Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • How to Remove Crayon

    Bloody Hell!  I can’t believe it worked!  Madame had drawn on not 1 but 5 of our painted walls with not just any old crayon, but a heavy duty extra greasy whiteboard one!  I tried baby wipes but they didn’t work.  A few people on twitter suggested using WD 40. I did think they were…

  • Happy Valentine’s Day!

    Madame has taken to leaving her own design flare around the house recently. So I don’t know what possessed me to buy her these for Valentine’s Day.  They’re super cute though.  They’re home-made crayons from the Little Green Paintbox, which come in a lovely little canvas drawstring bag. They also do other shapes as well…

  • This is not Bible Bashing!

    I’ve been to church more this weekend than I have in the last 10 years.  I attended a mate’s funeral on Friday in a Catholic church and today I attended a Christening in a C of E Church.  As it was a ‘young persons’ funeral on Friday the place was full of young people. However,…

  • When I Get Around To it!

    My father was a very hard working man.  He was a heavy duty welder who worked in the mines and on the oil rigs.  However, when it came to doing stuff around the house he would always say ‘I’ll do it when I get around to it’.  Guess it was kind of like a busman’s…

  • Is There a Correct Way to Hang a Loo Roll?

    I was a very strong believer that this was the correct way to hang a toilet roll, with the paper hanging down the back.  So much so, that if I came around to your house and you didn’t have one of those fancy or lock and key toilet roll holders I would switch yours around. …

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