Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Classic Minnesota
I\’d like to paraphrase the 15-second promo for one of our news stations that I heard the other night. I feel that it captures the essence of how ridiculous Minnesota can get sometimes. (Picture these bullet points appearing on screen along with the perky anchorwoman.) \”Here are some of the stories we\’re working on for…
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The TX GOP
Last year I outlined the platform of my candidacy for the position of President of the United States of America. Recently the Texas GOP has released their 2010 State Republican Party Platform, which by reports I’m reading is very similar to their 2008 Platform.
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The Shortest Possible Game of Monopoly
Detailed here: Two players, four turns, and according to the accompanying YouTube video, doable in 21 seconds. Honestly, if this had any chance of happening on a consistent basis, I might be more inclined to play it. Instead, as we all know, Monopoly ruins families.
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Life of Dilbert
One of our executives has asked me to do some work which is keeping me busy as of late. I\’ve been asked to do an application assessment to identify where we have duplicative systems in our environment that satisfy the same business capability but in different segements. Essentially this work is a rehash of work…
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Sunglasses Found!
My long personal nightmare is over! The best pair of sunglasses I ever owned have been found! Shown here in one of their last known photographs, the sunglasses were long assumed to have found a watery grave at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka, or had perhaps been unwittingly discarded at the side of some unknown…
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Leroy Stick
That\’s the pseudonym of the man behind @BPGlobalPR, which if you have not read it yet, is pretty brilliant. Here he\’s speaking out against the inanity of BP trying to \’protect their brand\’. \”You know the best way to get the public to respect your brand? Have a respectable brand. Offer a great, innovative product…
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Quote of the day.
From this Newsweek article, about how photojournalists feel it\’s possible that BP and the Coast Guard are being overly restrictive towards who gains access to the affected areas of the Gulf Coast: Some Gulf Coast watermen find BP’s desire to limit press access obvious. “If there was a major fire in a warehouse, would you…
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The 20 Worst Drinks in America
I\’m not usually a big fan of these advice type articles. I\’m of the opinion that diet advice boils down to the following phrase: Eat less. Work out more. That said, I think this is worth a look, both because of the startling badness of some of these concoctions, and the clever imagery with which…
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RIP Jose Lima
Naturally, Poz says it better than I ever could. \’Heart attack at 37\’ is certainly a sobering phrase, and we should all take the time, perhaps, to celebrate life like it\’s Lima Time. In that spirit, I\’d like to open the commenting floor to Wade A, who had the good fortune of believing in the…
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30th Anniversary
It\’s apparently the 30th Anniversary of the release of The Empire Strikes Back, a fact which Spike TV is using to run a Star Wars marathon all weekend. So that\’s cool. But here\’s a fact I wasn\’t aware of: George Lucas didn\’t write the screenplay. He wrote the story, but two other writers did the…
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