Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A Twist in the Tail- The history of the NeckTie
The first word that I learnt from this research – sartorialists – derived from the word Sartorial (adj) that of or relating to clothing or style or manner of dress. Textured, solid, striped, botanical, jacquard, geometric, 52 to 58 inches long, alternately withering or widening from 3112 to 5 inches, costing anywhere from three for…
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Popcorn
An iconic snack synonymous with the movie theatre and entertainment, actually packs quite a pop as a healthy snack as well. Archeologists have found traces of popcorn in 1,000-year-old Peruvian tombs. This week, we’ll take a look at the story behind this popular snack, and discover that there’s more beneath that hard husk than meets…
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Right now- on Top of the World- all you got to do is Jump!
Yesterday, Eddie Van Halen Passed after an unsuccessful fight with Cancer. He was 65. It’s 2020! enough said! I was introduced to his music in 1996, by my brother, back in India. It was fitting that the first song I heard was Right Now. After that I heard the entire string of hits including Jump…
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The Used Car Market Set to Grow?
The used car market in America is estimated to be around $350B. With more used cars flowing in – the discerning buyer is spoilt for choice. Hertz is going to have to sell around 200,000 cars from its fleet as part of its bankruptcy proceedings. While the number of cars might not make up a…
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The E350 – An Executive Daily Driver!
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The Sonata
The Hyundai Sonata, introduced by Hyundai back in 1985, is currently on its 8th generation. It was introduced as a facelifted Hyundai Stellar, however, due to poor market response, it was yanked in less than 2 years. Over time, the Sonata became a powerful alternative to the popular Accord and Camry. Offering a well specd,…
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How a Subprime Auto Lender Consumed Detroit With Debt and Turned Its Courthouse Into a Collections Agency
When more than 30% of your employees are debt collectors, you have to question – are you a lender or a collector. The following article came in Jalopnik – Read the original article here When Don Foss started his career as a car salesman, he recognized early on that most of his prospective customers had…
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AutoFinance – is it the next bubble?
While the economy was booming after the last downturn in 2009/10, the average loan being taken on by the consumer went up from around $25K to around $31K for a new car. All this while, adding about $1.2T ( Yes, Trillion) in auto loans. I found an interesting article which can be read here: Some…
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Why are the Oceans Salty?
My son asked me yesterday “why are the oceans salty” and I literally didn’t have an answer as to why they are salty and where their salt comes from- so decided to do some research. This is why the oceans are salty Ocean salt primarily comes from rocks on land Some areas of the ocean are…
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Of butterflies in your stomach
I just finished a book by a friend, which contained his life as a government official in my home state of Kerala, India. It was an interesting book which captured life in India and the functioning of the government in the early 80’s. In one story he talked about how we remember those people who…
Got any book recommendations?