Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Introducing a new author…

    Kimberlee Dodge There’s a new author in town.Once started out as a YA (young adult) book writer – with two complete three book series (plus a yet to be published Christmas book)… she is branching out for the older crowd (still PG rated). If you are into ghosts or psychic type metaphysics – you should…

  • A new book is in the works (not mine -mind you)

     Introducing the newest work from  Kimberlee Dodge!  Jack likes order and simplicity. Only his life is rarely ever simple. Jack’s mind has always been bombarded with other people’s intrusive thoughts. Not even the infamous Grandma Rosa could help him silence the voices in his head. In a bold move that takes him nine hundred miles…

  • Unexpected Memes: Mainstream Media Lies

    The post Unexpected Memes: Mainstream Media Lies appeared first on The Unexpected Cosmology. Unexpected Memes: Mainstream Media Lies

  • Safe… or Free?

    Every day we have a choice: we can live in fear, seeking safety… or we can live unafraid, seeking freedom. I have found it impossible to experience any sense of true freedom when I’m full of fear… and I don’t want to be a slave to fear anymore. I lived in fear long enough to…

  • Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick, FBI-wanted felon turned security guru, dead at 59, was raised in Valley

    This is old news, but damn… Life isn’t fair His colorful career — from student tinkerer to hunted fugitive, felon and finally respected cybersecurity professional — mirrors the evolution of society’s grasp of the nuances of computer hacking. Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick, FBI-wanted felon turned security guru, dead at 59, was raised in Valley

  • Target List — The Amazing Story Behind the Story

    By John Reizer Target List is a high-energy, fast-paced action-comedy movie about the creation of a life-saving healthcare instrument and big pharma’s attempt to suppress the technology. Let me explain how the creators of this project took the story from a novel to a feature film that made its world premiere in 2023. Movie Journalists: Indie…

  • How to Improve Your Health with Positive Thinking

    Do you know that your thoughts have a powerful impact on your health and well-being? Do you know that you can improve your physical and mental health by changing your thinking patterns? Do you know that positive thinking can help you cope with stress, prevent illness, and even live longer? If you are curious about…

  • Official Target List Movie Trailer

    ***movie to be released soon***

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 18)

    Written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ ***find this book on Amazon*** *the final chapter* Chapter 18 There was this hole.   “Maybe you should ask Grandma Rosa if this is a good idea,” Julie said as we headed out to the garage to look for the shovels. “Maybe she’s…

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 17)

    Written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ Chapter 17 In the Light of Day   In the light of the fresh new day, nothing made any sense from the previous evening. I had hardly gotten any sleep, and though I don’t remember dreaming, I do remember waking up to every…

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 16)

    Written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ ***find this book and others on Amazon*** Chapter 16 The Root Cellar Jason! Jason! Wake up! Wake Up!      “Jason!” Mom’s voice cut through the screaming in my head. “You need to open your eyes and tell me what’s happened!” I did as I…

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 15)

    Written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ Chapter 15 What a fine kettle of fish.   With Grandma Rosa and the girls safely tucked out of the way in the living room, the rest of us got to work cleaning up the shards of crystal that seemed to cover every…

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 14)

    Written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ Chapter 14 According to Imogene.   “Can I ask what her deal is?” Julie asked. She looked at me with concern.  “And why are we suddenly afraid of some old lady none of us have heard of until yesterday? She can’t hurt us,…

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 13)

    Written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ Chapter 13 Grandma Rosa’s Crazy Theories   No one knew what to say or to make of this bit of news. If Grandma Rosa noticed no one else was eating or that we were all practically holding our breaths for an explanation, it…

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 12)

    Written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ Chapter 12 Quick, Somebody Call Grandma Rosa!   It had been a long week for all of us. I don’t think anybody started to stir until after ten o’clock the next morning. Dad looked rested and admitted that he’d had not only a…

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 11)

    Written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ Chapter 11 Mr. Johnson     Dad and I sat glued in our seats at the table while Mom recounted the entire tale, told to her by the woman she’d met at the historical society earlier that afternoon. The rest of the details…

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 10)

