Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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New Kid on The Block
A new tea shop opened in Adelaide yesterday. I know most of the international tea community will assume that meant that a limo pulled up at TDSSTL* to collect Lady Devotea and I – whisking us off to cut a ribbon at a swanky tea affair, but that’s not what happened. In fact, I found out about it on Twitter…
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Family Feud, and a Mild Conspiracy Theory
Behind me is a generation of Australians that believes that “British is Best” , where a Prime Minster quoted poetry about Queen Elisabeth II and where it was considered that our other great ally, the USA, was a hulking, whoring illiterate. Get hold of some old radio tapes, you’d swear it was the BBC. Ahead of me there is a generation that…
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Tea and the Art of Friendship
I’ll be having a tea party shortly. I’m thinking myself and five others, though theoretically some of those others might be couples, so that extends it a bit. It’s going to cost me $5 to hire the venue. Not bad, I think. I’ve selected Darjeeling as the tea of choice. Which Assam? Actually, that’s up to the participants. I don’t want to…
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Pouring Different Cups
{EAV_BLOG_VER:c7ec48f0cf469c95} Above is a meaningless stream of characters. Unless you’re a verification engine, searching for that exact stream, in which case I say “hi”. The reason it’s there is because quite a few people have recommended “Empire Avenue” to me, which is an odd site, where you attempt to define the value of your social media efforts. Five people have endorsed my…
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A quick infusion
I’ve been sitting in a tea shop for 6 hours. My office is about an hour south of the CBD, so I tend to meet people in tea shops. Today, and most of tomorrow, I’ll be here. Here I am, hard at work. Note the enormous quantities of tea behind me. So far I have…
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