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Archive of posts filed under the mind category.
Quote of the Day
Does this apply to today? Why, or why not? When an economy is expanding and things are going well, it becomes easier to think in terms of spending resources to deal with problems. Times of recession or of slow growth and slowly rising living standards with reduced public resources result in downgrading the significance of …
Elephant Diaries: Zombie Fiction Edition
A bit of dystopian fiction from my young friend Kelsey, with a loving nod to our disappearing past: “But those were on paper once, you can’t be that sure” “It also isn’t one of those papers.” “What? But that means it’s…okay, you’re right, it’s old. But how old?” “Dunno”, you say, “dates missing. But it …
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How Many People Saw the Rose Parade?
Two decades ago, while a young reporter for the Pasadena Star-News, I convincingly debunked the official claim that a million people show up in person to see the Rose Parade. It took about five minutes of simple arithmetic to show that it was impossible*, and my colleagues and I then attempted to estimate the real …
Goodbye Blacklung!
Who Is Eli Rabbett?
Today’s Inkstain Search of the Day: who is Eli Rabbett (sic) I’m happy to note that I’m in good company in misspelling the good Dr.’s “name”. But I’m hoping that with this post I’ll claim the number one Google ranking.
Merry Christmas
Social Media Signposts
A couple of notable signposts I recently passed on the social media highway. The first, a twitter post from a new tweetFriend yesterday: Question for everyone: How do you go about “catching up” on Twitter when you’ve been away for a couple of hours? The second, a link from another tweetFriend to twitTangle: We allow …
Triptychs
Many people have made triptychs. Dave is one of them: A long time ago I took photos of my Spinal Tap Action Figures. I feel no explanation is needed as to why I would take photos of my Spinal Tap Action Figures… they are Spinal Tap Action Figures. Nonetheless, I uploaded a triptych of the …
Inkstain CSFC Index
The new bike path makes getting in and out of my neighborhood much safer, but I no longer find myself behind the neighborhood Wal-Mart MegaStore, which means I’ve lost touch with the Inkstain Cheap Shit From China (CSFC) Index. It’s based on the number of shipping containers out back to hold the overflow inventory they …