Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Wednesday’s in October suck….
Organizing my thoughts has been a challenge in the last three months. We’ve experienced a rollercoaster of good and bad news, all seemingly happening simultaneously. Time has taken on a peculiar quality, playing tricks on my senses. As someone who thrives on events, this has put me at a disadvantage. Right now, time feels like…
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America…
My heart hurts; my country is descending into madness with this idea that it’s our “right” to own guns. Another shooting, and yet again, we will do nothing to rectify the issue. Owning guns and having access to guns doesn’t make you safer; it makes you more unsafe. And yet, my countrymen will continue to…
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2013 in a nutshell
2013 was a year filled with many events. I had the opportunity to work on festivals I’ve always wanted to attend or be involved with, and it was a rewarding experience. Music festivals are a lucrative business, and I’m grateful for the chance to work on some of the biggest ones, gaining valuable perspective on…
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Why I really started snowboading
I started snowboarding in 2008 and would love to give others the same experience I’ve had or something close to it. Until 2008, I had only been on a snowboard once before in my life, and that was in 2006, indoors on man-made snow in Dubai. An experience that both terrified and elated me at…
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Navigating a Doha Nightmare: The Trial of Getting Home
My journey home from Doha was a trial, quite literally. It turns out the paperwork that was supposed to have been done back in January, regarding the settlement I had to agree to or be stuck in Doha for two years fighting fraudulent charges on my credit card from 2006, was not completed. I opted…
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Apple has me by the balls and here’s why….
I made the leap back into Apple last year by buying a used MacBook pro, it was a necessity at the last minute as my dell laptop succumbed to the dreaded nvidia failure that almost all laptops had from that year. I was going to be traveling the next day and I didn’t have time…
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Exit stage left
Well I’ve started my exit procedure for the Arab games… So far I’m a little freaked, not that I’m leaving, but that they’ve taken all forms of identification that I can use to be recognized as a US citizen… I have no ID card and no passport in hand; since rule #1 when traveling internationally…
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Suitcases….
Packing for home and discovering your two suitcases that have traveled the world with you have developed quirks you can’t live with anymore are ready for the scrap heap. I’ve retired my large Samsonite and have traded it in for a North Face wheeled duffle. It’s not perfect and it’s not what I usually go…
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Yes of course I can help you… Let me put you on the list…
In this part of the world there are two types of people, one who can work anywhere in the world and get the job done, the other are people who can’t get jobs anywhere else in the world and are stuck here. This event has had me wondering which category I fall into and at…
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Brain Dump
What to say, I’ve been at a loss for words recently and I’m not quite sure why… I’ve been busy as hell, but I just don’t have much to say I guess since its really just the same things I’ve been doing since I got back to the sandbox. It seems I have a routine,…
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