Month: October 2007

A Pixelated Novel

This is a historical document. It details the period immediately before the ending of the universe as well as a few seconds (or eons?) afterwards. It focuses on the misadventures of one pseudo-heroic, genetically manipulated Grecian youth.  It is to be remembered that, to the best of my knowledge, everything in this document is either…

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Random Intellingence IV

Metafiction is a type of fiction that self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction. It is the literary term describing fictional writing that self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in posing questions about the relationship between fiction and reality, usually, irony and self-reflection. Metafiction is primarily associated with Modernist and Postmodernist…

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List of things people take too seriously

or: Things that I’ve joked about that I now realize were in bad taste and yet I still haven’t learned to curb my tongue. ((The subtitle is meant to be a joke, it’s just far more true than it should be. And much more true than you’d think.)) Politics Religion Race The lives of your…

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October 2007 Report Card

Evaluation of Merit Pixel Q. Styx, certified blog writer Insight: 9.5 Originality: 10 Hilarity: 7 Reliability: 6.5 Language: 9.5 Spelling: 9.5 Social Science: 9.5 Art: 4 Cooperation: 5 Courtesy: 10 Self Reliance: 9 Conduct: 10 Attention: 9 Workmanship: 8 Effort: 8 Overall Grade: 8.5 A Pixelated Mind, certified blog Originality: 8.5 Social Science: 8.5 Art:…

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How the Joshua Tree applies to Trendy Trendsetters

(Actual conversation just now) 2: I love Moof! She sent me a sock once. Here. 3: You carry around a sock with you? 2: Look! 1: You carry that around with you? … twenty minutes later… 3: I can’t believe you pulled out a sock right now. In the Non-Designer’s Design Book (which you should…

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— set, —

Inspired by Courtney’s latest post, I’ve decided to do a similar thing here.  She said, Ask me anything you want. I will do the Jeopardy version of this and ask you all to give me any one answer and I’ll come up with a question for it.  Sound good?  Okay… Go!   Best answer-question combo…

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