Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • World Goth Day

    World Goth Day

    Asterix and Obelix go on a quest to find the kidnapped Druid Getafix, they go to Goth that was the first time I came across this term, there were Visigoths and Astrogoths. I looked up the dictionary to see what “goth ”meant well my friend philosopher guide, the Merriam-Webster tells me that… Goths are members…

  • World Metrology Day

    World Metrology Day

    May 20th is the world Metrology day, and the ignoramus that I am read it meteorology day and wondering about the relevance of the theme measurement for transport. Then I looked again, and realized, it was not written by someone who was challenged when it came to spelling but Metrology was different from Meteorology and…

  • Paying Cinderella

    Paying Cinderella

    Its Pay Time — Cinderella All my commitments and targets are not really met, simply because a large chunk of my time goes in playing spider solitaire and I play solitaire whenever I have to get back into a working frame of mind. Housework I realized did eat into a chunk of my time. of…

  • World Hypertension Day

    Source: World Hypertension Day

  • Athiti Dev(il)obhava

    Athiti Dev(il)obhava

    Athithi devo bhava… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee5Bq_eBlYM Really? What about the responsibility of tourists, nobody talks about that, not even the effervescent travel bloggers. Yesterday we went Basilica Bon Jesus at Old Goa, the place was swarming with tourists. The guidelines to tourists are placed all over the Basilica, “Do not photograph people” being the most prominent one.…

  • The World Migratory Birds Day

    The World Migratory Birds Day

    Their Future is our future This is the theme of the world migratory bird day being commemorated on May 13th. Avian migration is one of the most wonderful events of nature. Birds fly distances to find best ecological conditions and habitat for feeding, breeding and bringing up their young. Migratory birds are birds that travel…

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