A Pixelated Novel

Genius on paper

This is a historical document. It details the period immediately before the ending of the universe as well as a few seconds (or eons?) afterwards. It focuses on the misadventures of one pseudo-heroic, genetically manipulated Grecian youth.  It is to…

Random Intellingence IV

Betty Boop

Metafiction is a type of fiction that self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction. It is the literary term describing fictional writing that self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in posing questions about the relationship between…

October 2007 Report Card

Betty Boop

Evaluation of Merit Pixel Q. Styx, certified blog writer Insight: 9.5 Originality: 10 Hilarity: 7 Reliability: 6.5 Language: 9.5 Spelling: 9.5 Social Science: 9.5 Art: 4 Cooperation: 5 Courtesy: 10 Self Reliance: 9 Conduct: 10 Attention: 9 Workmanship: 8 Effort:…

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Inspired by Courtney’s latest post, I’ve decided to do a similar thing here.  She said, Ask me anything you want. I will do the Jeopardy version of this and ask you all to give me any one answer and I’ll…

The Ugly Baby

Inspired by Heather Anne, I too have decided to create my own children’s story. This is the much needed update to Hans Christian Anderson’s antiquated “Ugly Duckling” story. It was lovely summer weather in the city, and the skyscrapers, traffic…

A Prime to Kill

A few weeks ago my friend invited me to a party in a part of town I didn’t know. Being a guy, I didn’t ask for directions and instead Google mapped it. I memorized the route and tried to remember…

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Hmm.  Some time ago, I had a bad experience with my blog.  I was passed over for a promotion as a direct result of something I wrote and eventually fired from a job I rather cared about.  For history’s sake,…

Bad times to show off your juggling ability

In bed On the toilet While handling electrical equipment While delivering a baby At the dentist During a psychiatric evaluation When there’s two seconds left on the clock While proposing Tuesdays To get out of a ticket While meeting your…

Why why isn’t interesting

I recently did a post on mysteries. It wasn’t very in depth, really it was just me asking everybody what their favorite mystery was. I worried when I wrote the post that somebody was going to ask ‘the big question’…

The appeal of time travel

Would you go and relive your youth if it wasn’t really going back in time? I realized, after writing my last post, that I never wanted to go back to that time in my life again! But if someone offered…

Dear Pixel, age 11,

Sorry about the bad advice I gave you last time. I couldn’t help it. It just seemed hilarious at the time. Besides, some jerk future version of myself did it to me when I was your age and he was…

It’s Danarchy!

I discuss my ideas with everyone, not just you e-people who read my blog. After the last post I wrote about Sim Pixelonia, my friend Frank* decided he wanted to create his own country too. Since I was both repulsed…

October 18, 2007

I now am a first-world citizen: I have high-speed INTERNET! Now I can waste more time… and quicker! #

Getting Rid of Unwanted Suitors

Begin complaining about your menstrual cycle and other assorted feminine problems. Make plans with him and stand him up four times in a row. Then, when you show up and he doesn’t: throw a tantrum and cry. Steal his cell…

October 17, 2007

1111 comments to my blog!! Of course, 168 are mine and 257 were imported from an unrelated device… But 685 just doesn’t seem as impressive… # Do you think there’s any way to limit comments on posts to 10? I…