Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
-
Sign of the Apocalypse
I don\’t even drink coffee, but I\’m thinking there will be riots in cubeland shortly: Some changes to coffee and tea service in Refreshment Centers Do you enjoy a fresh cup of coffee or tea from your Refreshment Center? If so, you will soon see changes to the selection and service that will help reduce…
-
Week 17: Vikings vs. Giants
Quite the big day for the Vikings yesterday. 487 total yards on offense. Only 181 yards given up on defense. These totals weren’t surprising. The Vikings played a New York Giants team that was out of the playoff picture and couldn’t even be bothered to show up in their last game at Giants Stadium ever.…
-
Week 16: Vikings @ Bears
29-37 20-48 34-10 14-35 7-47 34-21 Those are the final scores of the last 6 games of the 2008 season for the Arizona Cardinals. I bring this up to illustrate that all hope isn\’t lost for the 2009 Vikings. Although I would be remiss if I didn\’t mention that I already have one foot off…
-
Keillor hates the Jews…
Ok, that title is just inflammatory, but it\’s not too far from the truth. I came across this article critiquing something Keillor wrote in the Baltimore Sun (??? – really… why the Baltimore Sun?). http://www.minnpost.com/community_voices/2009/12/22/14492/cool_it_keillor_its_a_multicultural_world_out_there You can read the original Keillor article from the Sun here. Is this Keillor\’s \”I\’m as mad as hell and…
-
Are You Not Entertained?
Sports Illustrated ran an article this week about former NFL players who, frankly, aren\’t doing very well. Carson Palmer, earlier this year, stated that his opinion was that someone would eventually die on the field. Malcolm Gladwell wrote an article about the alarming rate of concussions among football players, and a link from that to…
-
Week 14&15: Vikings vs. Bengals & @ Panthers
It was the best of times it was the worst of times. Yes, it truly was the tale of two games over the past two weeks.
-
The Year in Media Errors and Corrections
Fantastic post. My favorite: Bear sighting: An item in the National Briefing in Sunday’s Section A said a bear wandered into a grocery story in Hayward, Wis., on Friday and headed for the beer cooler. It was Thursday.
-
I didn\’t see that one coming
Interesting post here from Fake Steve – who, if you didn\’t know, writes as a Steve Jobs impostor, if Steve were more comedian and less businessman. It starts out as a hypothetical \’why AT&T\’s network is sucking the fun out of the iPhone\’ conversation, and turns into a \’what\’s wrong with America\’. And while I\’ll…
-
Week 13: Vikings @ Cardinals
After delivering three satisfying home victories by wide margins the Vikings got a taste of their own medicine last Sunday evening in Arizona. The question after such a debacle is (and should be): are the Vikings not as good as people thought they were? Last week I talked about how the Vikings haven’t played anyone…
-
Week 12: Vikings vs. Bears
Unlike last week I have no holiday excuse for being late in posting. However, there wasn\’t much to say about the Vikings asskicking of the Bears. The Vikings were a bit sloppy (a few penalties), but after the first quarter the Vikings dominated. I went to the game with my friend Corinne. After the game…
Got any book recommendations?