Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Driving with undue care and attention…
As an IT consultant I’ve done a lot of driving over the last 12 years and I suffer from a bit of road rage from time to time. Sadly, the majority of bad manoeuvres I see are from woman; I can see them having full on conversations with their kids in the review mirror, turning…
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Should bike helmets be compulsory?
As many of you know, my husband head-butted a transit van recently and sustained substantial head injuries; multiple-fractures to the skull and bleeding on the brain. We’ve talked about it extensively and we both agree that in this case, a helmet would probably have helped due to the location of the injury and the speed…
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Don’t tell your mum….
On the face of it this is a pretty harmless statement. My husband often says this to our daughter when he’s taken her for a cheeky McDonalds, given her ice-cream before dinner or sloped off for a sneaky pint at the pub. I’ve also been know to say ‘don’t tell your father’ if I’ve bought…
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I never win anything *stamps my feet*
How little did I know? Happiest Place in the World Earlier in the week we were at an event hosted by VisitDenmark, encouraging tourism to Denmark. To be honest, I’ve been to Copenhagen years ago and it wouldn’t take a lot to get me to go back. It’s full of happy gorgeous people who know…
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Maybe being a perfect parent isn’t such a good idea….
Do I take my daughter to see her daddy in hospital? This was a question I struggled with recently. As many of you are aware my husband was involved in a road traffic accident and sustained substantial head injuries; not a phone call any loved one ever wants to receive late on a Friday night. …
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