Month: February 2008

Numbers or Lists Hyperbolic claims Memes (for some people) Exclamation points!! Politics Things that might be about you Why are there only six items on this list?  I call foul! Related posts: Heading Title Body Lame ass joke (_|_) Closing, Signature. aaaaaannnnnddd….. publish…. Post Title Post Body. Discuss…. About The Blog A Pixelated Mind is…

Having an ethnic name, ((by the way, my name is Santos Jamal McGoldstein Esq.)) I sometimes get people expecting me to show up in a Dashiki Poncho with bling. When I show up wearing only the bling, people are somewhat surprised. My name hinders my chances when applying for a job or an apartment, ((Don’t…

I can count on one hand how many times I’ve worn a giant sombrero or a poncho or a trench coat, but this doesn’t seem to stop people from having those instances be the first time they remember seeing me. So far, six people have said the phrase, “weren’t you wearing a giant sombrero that…

Read this and weep: ((If you can’t read it, it says I am granted provisional admission. Hear that and weep.)) For those of you not in the know, Duke is ranked 36th worldwide in philosophy, but 1st worldwide in philosophy of biology, which is my intended focus. You might say I only got accepted because…

Blah Related posts: Whoa! 70 posts in the month of January. That’s an average of 2.29 posts per day. And we’re not even counting the retconning of my history (although shh! You didn’t hear it from me). I seriously… Manifesto A spectre is haunting me — the spectre of myself as I ought to be.…

Barring mitigating circumstances, all of my friends should be willing to: Bail me out of jail if need be (I’ve seriously lost a friend because of this) Give me a relatively small amount of change (such as to be able to afford a coffee) and not expect to be paid back. Be willing to loan…