating their graves with flowers, and it was replicated all…
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Troubles
Is it Sunday morning? Then there will be trouble posting to Facebook. I’m not sure if they use Sunday morning for updates, backups, etc., but it’s become hard for me to post to the site. I also can’t really read the site – I only get the top 2 or 3 stories. How frustrating. Maybe…
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Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mothers out there. I no longer have a mother, but I still appreciate all of the mothers, and wish them well. I see all of the Facebook posts of sons and daughters from the proud mothers – I know that they will have a great day, but let’s…
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May Showers?
If April showers bring May flowers (according to noted botanist Bugs Bunny), the May showers bring…disdain? Looks like we may escape the rain today, but it’ll still be very wet – I still have a lot of yardwork to attend to, and may not get that much done today. Looks like rain for most of…
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To this point
Not much time this week – my thoughts (as usual) are all jumbled up. I will try to get my act together later and post something of merit – but for now I think we’ll just skip the regular yak and get straight to the music. On this week’s show we mostly focus on the…
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Knees
I’m 57 years old – is that old? I still don’t feel old – I’m a little creakier than I was, but I don’t feel old. Yesterday my knee started acting up – it’s stiff and there’s a dull pain in the old kneecap. It’s probably nothing – it’s happened before. Still, it’s the first…
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Difficult Music
It’s special Wednesday podcast. Today’s pod is filled with music that I listen to a lot, but doesn’t really fit in with what I usually put on a Sunday podcast. Maybe it’s dissonance, or noise, or some quality that I really enjoy in music that others (especially my wife) doesn’t. That’s it – this is…
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Easter
Happy Easter, and Greek Easter – or Passover. The calendars all aligned up this year. Hope you have a great day. After all these years I still wonder what’s so good about Good Friday – if anyone can explain that to my satisfaction I’d be grateful. It really is becoming spring here – I’m sure…
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What? A change?
So, earlier this week I was informed that due to the size of my website, I would be moved to another server. I did not know what that meant. Is there a charge for this? Do I have anything to worry about? I was told that I had unlimited space, so I was confused. I…
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