Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The diary of a relcutant traveller, d3
Good afternoon everyone. Last night was a late night, with very litle true sleep, more simply following unconcious. Having spent some time talking to people, it seems that the things that I should choose to build myself on, is the things I have chosen to become. There are things that I have fought to keep,…
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Diary of a reluctant traveller, d2
So, what happened to day one? I spent the day writing. 8k plus words an rising. This is mostly me trying to find out what the hell is wrong. I’still feeling very sad, and still very reluctant to move on, do anythinhg useful. It feelks very much like being actually sad. I think it’s because…
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Protected: Diary of a reluctant traveler, D-1
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The Diary of a Reluctant Traveler T -1 (or -2)
I don’t want to go. Tomorrow, or possibly the day after, I’m due for a holiday. A break where I get away form it all. All, except me, of course. See, the thing is, over the last 2 years, I’ve been slowly getting sadder, and I’ve not really had time to deal with it. I’ve…
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The Jara23 Midwinter Anthology 2016
If your wondering why this blog has been a little slow (I mean, is anyone still even reading this?), it’s because I’ve been busy working on a new project, a small e-publishing house. For the last 3 years we have produced a Midwinter Anthology, and this year we have stepped up our game. The Jara23…
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Why Trump (and Brexit) Won the Election
Many people are now trying to work out why Trump won, and for those in the UK, why on earth a country that gets more money in support from EU would vote to do with out it.
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Mediatomb and the PS4 – how to get it working
If, like me, you’ve spent a bit of time being annoyed that the ps4 doesn’t play all the file formats that you would like, there is now an easy way of making it all work as you would like. These instructions are for Linux.
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Care Spoons
A long time ago, I read an article by Christine Miserandino about Spoon Theory. By now, pretty much everyone has heard of a paraphrase of her ideas. It explains how people with hidden illnesses run out of energy much quicker than people without them. You can read a cached version of her article here Recently,…
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Your Life Goals are not My Life Goals
Life is not Monopoly. Monopoly is the kind of game where you get to pick a little model, a dog, or a top hat to represent you, and then everyone takes it in turns to move around the board. Success is measured in only one way: Money. Funny Money. The one with all of the…
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Being Me.
It’s interesting to me how many status I see posted by people I know declaring how they are now doing this new thing with their understanding of themselves. Be it coming out as Gay, Trans, or perhaps a new tattoo. All of these things are to be commended. In fact, I think that each and…
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The funeral Of Big Bad Jon.
Many people have been asking for the text of the funeral for Big Bad Jon. Here it is, at least, the plain words. I have added to the book in RED the parts of the book that I said, or the ad-libs that I remember. They may not be all correct, the day was a…
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Spoon Theory by Christine Miserandino
This was originally posted on www.butyoudontlooksick.com, but that website is down as at the time of writing (22nd November, 2015). I found that the original article (quoted below) was difficult to find, and rather found many people praising, or paraphrasing the article. In order to ensure that this incredibly important piece of information is kept,…
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Homosexuality and the Bible – An accepting view
Recently, I’ve been having a debate about why I think that God is okay with homosexuality. The debate has been often rather circular, so in order to aid that debate I thought I would outline my thoughts in a post that might help people understand my perspective, and along the way deal with any criticisms…
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Sermon on NineWorlds (Wisdom)
It’s been a while since I posted a sermon here. That’s predominantly because I’ve moved to delviering sermons from notes. Unusually last weekend, I felt the need to write out the sermon, as it was going to be a bit complicated to make sure that everything was explained in order. That means that I have…
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40 Questions about why I support Gay Marriage
As a socially-liberal Christian, there are now many reactions around the world in reaction to the USA’s acceptance of single-sex marriage. It’s odd that similar results in other countries have not produces such reactions. I have, of course, been in debate over this issue for many years, and many friends have sent me a link…
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