How the future has failed
Hi, it’s me again: Pixel at age 10. I’m really angry at you all, because there is no flying cars and you guys have had YEARS to make them. Years. There’s more reasons you have failed. Let me list them.…
I am in California!
Please see Monday’s post for a disclaimer. And now, for some highlights of this most recent leg of my journey: I left Moira’s house in the wee hours of the morning Along the way, the craziest thing happened! California had…
Why Pentaceratops is more awesomer than Triceratops
Me at age 22 asked me now to guest post. I had to ask what a guest post was. My teacher in first grade, Mr. Archuleta, told me about e-mail once and my brother’s teacher told him what a fax…
I am in Arizona!
Actually, I’m writing this ahead of time so that, if I cannot get to the Internet today, you’ll still be able to read some yummy A Pixelated Mind thoughts. So this is my new map. I’ve made four. Get to…
Bill Clinton is talking.
Bill Clinton is talking.. What was Monica Lewinski thinking?
House cleaning
Some quick administrative business before this week starts off: This week marks my odyssey to Seattle. I plan on arriving far earlier than the end of the week, but I thought I’d give myself some time off just in case.…
An elephant divided against itself cannot stand
It surprises me how nobody in the blogosphere or the media has noticed this very interesting foible about the shape the presidential field has taken. I’m writing this before Rudy Giuliani gets third place in Florida, but I don’t really…
I’m incredible, arrogant, and deluded, but not for the reasons you argue
Dear Anonymous, Wow, I haven’t had an anonymous comment in a while. I’d actually grown to miss them! And I’m not even being facetious. I like anonymous comments. I even argued for them here. Anyway, here’s the comment. I’ve split…
Kucinich is dropping out? What kind of a world is this where Kucinich is considered an ‘extremist?’
What kind of a world is this where Kucinich is considered an ‘extremist?’
100 Questions Everyone Should be Able to Answer
My friend Kyle asked me yesterday whether the Romans had conquered the Greeks or vice-versa.1 He also asked who’d conquered the winner.2 In response, I’d like to create a list of questions whose answer everyone should know. Please don’t be…
I, Rule (part IV)
(Please note that as Sim Pixelonia’s leaders grow and learn. Here is part I, here is part II, and here is part III) Welcome back to Sim Pixelonia. Today we will continue our discussion on the economy and move on…
Gosh I wish I had cable: having to wait a day to catch up on the Daily Show and Colbert Report is not fun.
Gosh I wish I had cable: having to wait a day to catch up on the Daily Show and Colbert Report is not fun.
Dear Pixel, age 22,
Hey… you! I have just received your letter and was rather confused by the advice. You told me to ignore grades and make friends, but I took that to be a typo. Surely you wanted me to ignore friends and…
Ideas for bad movie sequels
Brady Bunch 3: The bitter, bitter divorce The Unusual Suspects Big Trouble in Moderately Sized China Ei8ht The Sixth Element The Y-Files Men In White The Good, the Bad, and the Nice Personalities, but Otherwise Unattractive Apollo 14: Apollo Harder…
Here’s another idea!
In the United States, they are presently raising the minimum wage. The problem with this is that it’ll simply drive inflation up, thus hurting the people at the bottom even worse. I have a better idea: What if, instead of…
The Race Card
I’ve been thinking about race a lot recently. Mostly it’s been in the form of “I hope grad schools have a quota, I hope grad schools have a quota, I hope grad schools have a quota.” But I’ve also worried…
Here’s an idea!
Some people1 have already proposed a ‘none of the above’ option when voting. Some2 have proposed a tiered voting system which would work sort of like a caucus. I have a better idea! How about voting against a person? I…
Would you tell anyone if you won the lottery?
… this post was deleted by Flock’s insistence on opening all my previous tabs and WordPress’ autosave feature As best as I can remember, I talked about how the question was too positive for my liking. It reminded me of…