Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Best Hockey Name
In honor of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals being virtually upon us (and in the hopes of that being any sort of jinx to the Canucks), I asked the crew for nominations of their favorite Hockey Names. I intended it to be hockey players, of course, but wadE took it in a different direction (which…
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Link Dump
Squirrel attacks Padres\’ Bullpen. Kahn defends \’jokes\’. Charles Barkley: I had gay teammates. A Harmon Killebrew Story. Assorted commentary after the jump.
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Traveshamockery
Is there anything more shameful in sports than the NBA draft lottery? Even Khansie knew the T-wolves were going to get screwed.. “This league has a habit, and I am just going to say habit, of producing some pretty incredible story lines,†Kahn said. “Last year it was Abe Pollin’s widow and this year it…
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Best Comedy on Television:
Alex: This category is so far out of my wheelhouse that I considered just nominating Mama\’s Family and ceding the floor. However, I do have a serious nomination: The Simpsons. Granted, I haven\’t watched a new episode in at least five years, but Homer Simpson deserves to be in the conversation for \’funniest character ever\’,…
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Is the Twins season already over?
wadE: Officially? No. It\’s only early May… er, mid-May, and the Twins are only 6.5 back of Detroit; and the Indians can\’t keep this up all year… right? (I\’ve already written off the Royals). But in actuality the season is over. The Twins can point to injuries as the reason they are struggling, but there…
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Vikings Draft Reaction
We\’re gonna try a new Gambit format, starting today. Every Tuesday/Thursday, Alex is gonna throw out a topic, and we\’re all gonna sound off. Topics will cover a very wide range, you can be assured of that. So without further ado, here\’s some armchair punditry about the 2011 Minnesota Vikings draft: wadE: Time has tempered…
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50 Worst Minnesota Twins Of All-Time
The team here at SP started this list last year, but in classic SP style we never quite finished. With how bad the Twins are doing this year, it seems like it was kismit that we\’d wait until now to publish. Without further ado…enjoy.
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America, F%^k Yeah!
Well, that only took a decade, and a war in a country that he was never in, with the resultant loss of so many of our brave soldiers (absolutely no sarcasm whatsoever there – our service men and women *are* heroes), and the loss of a bunch of personal freedoms, and a debt that our…
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The \’lost\’ Radiohead album
I was reminded of this via a post over at Kottke this morning. I remembered reading it and trying it out shortly after In Rainbows was released, but I couldn\’t remember how it sounded. (Short version – urban legend has it that In Rainbows and OK Computer were designed to be companions, and that a…
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It\’s Time For The Feud!
A recent story in the StarTribune caught my eye. Columnist John Tevlin goes in depth on the family feud going on just down the road from us in St. Louis Park where we\’ve seen Thanh Do (local restauranteur Thom Pham\’s cash cow) close and reopen across the street in a larger space; and his adoptive…
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