Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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2am dessert bar
Last night we met up with a few friends, and walked over to the 2am dessert bar for a big dessert after an intentionally small dinner. As advertised, it is indeed open until 2am, but that’s only its 2nd best feature. Their desserts are awesome! They have a really fun menu with all sorts of […]
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The Cat City and Monkeytown
“Won’t you take me to…Monkeytoooown? Won’t you take me to…monkeytowwwwwn.” That’s what we (me, ben, and Tracy!!!) were humming on our way back from Bako National Park in the Malaysian part of Borneo. Check out my photos and the very extensive comments to see why!
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Wakeboarding Minus the Wake
Last night, deb and I went to Singapore’s cable wakeboarding lake, and got towed around the lake not by a boat, but by their giant system of cables. It was fun! Starting seated on a bench feels pretty different from starting floating in the water. The cable jerks you more than a boat does as […]
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Baby sea turtles!
Ben and I went to Malaysia this weekend and I got to hold a baby sea turtle! Eee, cuteness! Oh, and there was also a gorgeous tropical beach and stunning coral reefs. But mostly, it was all about the turtles.
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Intermission
As it turns out, our time in Singapore includes a brief intermission. Deb and I traveled to Japan for a week of vacation, after which I headed home to CA for a work trip, and to attend my dad’s 60th birthday festivities, while Deb stayed in Japan for a week of work. At the end […]
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Bryan and Becky come to visit
Bryan and Becky graced us with their presence for a few days in Singapore, and then joined back up with us in Japan for more exploring. In between, they disappeared for 10 days of Southeast Asian travels. Bryan arrived almost a week before Becky, and hung out with me while we both got work done. […]
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Forget Leprechauns, it’s All About the Soup
11 years after Ben spent 6 months going to school in Galway, Ireland, he finally got to show his parents around the place! Ben’s folks were taking a 3-week trip to Ireland (Kathleen’s “roots” trip, sorta), so we joined them for their West Coast week. It happened to be the Galway Arts Festival while we were […]
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What are we doing in Germany?
Celebrating as Alex & Birgit get married! Following up on our bet on the swingset on an island in the river in Prague, Alex, the one we thought would be first to get married, is actually last. He owes me & Valerie smoothies. Really really good smoothies. Although the post-wedding brunch pretty much beat any […]
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Ten Ferries and an Electronic Cow
Our last weekend in China we went to Shi Du with a coworker, his friend, and our favorite local guide, Catherine Lu. It was beautiful, HOT, and filled with locals just getting away for a day & brides having their wedding portraits taken. Wanna see photos? Here ya go!
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Captiontasticness
So, in case you couldn’t tell, I am way better at posting well-captioned photo albums on picasaweb than I am at blogging. So get thee to my albums and check out the new stuff: Visiting Di Yin and Mark in Shanghai Leslie Comes to Visit Checking out the Olympic Park We Learn to Make Dumplings […]
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