Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Tuna Hunter Ch.4 “Lake Geneva “
Ch 4. LAKE GENEVA The beautifully manicured hands, fingers spread, underwent a minute inspection, that lasted a long time. A very expensive after shave fragrance was added to the atmosphere, and the exquisite crystal and gold framed mirror recorded a slick face, with the eyebrows knotted slightly, as if the owner was calculating, or deep…
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Storm and Fire – Passion & Judgment
STORM AND FIRE THESIS: I’m in a steep dive. In a small, two seat, aerobatic aircraft. An Eagle. Agile, fast. The airspeed is increasing. The controls are going super sensitive. The propeller tips are going supersonic. Now they are screaming. Above the bellow of the engine, I can hear them. 140…150…160 knots…. The altimeter is…
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We, the Weary people
WE, THE WEARY PEOPLE December 25, 2008 (for one of my buddies, who thinks Barack Obama’s Public Works projects and Big Spending economic policies are brilliantly original, the salvation of the US economy, and have never, ever, been tried before…) “We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before…
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The Tuna Hunter Ch.3 “The Caddock lambs “
3. THE CADDOCK LAMBS All her friends and family felt she should have been a vet. Such were her patent abilities with animals. Her father’s dairy farm afforded her many opportunities to work with animals of all kinds. Cows, sheep, chickens, dogs, cats, geese, ducks and a lone tortoise all seemed to thrive under her…
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The Tuna Hunter Ch.2 “The Contract “
2. THE CONTRACT The light in the dingy room was subdued, coming as it was from a single dim bulb that hung precariously from a cracked light fitting. The room was sparsely furnished, with an old desk, a few decrepit chairs that looked as if they had been used in a bar room brawl, and…
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The Tuna Hunter Ch.1 “The Empty Quarter “
1. THE EMPTY QUARTER Alone above the Pacific Ocean, just south of the Equator, the tiny speck in the immense sky seemed lost and out of place. It circled, hung around for a while, and then popped off to look at another interesting piece of ocean. Slowly, it grew in size, and became a Bell…
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A Lonely Cockpit
A LONELY COCKPIT I guess I can recognize danger pretty well. I bloody hope so anyway. Especially in Aviation. And even more especially with helicopters. The fact that I am still alive, having logged more than 10,000 flying hours in helicopters, aerobatic “stunt ” aircraft, open cockpit biplanes, and other somewhat oddball contraptions,.. in a…
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Curiosity: “Introduction “
An Ode to Curiosity Of all the human attributes, tendencies, motivations or instincts, I applaud what I regard as the great virtue of curiosity. Humans who show little or no curiosity have lost a lot. Curiosity is child’s play. It is a natural gift from whatever Deity you worship or revere. And if you don’t,…
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 4) “Apples and Pears “
A Blip on the Radar (4) Our ship had once again put into the port of Wewak, on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea, to offload her catch onto a refrigerated container ship. I, faced with three or four days of leisure, had gone ashore in search of adventure, and maybe some fresh fruit.…
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Jeremy’s War: Chapter 40 “The Loser “
Part Five “THE LAST BATTLE ” Ch.40 THE LOSER He lay in bed, and stared up at the flaking ceiling. The small apartment had once been luxurious, but the whole building had long since passed its peak. The area had gone down, and so had the occupants. Sometimes he lay on his back on the…
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