Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • State government has been tough on South Jersey boardwalks

    Late last year the NJ state government shut down the boardwalks at Money Island. This came as a shock to the local residents and commercial fishermen who relied on the boardwalk. Ours aren’t anything elaborate, just about 600 feet of elevated walkways between roadway and water. We already had financial support from private and nonprofit…

  • Tony Novak is the speaker at Tri County Rotary, Vineland NJ, Tuesday August 20, 2019

    INTRODUCTORY BIO Tony Novak is an activist at the Delaware Bay facing the challenges of bringing citizens, government, nonprofits together to agree that the old methods are not working and change in thinking is required to stabilize and restore the enormous resources of the Delaware Bay. His work in New Jersey focuses on Money Island…

  • Goodbye JD

    We said goodbye to JD tonight. Over the past ten years our cocker spaniel soaked up more love in our house than I knew was possible. Every day had to start with a full body massage and belly rub in bed. Early evenings and Sunday mornings he was riveted by his favorite animal TV shows.…

  • Tension over the Downe docks

    It’s no secret that the marinas and supporting businesses all along the NJ bayshore are struggling. The classic predictable human response to environmental pressures is increased tension among members of the community. That’s not unique to us. It happens everywhere. But the environmental pressure is certainly increasing and tensions are rising. The watermen here, pushed…

  • The new search for spiritual inspiration by spreading the story

    The final blow was when I heard a report, also unconfirmed, that government will step up its financial assault on the few remaining local marinas.

  • New thinking required to cope with bayshore transition

    Tony Novak CPA is available to speak with community and business groups on strategies for stabilization and recovery from our long period of decline.

  • A new strategy for fighting NJ police corruption

    I’m still reeling after my latest run-in with corruption in New Jersey law enforcement. A month after the resulting conviction, I’m still learning bits and pieces of the story from neighbors who had prior bad experience with the same officers. Of course, it is impossible to use this information now and the details aren’t strong…

  • Helping start a friends boat rental

    Today we had heavy rain but by evening it was calm and peaceful. I am trying to help a friend start a rental boat business with the procedures and legal requirements https://vimeo.com/346765111

  • Book previews

    A few web sites besides the publisher’s published previews of the book prior to its October 1 release. This passages caught my attention: “The Drowning of Money Island is an intimate yet unbiased, lyrical yet investigative rediscovery of a rural hometown ravaged by sea level rise and economic hardship, and the increasingly divisive politics those factors…

  • Government greed sinks local boaters

    It broke my spirit today to tell long time neighbors and marina members that the bayshore would not be affordable to them again. They don’t understand. They just want to be able to enjoy their passion in their retirement years. They don’t see the big picture. They don’t see the greed and corruption of powerful…

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