Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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1970
It’s back to school time – hope everyone’s got their pencil boxes ready for the year. School time makes me nostalgic for the days when I started back to school at the New Sharon School – in 1970 I was going onto Mrs. Fiddler’s 5th grade classroom with the same gang I had gone to…
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New Music
Hi. Today’s show features a bunch of new music released this year, and a couple of tunes by artists that will be releasing music soon. I like listening to new music – my interest in music is still strong. I’ve read that many people’s tastes stagnate when they get older, but I still like hearing…
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A Close Call
Earlier this week I updated the WordPress Software on the website and had a fatal error. Didn’t know at first whether it was just something that was part of the web browser (nope – checked that). So I did a complete reinstall which wiped out all of my posts. I was able to put up…
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El Nino
There’s supposed to be an intense El Nino event this fall – Pacific waters are warming up and there is supposed to be an intense period of the El Nino phenomenon. This means far more rain storms in California, which last time had terrible mud slides as a result. I think that they’ll take that,…
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Post-Debate Debate
Well, the first 2016 Presidential debate was last Thursday. My problem with debates, especially early on, is that we really don’t learn anything new about the candidates. Especially with so many candidates on stage, we only get to hear a lot of the stump speeches the candidates have been honing. There’s also not much “debating”…
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The Jazzcast for August
Time for another podcast devoted to jazz. I play a lot of jazz at home, and was surprised how much new jazz I’ve acquired since the last podcast. Coupled with the new stuff is a bunch of classic jazz that I’ve been listening to as well. I’m in the process of “digitizing” my CD’s onto…
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Moving Day
Moving Day – not for me, for my son. He and his girlfriend have found a great apartment (I’ve yet to see it, but…), and I’ll be helping them move today – again. I missed the move to Iowa and the return, but I’ve moved Nick (and girlfriends, who insist on packing books in the…
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I’m a Little Bit Country…
When I was young I always thought that I did not belong in a small town, and when I grew up I’d live in a big city, where everything was happening. I got my chance in my 20’s to move to Boston and work in the city for a couple of years – I hated…
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1975
Hello, and welcome to another special edition of the PB Podcast. Today we travel back in time to 1975 – 40 years ago. Does that seem like a long time to you? When I was born, 40 years ago was the end of World War I – seems like a longer amount of time to…
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What happened to my weekend?
Rainy Saturday, thunderstorm Sunday, then nice during the week when I’ll be inside my office. And we’ll probably press repeat next weekend. We’re starting the day with a thick fog, so it’ll be humid throughout the day that will lead into the thunderstorms. Time to study our plans for the day and see what we…
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