Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Phrases From Today’s Headlines that Would Also Make Good Band Names

    Needlessly Provocative Controversial Brain Test Knife Fight Children’s Theatre Women in Combat Drone Killings Ice Building Fire Chinese Film Extras Neanderthal Baby Music for Income Face a New Fear Enough is Enough

  • The Best of 2012

    Best Movie – Cloud Atlas Best Video Game – Dishonored Best Colour – Vermillion Best Sandwich – The one I ate on September 12th at 1:37 pm Best Haircut – Robert Conway of Winnipeg, Manitoba Best Unfortunate Timing for an Erection, Comedic Division – Alexander Stross of Perth, Western Australia Best Unfortunate Timing for an…

  • The Adventures of Space Giraffe!

    Space Giraffe! He’s the giraffe that travels through space! Most giraffes can’t travel through space, but this giraffe can because he’s Space Giraffe! Space Giraffe! His powers come from an experiment gone wrong! A space experiment! Space Giraffe! He battles evil space poachers! They’re trying to poach Space Giraffe, not space itself, just to be…

  • My New Year’s Resolutions

    My Resolution for 2013 Take up smoking. My Resolution for 2014 Quit smoking. My Resolution for 2015 – 20xx Repeat.

  • The Art of Arranging Christmas Presents

    Let’s be honest with ourselves: Christmas is about presents. Yeah yeah, spending time with your family and friends is important, and we all know the “true” meaning of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jimmy Buffett. But when you get down to brass tacks, gifts are what keep the holidays chugging along. Nobody gets…

  • Games I’ve Played with Stuff on My Desk at Work When I Have Nothing to Do

    Goomba and Cthulhu, P.I. Crocodile Dentist by Day, Crocodile Wrestler by Night The Forbidden Love of Stapler and Staple Remover Plastic Giraffe Fights! Crude Sketch of my Parents Tell Me I’m Not a Disappointment

  • H. P. Lovecraft’s Christmas Carols

    I Saw Three Ships Sail to R’lyeh, Never to Be Seen Again It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, and None Survived Nyarlathotep is Coming to Town Do You Hear The Music of Erich Zann? While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Be Devoured by Shoggoths Jingle Bells, Cthulhu Smells

  • On the Mark

    On the Mark is an award winning, internationally syndicated advice column written by Mark Hill. Filling in while Mark is on vacation is his seven year old niece, Louise.    Dear Mark, I’ve been given a wonderful job offer, but it’s with a troubled company. It’s the exact sort of work I want to do,…

  • If My Facebook Status Updates Were Honest

    Mark wants you to pay attention to him. Mark would like to point out that he thinks his taste in music is superior to yours. Mark is commenting on a news article so he can appear well-informed and educated. Mark is unsuccessfully trying to promote his work without looking shameless. Mark is desperately lonely.

  • Classic Works of English Literature That Could Double as Band Names

    Sons and Lovers Their Eyes Were Watching God The Sound and the Fury Citizen of the Galaxy Arrowsmith

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