Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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*Phew* Am I Tired
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Adjusting the high any time
Today was a pretty long day for me, guest blogger. Whilst Ben and Deb lounged comfortably in bed, I was crammed into a packed airplane with no leg room, next to a woman whose hand sanitizer literally stank so much it roused me from slumber, and in a seat that in fantastic fashion reclined without […]
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Safe and Sound in Beijing
We arrived in Beijing this morning, and after many phone calls between our hotel and our taxi driver, arrived at our new home for the next 2 months. We have a very nice room, with what appears to be our very own reverse osmosis water filter, so we may have drinking water on tap, which […]
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The Voyage of the Alice
On our last Sunday in Sydney, Deb, Ryan, Soyok, Janine and I rented a little 20ft motor boat named Alice, and drove ourselves around the harbor. It’s a busy harbor! You really notice the traffic when you’re in charge of not crashing. But we did great, and didn’t sink any ships, even a little. We […]
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Melbourne: The Climb of the Penguins
In Melbourne we checked out the local graffiti. It included some really nice work, including art in multiple locations by someone named Deb. We also saw a Banksy, which was exciting. After walking around town, we stopped at Max Brenner’s for hot chocolate. This is a pretty serious chocolate binging establishment, and we did some […]
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NewsFlash: Tasmanian Devils Are Adorable
Deb says: “… but wombats are cuter.” Ryan, Soyok, Deb and I visited Tasmania April 23-25. We started off in Hobart, rented a car, and drove up the Eastern coast through Triabunna, and Bicheno, to a beautiful and giant vacation rental in St. Helens. Unfortunately we didn’t arrive at the rental house until latish in […]
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Stormy Sunday bits & bites
There *is* litter in Singapore. It just gets washed away by the buckets and buckets of rain every day. And people do jaywalk, but only in groups. -=:=–=:=–=:=- Scale is very different here. Last night after dinner, Tanya and I asked our waitress where the closest MRT (subway) stop was, and she said, somewhat horrified, […]
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And the theme shoe of Singapore is…
…Crocs. Everywhere, crocs. The traditional bubble clog to the “no really, a rubber case for your foot can be cutesy” variety to a whole range of flip flops. And the kids all wear ’em too. It kinda makes sense…Crocs were made to be boating shoes, and this island is so wet & slippery it’s like […]
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It’s a good thing I don’t wear makeup…
…aka Singapore First Impressions. Well, I’m in Singapore for 10 days (in the middle of our Sydney stint) for our office expansion project, and Ben’s home in CA for seder, grandpa’s birthday, and Kirkwood Halloween (fresh snow this very weekend!)…oh yeah, and a product launch for work. That too. When he’s in Kirkweed and I’m […]
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Merry in Sydney (& Rainbow too!)
Our fabulous friend Merry came to Sydney for a week of well-deserved vacation. She didn’t really get the “relaxing, chill out” type of vacation; instead, she saw basically everything one should see on a visit to Sydney! She was a busy bee, and I was really grateful that she was up for touring herself around […]
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