Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The world can be a terrible place. Shootings, hurricanes, the pandemic – bad. So my mantra for today is enjoy yourself and have fun – we’ll get back to the bad things later. Enjoy yourself with these tunes from these artists in this week’s podcast: Squeeze, Crowded House, the Go-Betweens, Crosby/Nash, Neil Young, Crazy Horse,…

One thing that’s seemed normal to me this summer is the laziness that seems to spread over late summer. Is it the numerous hot days that lead to this, or is there some other effect that causes my torpor? I start putting off tasks I should take care of. Wasn’t sure it would be this…

Weather broke so the weekend’s not too hot. It’s temporary, though – we’ll be back in the high 80’s by the middle of the week. I’ll take the brief respite. Not sure what we can do – pressure the politicians to do something- but let’s save the Post Office. It really is important. They’re the…

It’s another Owen weekend – too busy to do much, as he wants to help, but really, what does an 8-month baby know about writing? Probably as much as me. So, to hold off the baby from taking over the writing, we’ll soothe him with music from The Ramones, Liz Phair, Elvis Costello, Hole, Roxy…

Check another month off the 2020 calendar. July’s done – how will this August be? As hot as July? Right now the forecast is for the weather to be in the 80’s – quite a comedown from the 90s that dominated July. That’ll be a nice change. I’m rushing it today – babysitting while the…

Hi – let’s check the weather report – Hot hot, hot with Thunder storms, hot, hot – it’s summer. Enjoy while you can and how you can. And as the nag says, be safe – wear masks in stores and in what could be crowded areas. It’s not too much to ask. Today we have…

Hi – we went up North to do some hiking in the White Mountains National Forest. We didn’t have a set trail to walk on – we were just looking for one that wasn’t too busy. Unfortunately, thousands of people descended on the White Mountains National Forest as well. We couldn’t find a place to…

We’re taking care of dogs this weekend. They’re easy dogs to care for, but it’s very different than what we’ve been used to when we had our own dogs. We owned two dogs for twenty-five years, but have been without a dog for 6 years (six! It’s been a long time). Neither of our dogs…

Hope everyone is having a fun and safe 4th of July weekend. Would like to say we had a quiet 4th, but since the local fireworks shop had its best year ever, the private fireworks shows were all around us last night. They needed to be more coordinated, though. Only good thing was we didn’t…

Last weekend of June – this month went by with some pep. May was endless, but there was some optimism that hit in June, and while some states are seeing a decline in the rate of Coronavirus spread, others are hitting new peaks. And no, it’s not just because we’re testing more. Surprisingly, 80% of…