Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Vote out
I never vote for anyone. I always vote against. W. C. Fields Will I vote this year?When did I last vote? asks Plinky Last Tuesday at the Toastmaster’s to elect the best speaker, evaluator and so on. But we are talking of the political electoral then its ages since I did vote. For us in…
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the first day of spring.
When winsome westerly winds caress comely creeping cloves As bumblebees’ buzz-buzzing and cuckoos’ coo-cooing resound in huts, in coves, in groves, In springtime, the sensual season so langorously long for forlorn lovers, Krishna strays and plays, my friend, dancing with young girls. The poem by the Sanskrit poet Jayadeva, describes Krishna in spring. Spring the…
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Mad Hatter
Katherine Whitethorn claimed that hats were divided into 3 classes’ offensive, defensive, shrapnel. Yet when Plinky posted this query I wore my thinking hat! Let me see, what kind of a hat would I be? Different hats for the different personalities that I host, and tasks they do of course… The all American baseball cap,…
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A magazine that I would like to edit.
Broadcasters are storytellers, Newspaper guys are fact finders and organizers of information news magazines are kind of hybrid of both. With dictum in mind if there was one magazine that I would like to edit if given a chance, is an Indian magazine called ‘Woman’s Era” a magazine that I have been reading since the…
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The moody weatherman
Weather is a great metaphor for life – sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, and there's nothing much you can do about it but carry an umbrella. ~Terri Guillemets Rainbows “Moods, are the clutter-declutter pattern of us created by our harmones, experiences, anticipatory response and even the weather. We tend to have feel energtic with…
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Thank God its a friday
Robinson Crusoe was the only one to things done by Friday ~Author Unknown footprint in the sand Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday. Author Unknown Yet there are somethings I look forward to on a Friday. Its the day I have given myself to visit the Universal mother at the Ambalpady temple. The…
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