Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Marc Smith visits the Round Robin stage of the Alt Board-a-Match Invitational The first Alt event of 2021 saw a brand new competition, the Alt Board-a-Match Invitational. A total of 14 teams lined up for a complete Round Robin of 13 x 8-board matches, with the leading eight teams advancing to the knockout stage at…

Even though this is a page predominantly about bridge, I would like to take a moment to relate the subject to cats. If you aren’t a fan of cats, then there might be something in the BBO archive you would like to read instead. It’s okay, I guess, to decide that you prefer Peanuts to…

There are enough things in my body that function painfully, partially, or not at all – and so, it’s enough to class as abled-differently to the completely healthy part of the population. Disability, different-ability, and mobility mean different things to different people. One goes through the same phases of denial, grief, and final acceptance (and…