My friend and I are going to start a podcast soon, but we want to come up with a name first. So throw out ideas, I’ll leave this post at the top until we have a name for our show.…

Actual conversation: Pixel:  Okay, let’s list the pros and cons of Heroin.  I’m for it.  PRO: New circle of friends. Yoshi:  But you get AIDS. Pixel:  Good point…  okay, PRO:  Learn valuable skills in using hypodermic needles. Yoshi:  CON:  You…

Like all Americans, I was glued to the TV last night watching the Super Tuesday results come it, but it’s not cuz I’m all political: I was watching it for the commercials.

Hey guys! It’s Pixel at age 10 here with a message of why I’m so cool. You probably know that, but you also probably did not know that this means I’m cooler than you. It’s true! Here are five reasons:…

But this time I’m not lying or projecting into the future.  Here’s a summary of what’s happened to me thus far: Leaving in the wee hours of the morning is a bad idea when you haven’t slept all day. When…

This is taken from a 2000 paper by Jonathan Haidt, Fredrik Björklund, and Scott Murphy from the University of Virginia. I wanted to mention it here because it shows how completely out-of-whack my constant exposure to philosophy has made me.…

Please see the previous two road trip posts. Some highlights of my trek across California: I escaped from L.A. in less than 24 hours.  It was easy, really. Apparently, I exaggerated when I said California had split from the U.S.…

Please see Monday’s post for a disclaimer. And now, for some highlights of this most recent leg of my journey: I left Moira’s house in the wee hours of the morning Along the way, the craziest thing happened! California had…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

… 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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!

My whole Blog 365 strategy of writing posts ahead of time has made me be consistently one day late on all the blogosphere happenings. No worries. I’ll just add it to my list. A meme gakked from The Collective: I…

This week is Delurk week… apparently. I’m not entirely sure what that means. I sort of know most of the people who access my blog, but I guess there could be some surprises. Especially because the people who access this…

I was never taught my multiplication tables. I know them now, but I only learned them by noticing patterns in later math classes. The reason I never learned the tables is that I skipped the grade where everyone learned them:…

As my post for today, I’ve decided to be a bit riské and talk about politics and current events. As you all know, this is a very powerful time in the world today. Apart from the craziness going on in…

Memed from Climbing on the Words: I’d get accepted to Madison, Duke, Minnesota, or Bloomington… hopefully all of the above. My paper would get accepted to a conference. The writers of House, Heroes, the Daily Show, the Colbert Report, and…

You guys have no idea how lucky you are that we made it past the entire Christmas season without my making fun of the Virgin Mary once! Ever since this post, I’ve been incensed by the whole “Virgin” Mary concept.…

In 2007… … I started some serious long-term projects. I’d done personal projects before, but I’d never gotten to the point of actually producing results. Other things I did that I’d never done before includes one thing that’s illegal in…

Despite my best efforts, I am not a woman. As such, I often have questions for men who are women… maybe women who are women can answer too. What type of regrets do women have? I’ll illustrate this question with…

My tentative prediction for the nominations:  Obama/Bloomberg or Biden  McCain/Bloomberg or Lieberman

My prediction for the Iowa Caucuses1 Democrats Barack Obama (37.36%) John Edwards (30%) Hillary Clinton (29.45%) Joe Biden (1%) Bill Richardson (2.13%) Dennis Kucinich (0%) Chris Dodd (0.02%) Republicans Mike Huckabee (34%) Mitt Romney (25%) Ron Paul (10%) John McCain…

This time, make it personal Increase the stakes: what if the whole world needs the hero now? Bluff your way out of a plot by adding well-known actors Bring back the bad guy. Have it be personal, this time. If…

I’ve decided I don’t like the number 2008. So, in order to make it acceptable, I’m just going to call it 2007 pt. 2. Or maybe 2007: Director’s Cut. Definitely something though. p.s. I calculated how many words fit on…

This year I’m going to go back and finish up all of my old resolutions that I never accomplished. Here’s the list: Go back to Australia… even if I have to sell my blood to do it Read my weight…