Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Marc Smith visits the fourth heat of the monthly Alt New Co Last week, we saw the action from the first four matches in heat four of the monthly Alt New-Co. With just one match left in the opening round robin, the standings in Group A were: RED DEVILS  48.08 VPs DE BOTTON             43.82 EDMONDS               …

When I was first learning bridge as a completely new player, my practice flew around the table in all directions. It was difficult to find a single aspect to focus on. Instead, I would just head to the table and try playing, or I would go straight for the most complicated bridge books I could…

There wasn’t a lot of information available about Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) when I was first diagnosed with Marfan’s Syndrome at the age of 15. I remember walking into the hospital parking lot with a lot to think about. Until that age I knew that I wasn’t healthy, but I didn’t have a name for the…