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…
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…
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…
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…
Meet the Pixel
Asking myself the questions I’m too scared to ask myself. Questioner Pixel Q.: First of all I’d like to welcome you and thank you for agreeing to this interview. Answerer Pixel Q.: It’s my pleasure, I’m a huge fan of…
It’s funny because it’s happening to somebody else
I like ethics. It’s what I study while I should be working as a bookie. But, for a guy who studies ethics for fun and profit, you might be surprised to find that I have a few ethical pickles of…
I’m moving
My blog header has been confusing me for a while. See, I live in New Mexico (Map included for your convenience). So it makes sense that the “A” in “A Pixelated Mind” is in its own mountain: the most famous…
I’ve decided to disclose
In the interest of full disclosure, as I imagine this Web site encourages me to do, I’ve decided to reveal all funding and endorsements that might cloud my judgment when writing. Here’s an example: We all know I’m in the…
mwahahahah
Dear world, I have now finished my graduate school applications. I suppose suicide would be inappropriate now, so I’ll just go on a murderous, celebratory rampage. Yee-ha!