Here’s a question: If you could figure out the definite, true answer to any one mystery of anything, what would you choose? Here are some sample mysteries: Did Bigfoot eat the Lindbergh baby? Did aliens illegally immigrate to the United…
In doing research for this post, I realized that both browsers mentioned are trying to include something similar to this (albeit far less functional) in their next major release. This makes me happy as I wasn’t expecting people to be…
Do you think grad schools would think it was deep if I just sent a letter that said ‘tweet, tweet, tweet?’ or do I have to write a longer essay? #
Do you think grad schools would think it was deep if I just sent a letter that said ‘tweet, tweet, tweet?’
The following is an e-mail from the past, composed on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, and sent via FutureMe.org Dear Pixel, circa October 2007: Sometime I don’t get you. You left your job to travel the world and you ran out…
I like the environment. It’s been good to me. It warms the cockles of my heart. So when it asked me to write a post in my own style for Blog Action Day, I was more than happy to oblige.…
I realized some time ago that most arguments (esp. bad ones) can be deflated with a few well-placed words. If they’re really good words, they can also deflate the person’s ego and get a laugh from nearby bystanders. I found…
I was recently asked, in a culturally infectious transmission of information (a meme), which literary characters I’d make out with if I could. Since hot female leads are usually not the reason I choose books, this list was tough, but…
There are two types of labels that people use to describe themselves: accidental and essential properties (footnote to Aristotle*). I find these fascinating as I peruse ‘about me’ profiles throughout the Internet. The perceived essential properties always jump out at…
This post continues an idea from yesterday’s post. When I was a kid I was always bad at Truth or Dare. It wasn’t because I didn’t want to share things about myself and it wasn’t because I was afraid of…