Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Diary 9/15/2013 The Kid in the Candy Store
Diary 9/15/2013 The Kid in the Candy Store Given the Enormity of the Universe, the Immensity of Time, the Stunning-ness of Life, I am conscious of a slight hiccup in the Eternal Proceedings. Moi. The obtuse one. Good-looking, charming, modest, but definitely a limited blip in the Universe. A very momentary blip. A sort of…
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And the Lone Marine salutes…
And the Lone Marine salutes (A Distant Theme, despite little Barry Oh-Blah-Ma and his compliant clique. On the Occasion of the October 2013 Government Pretend Shutdown – Can we have some more, Please?) | Despite it all, there is a Purpose. Behind all this Endless Madness. Behind this immature vanity. This unbridled, greedy, self centered…
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 38B) – The Fisherman’s Legacy
A Blip on the Radar Part 38 B: The Fisherman’s Legacy I posted a link to what turned out to be only the first part of this story on Facebook. I belong to the two groups, “Tuna Pilots” and “Tuna Spotter Pilots”, and I usually post a link to any new story there. I also…
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 38) – The Missing Fisherman
A Blip on the Radar Part 38: The Missing Fisherman As you grow older, you inevitably witness tragedies. It’s part of the Great Learning we experience on this little, blue, pipsqueak planet of ours, lost in the Immense Universe. We are small, tiny in fact, short-lived, but we matter. Our lives matter. Our kindness matters.…
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Of Helicopters and Humans (18) I am Flying
Of Helicopters and Humans Part 18: I am flying I am flying… Across the Tuna Fields, somewhere North of Papua New Guinea, and a long way South of a good little woman who waits patiently for me. My Hughes 500 D Model is feeling frisky this morning. She is striding along smoothly, with that steady,…
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Of Helicopters and Humans (19) – Our little Nigger Joke
I AM BEAUTIFUL – REGARDLESS Of Helicopters and Humans Part 19 – “Our little Nigger Joke “ For all you lobotomized Media lapdogs who now obediently hate Paula Dean (recently fired in a Media Storm, for some kind of alleged Nigger comment…) Things are going a little too bloody far these days. And it is…
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 37) – The Pilot who hated me
A Blip on the Radar (Part 37) THE PILOT WHO HATED ME Truth is stranger than fiction. Much. Stranger. I look back, many, many years now, decades in fact, and I still see the incandescent, glowing red hot fury in the eyes of a fellow pilot. I see the angry fists, and I feel the…
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 36) All our Mother
A Blip on the Radar (Part 36) “All Our Mother “ Light in the Darkness, perhaps When it comes to scuba diving, one of the cardinal rules is: never dive alone. Always have a dive buddy along with you. You never know what you might encounter. If you train with any accredited dive training organization,…
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Of Helicopters and Humans (17) “Fire in the Hole ! “
Of Helicopters and Humans Part 17: Fire in the Hole! I was flying, off the coast of West Africa, quite happily, minding my own business. I was on my own, playing with the giants, as my friend Eric calls it, sailing past tall fingers of cumulus clouds, enjoying the sun, the blue, the visibility, and…
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Entente Cordiale
Entente Cordiale For my Fromage pounding, Spanish flying buddy, Jean Michel Varlet… (ils sont tous fous, mon cher…) I was in la Belle France again, circa 1972. 1973? Sometime. Summer time… and the French know how to live. They elevate the occupation to an undisputed Art Form. I was staying at one of their…
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