Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Honey… Honey… No really you want honey?
Eating at one of my favorite restaurants here in the Sandbox, I had the oddest thing happen to me. We were finishing up dinner, some Shish Tawooq sandwiches, when this guy whom I’ve seen there a few times slides up to our table and starts miming something in front of his belly in the rough…
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A great list…
If you want to enrage a conservative, I suggest saying the following: 1. A Socialist wrote the Pledge of Allegiance. 2. Jesus healed the sick and helped the poor, for free. 6. The Founding Fathers were liberals. 7. Fascism is a right-wing trait. 10. Reagan raised taxes eleven times as President. 11. Reagan legalized abortion…
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Recipes
A friend made this for me the other night, and holy crap it’s awesome! Chop / Blend the shallots, red chilies, big chilies and turmeric together. Smash the lemon grass, stir all the blended ingredients (till it smells good). This sauce is good with beef, shrimp or chicken. You cook everything together in a large…
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Doha – Part Deux
Well, I’m back in the sandbox once again, a place I never thought I’d set foot in after my last experience. However, this time around, I’m not running from anything; I’m here for a new challenge. A friend of mine enticed me to join the team working on the Pan Arab Games, and I couldn’t…
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Snowboarding Adventures and High-Flying Events: A Winter Tale
I’ve been remiss in my writing for a while now, so here I am catching myself up! I’ve been picking up more events recently, which is good, but I’ve not been snowboarding enough, which is bad. So far this season I’ve been to Whistler a couple of times and hit the Snoqualmie as well. I…
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Quote
“There is a temptation with a place like The Joynt to keep recapturing that Thursday night, and when you see that new frat boy whopping and slamming shots in the barber’s chair, you want to grab him by the scruff of the neck and say, Son, you are not a drinker, you are a swallower,…
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Death Ann and Prop
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Angry Jude
I’m not in the middle of something, but I feel that I need to be… Let’s say there are two people who love each other but have a tendency to keep an emotional scorecard. What does this mean? It means I’m getting to deal with these two people in a remote sort of way. I’ve…
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From Low-Fi to High-Fi: Embracing Life’s Adventures
I’ve been low-tech blogging, using a journal and writing wherever inspiration strikes, rather than being tied to technology. So, I decided to transfer from the low-fi to the high-fi, all while sitting in a bar in Vancouver on a well-deserved holiday weekend. The people I’ve met in the last two years have been incredible. The…
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Ground Zero
I’ve been following the news and current events lately, and I’ve been surprised by the controversy surrounding a group’s plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero in NYC. People, particularly tea baggers and Fox News, seem to be vehemently opposed to this peaceful exercise of first amendment rights. Let’s revisit the First Amendment, which…
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