A Reason, A Season, or A Lifetime
A person from my past popped into my head recently and the thought of reaching out hasn’t left it. I was wondering if it was a good idea to reach out. So I thought about the times in my life…
Pixel
Pixel Q. refuses to talk about himself. If thou wishest, thou may infer from his blog what thou wishest.
The Rude Philosophy Lexicon
Philosophy has now added some fun, rude items to its lexicon: Asshole – (Coateian) A person who insists interactions happen on their terms. Bullshit – (Frankfurtian) Attempts to persuade without regard for truth; (Cohenian) Unclarifiable unclarity Jerk – A person…
When Matters
Claim: intelligence matters in K-12 education. As an adult, reliability, hard work, and creativity matter more (in that order). As you get older, ability to grow and change matters most. I was once a really smart kid. At that age,…
The 31-Point Plot Structure
So you’re writing a novel. Maybe you want to arrange it in a tried-and-true way. You start writing it in three acts, only to find out that some people don’t divide stories into three acts. Most of Shakespeare is five…
20 Years of Blogging (sorta) – Redux
Twenty years ago, I started this blog with this post.1 Ten years ago, I missed my tenth anniversary.2 This year, I’d like to celebrate with listing meaningful milestones of the past twenty years: So that’s it! What will 2025 and…
The Downside of Reconnecting (Or: The Flanderization of Memory)
I reconnected with an old friend today. Specifically, someone I dated very briefly. It ended poorly, as she and I had very different ideas as to what it meant to be friends or to date. Long-story short, our meeting was…
I’m Legally Awesome
A few years ago, I decided to legally change my middle name. I didn’t know what it was going to be, but then, in the meantime, an awesome idea occurred to me! My middle name is now legally different. And…
The range of exercises
I’ve been thinking about working out a lot, recently. Maybe it’s because I’m pushing 40 and tired of being out of shape.1 Call it CREFTS: I think there is a kind of exercise everyone can grow to like. I, for…
The tragedy of a forgotten friend
When I was nine or ten, I read Animorphs… a lot. I was active on the message boards and even tried to write my own story.1 One of the posters became an online friend of mine, AniJB.2 She hacked my…
Calling all freaders!
Where are you? Was it something I did? Was it when I looked at you funny? Or when I didn’t update regularly for 15 years? Or that I’m just a sentient grape??1 Well, now that Twitter is over and social…