Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Philip Merrill does a Maxwell?
He seems to have fallen over board too: Rescue crews searched the Chesapeake Bay for a prominent publisher and diplomat Sunday, hours after his sailboat was discovered empty in the water with the engine still running. The Coast Guard dispatched a C-130 aircraft, a helicopter and a boat to assist in the search for 72-year-old…
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Acquaintance
A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich and famous. Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
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A fix?
Yes I am watching Big Brother again. I can’t help but think that Susie’s addition was an out-and-out fix. Most of the housemates suspect it too. BB forums are awash with speculation. Endemol have denied that it was fixed, that she was chosen entirely at random. Susie was entirely too unsurprised and comfortable for someone…
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Enterprise versus Death Star
Finally the argument is settled. And the winner is…
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Ann Coulter loses the plot
I have been closely following the furore created by Coulter’s latest book, Godless. In the book she makes a rather controversial remark in relation to some 9/11 widows she dislikes, amongst many others. Click here for the video. “These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as…
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Vanity searching
For years now I have watched where my first name is placed on the Google index. Yes it’s vain, but it also gives me an insight into Google’s indexing methods. Earlier this year during a Google Dance, I was completely dropped from the index for 3 weeks, for no apparent reason. It has returned, and…
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Triple suicide at Guantanamo camp
I have to say I am somewhat dismayed by the reaction of the US authorities to the suicide of three Guantanamo inmates: Rear Adm Harris said he did not believe the men had killed themselves out of despair. “They are smart. They are creative, they are committed,” he said, quoted by Reuters. “They have no…
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The devil is in the detail
The Omen IMDB Year: 2006 Director: John Moore Length: 2hours Category: Drama Media: Film Rating: 0 out of 5 So I went to see the remake of the 1976 classic, The Omen. I have always liked the original, and have seen it a number of times. The remake is an almost verbatim remake, with little…
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A is for Abdomen
The temple of the god Stomach, in whose worship, with sacrificial rights, all true men engage. A. Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary.
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Ambrose Bierce
I will be sticking in some good Ambrose Bierce quotes now and then on the blog. You can read about Bierce here.
Got any book recommendations?