    Written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ ***buy this book from Amazon*** Chapter 10 A Forlorn History   I was so impatient to hear the rest of the story that I volunteered to set the table and got it done in record time. Waiting for Dad to get off the…

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 9)

    Written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ Chapter 9 Down the Rabbit Hole   After Rob split off and headed towards his house with a “Text you later,” we peddled on to Jenny’s. Julie was spending the night at the Harris’s again, so that meant I was on my own. …

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 8)

    Written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ ***Amazon sells this book*** Chapter 8 The Lake   The next day I predictably slept in late. Once I was coherent enough to sit up, I noticed Julie’s bed was conspicuously empty. I dragged my tired butt downstairs, entered an empty kitchen, and…

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 7)

    Written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ ***look for this book and others on Amazon*** Chapter 7  The Wake-Up Call    At 3 A.M., the BANG above my head was so loud and so completely unexpected that I fell out of bed. Again. The next thing I heard was also…

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 6)

    written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ Chapter 6  Explanations   That afternoon, true to her word, we left the girls at home, and Mom took me to Home Depot to look at stuff that might cover the doorway. She was still hinting she’d like to put her stuff in…

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 5)

    written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ Chapter 5    Pranks  Sitting in the dark driveway at Jenny’s house, waiting for the girls to return, Mom and I were listening to music while I was simultaneously running the day down in my head. So, I was a little caught off…

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 4)

    Written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ Chapter 4 The Doll.   That evening came and went. Dad was busy skimming through reports in his recliner in the living room while Mom was sitting on the couch, reading her Kindle. I sat on the floor between them, endlessly scrolling through…

  • THE GHOST Of FORLORN LANE – (chapter 3)

    By Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ Chapter 3 What the What? The house was strangely quiet when I finally woke up. Dad had started his new job that morning. A note on the fridge told me Mom had finally taken pity on our starving souls and had braved the city…

  • THE GHOST Of FORLORN LANE – (chapter 2)

    written by Kimberlee Dodge To start chapter 1 – go here: https://pliscaplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/the-ghost-of-forlorn-lane-chapter-1/ Chapter 2  In The Woods    The next morning, I woke to the smell of Mom frying bacon in the kitchen downstairs. I could smell Dad’s coffee brewing too, mixed with other good smells of breakfast calling my name. My stomach told me…

  • THE GHOST OF FORLORN LANE – (chapter 1)

    written by Kimberlee Dodge ***look for it on Amazon*** Chapter 1          The Big Move Some days, it just didn’t pay to get out of bed. Take the day Mom announced we were moving to Ohio, for example. From the time I was nine years old until now, I hated it. My opinion hadn’t changed…

  • Introducing…

    Kimberlee Dodge There’s a new author in town. — Starting out in November of 2020, as a YA (young adult) book writer now having two complete, three-book series (plus a newly published Christmas issue)… she is branching out for the older crowd (still PG rated). If you are into ghosts or metaphysical psychic-type, stuff –…

  • Feed company poisoning horse with monesin

    Photo by Andreas – on Pexels.com This monensin that they ‘accidentally’ put into horse pellet food is also toxic to the cattle it claims to treat. everything they make is poison. corporations care about money they make and couldn’t care less about the animals they kill. this is just one paper on it below on…

  • Chicken Feed Poisoning egg layers

    ***I understand all too well chickens that stopped laying eggs. This past summer my 25 chickens produced so many eggs I was giving them away (by the dozens) at work. Then one day – after restocking my feed… my chickens stopped laying eggs. I went from eighteen to twenty eggs every day, down to six…

  • UPDATED – “Our blood is now on their hands.”

    ***hey, I don’t write this stuff – but I will share it*** Yes, folks, they’ve gone there. They knew: why didn’t the unvaccinated do more to warn us? NB: Take some time for the comments as well. Hundreds of pages of comments. Someone is getting their arse handed to them.   Update: For a guy…

  • Operation Warp Speed is a Department of Defense-Led Military Operation

    Ashley Hayes Sasha Latypova is an ex-pharma employee and biotech expert.  She has 25 years of experience in clinical research and regulatory approvals, and has worked with over 60 pharmaceutical companies, as well as the FDA.  She is also part of “Team Enigma,” a team of doctors and researchers who have diligently worked to uncover…

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