Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Happy President’s Day, Can’t Tell a Lie Cherry and Chocolate Chip Quick Bread
You know how hard it is to find a food theme for President’s Day? It’s hard. Which is why I’m using cherries out of desperation, even though I was a history major and I know that story about George Washington and the cherry tree is a crock. Despite that I decided to do it up,…
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Whatever Wednesday: DIY Acne Clay Facial Mask if Allergic to Coconut
Guess what? The clay facial mask I liked contains coconut too. (To see a list of coconut derivatives, go here, thanks to Becky at the Allergic to Coconut? blog). See how repetitive this whole coconut being in my products thing is? So I scoured the internet to look for DIY remedies for acne, and came up…
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Microwave Popcorn, lots and lots of flavors (and allergy-friendly!)
So this isn’t the post that was originally supposed to be here. I was supposed to have concocted this wonderful braised pork chop recipe, but Winter Storm Nemo happened and shot my plans to go to the grocery store to hell. I tried to make a go of it with what I had in the…
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Almost-Instant Black Bean Soup
It’s winter, so it’s already dark when you get home, late, hungry. and cold. There’s probably some sandwich stuff in the fridge, and there’s cereal, but again, it’s cold. And you’re hungry. NOW. You need this soup. In about 15 minutes, with very minimal effort, you have fresh wondrous HOT satisfying soup. Black Bean Soup…
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Whatever Wednesday: Freshen Up
What do we most need for winter and cold and flu season? Vodka. Yup, vodka. The cheapest rotgut vodka you can buy, in the largest quantity you can buy, and you can deodorize your furniture, carpets, curtains, freshen up your air, and even sanitize your hands. Non-Chemical Hand Sanitizer Adapted from a few different online…
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Chicken Primavera Alfredo
Okay, first things first. My good camera’s battery hit the skids half way through cooking this recipe, so I had to resort to my cell phone camera. Which means that some of these pictures are more terrible than they usually are. Now on to the subject at hand. Alfredo sauce. Seriously, before the food allergy…
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Whatever Wednesday: Cleaning Screens and Polishing Wood
Detailed cleaning, for those times before company is coming over — or your mother is visiting. Get out your old pillowcases or t-shirts. We’re cleaning screens and polishing your furniture. Screens. If you have a TV from this century, it has some weird plastic-y screen, not a glass one. Which means, given that it’s a…
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Overnight Oatmeal
Breakfast is, as people love to say, the most important meal of the day. It also takes place before I’m fully awake. Basically, I feel way more awesome each day if I eat breakfast. But if breakfast isn’t stupid easy — I’m talking pretty much fireproof — I put it off, start work, and wonder…
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