Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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New Year, New Horizons
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man in possession of a blog, must be in want of time to write. And yet, that time has eluded me over the past year and a half. Some of this was losing the habit in the years before COVID came for our health and sanity. But, in…
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Sunday Seven: Current Events, New Music, and Healthy Eating
Looks like this might be an every other week rhythm, and that’s probably just about right. Prayer for our city and nation: Our pastor Damein adapted this from a John Piper prayer. It was very moving, and we actually had a gap in the recording after he was done to gain composure before moving into…
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The Violence Inherent in the System
I haven’t had much to say recently because I’ve been thinking. I picked quite the year to resume regular writing. Topics are not hard to find. But, with this particular topic, I’m still not quite sure what I think, so I’m not sure what to say. To take a step back, I tend to access…
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Sunday Seven: Epidemiology, Mario Kart, Island Lime Rum Chicken
I missed a couple of weeks, but now that summer is officially here, I’m looking forward to getting into a regular rhythm. Book I just finished: Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs by Michael Osterholm & Mark Olshaker. My pastor mentioned this to me a while back and I decided to pre-order the paperback,…
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Small Business Saturday: WOB UCF
It may seem counter-intuitive to feature a chain restaurant in a series on small businesses. However, in this case, it’s one of two franchises in Orlando, and they function independently of the larger corporation in terms of the bottom line. It may also seem odd to call it a restaurant, but since they serve a…
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Small Business Saturday: Clippers Barbershop
Hopefully your state is in good enough shape to re-open if it isn’t already. We are more or less fully into our Phase One here in Florida, and last Monday that began to include barbershops and other places I don’t care about but am glad are operational again. As we start re-opening, I want to…
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Philosophy Friday: Dare to Know
As I was preparing for my post about Liberty’s philosophical demise, I was reminded I used to do a series called Philosophy Friday. I’m not going to link to any of those posts because they’re mostly from 6 years ago and you shouldn’t read them (but I suppose the search bar does work). But, I…
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Three Books You Need to Read (Sooner Rather than Later)
I recently shared a memory on Facebook of reading The Inevitable. It is one of the few books I’ve read in one sitting (Hillbilly Elegy is another one). I both remember sitting on the beach reading most of it in one sitting and then excitedly telling my senior class about it the next week. Part…
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Philosophy Going the Way of The Buffalo
One of the most important classes I took in college was Intro to Philosophy. By “important,” I mean “has had measurable lasting impact on me.” In a different life, I might have become a literal doctor in philosophy. But, since I took it at the start of my junior year and already had grad school…
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