Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Friends in need
It’s winter back home… I catch myself looking at the weather and wondering how I can be wearing shorts and a t-shirt right now. I should be in my heavy coat and jeans wondering what soup I should be cooking tonight, instead I’m sitting here in my office / garage in the desert and wondering what…
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The three Jude’s
I’ve discovered I have three distinct personalities after this weekend… 1. Sober Jude – This is the normal person you meet in the office, at lunch or just on the street. This Jude is normally pretty quiet and not very sure of himself, of course this Jude has been through the most and his self…
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Lessons in how not to manage people
A new and wonderful policy from above… I see that there is a lot of absentees in the meetings in the venues. Effective immediately, any one absent from the meeting will be deducted the day pay by HR and a warning memo should be sent to him/her. The only acceptable reason is medical leave with…
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What can a guy do?
I sit here wondering why I’m in the office / venue today. I’m sick I should be at home. But wait I’m not allowed to take any sick leave, casual days or vacation days until after December 15th. So here I am sitting at my desk in my logistics compound and thinking wow its 31…
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messy messier messiest
It’s coming to the weekend, well our one day off a week, and it’s looking like it might be another messy one. I’ll translate for the americans who might not know what messy means. –adjective, mess`y mess`i`er, mess`i`est. 1. characterized by a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: a messy room. 2. causing a mess: a…
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Burn…
I’m going through and doing another form of my burn that I did before leaving for the middle east earlier this year. I’ve decided to finally clean out my web server of all my ex’s things. It’s tough going through and cleaning out the past. I thought it would be easier, but I’m finding things…
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Rafting in Thailand… Thanks JB
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