Ich bin etikettiert worden
Current friends I have that I. . . . . .went to elementary school with: 1 that I still talk to, 3 that I don’t, but probably should. . . . . .went to high school with: 4. . .…
Get the Vote Back In
Warning: sociopolitical analytical post. This is part two of a two part series. The question for this post is: “Why do Americans vote?” The analysis is broader than the U.S., however and can be applied to any large western country.…
Battered Voter’s Syndrome
Warning: sociopolitical analytical post. This is part one of a two part series. The question for this post is: “Why don’t Americans vote?” The analysis is broader than the U.S., however and can be applied to any large western country.…
Dr. Pixel
New Mexico State University 2006 Fall Commencement Ceremony will take place Saturday, December 16, at the Pan American Center. Candidates from all colleges will attend this ceremony. The ceremony begins at 10:00 a.m. Tickets are not required. Estimated time is…
So sequential
Is that how you take a beating?
“Could you please keep it down while beating your wife, sir? I’m trying to sleep.” Adam Middleditch p.s.
Special thanks to SteelPixel
We’re all in the same boat and the tide is rising fast.
750
In a three-piece suit, what’s the third piece?
A photo(shop) blog
So nobody thinks I’ve been an incommunicado jerk for no reason. This I did for work: This I did for school: And this I did for my friends: That sort of sums up the spheres of my life, I’d say.…
League of Chick Voters
I’ve decided to start my own organization to better inform voters of the potential candidates for their elected offices. I call it the League of Chick Voters. I even made a logo. I figure we’ll focus on sending candidates intensely…
Clark Kent, super idiot
I’ve been thinking about superheroes a lot lately (I know, I know, I’m so conceited). Saturday, I dressed up as Mr. Incredible. Don’t ask. Anyway, my short stint as a mild-mannered page designer hiding his secret costumed identity led me…
Audienceless Lines
I’m the kind of guy who will tell a joke knowing that nobody will ever ‘get’ it. I will stand in front of friends and complete strangers alike and say things that I find amusing, but that no one else…
Mooning the world
This, courtesy of my friends the Jagears:
Open letter to the Las Cruces Shooter
Dear Las Cruces Shooter Can I just call you “Shoot?” Thanks. So I noticed that you took the time to write a thoroughly censored letter to the city (twice!) and nobody took the time to respond to you. That just…
Photoblog
Have I ever said ’nuff said? No? ‘Nuff said.
Setting priorities straight
Family (urgent) Friends (urgent) Work (urgent) Self (urgent) Friends (normal) Work (normal) Friends (leisure) Family (normal) Family (leisure) Self (normal) Self (leisure) There’s something wrong with this list. As far as I’ve thought about it (four minutes now), it’s accurate,…
Diez y seis de septiembre
My town is under siege. More later as the story develops, but first I must find a mortuary or graveyard or funeral home or cemetery to shoot in. p.s. I’m back. How is everybody?
Xicotencatl, el soldado valiente
There’s nothing like the moments in between major events to make your life feel like a soap opera as you wait for the other shoe to fall. In this episode, our main character kills time at a computer lab as…
Rooting around in your friends’ business
A comment from a reader led me to challenge my math (singular, because I employed only one mathematic). As you will no doubt recall, I recently calculated that a friend of a friend was a friend squared. This made sense…
Why Steve got moderated
Apparently, my blog automatically sends comments to moderation if they have a few key words. It’s really a nice feature, but if the words are hidden, the chances of real people getting pinned for moderation drastically increase. The list, should…
Stupid Halo
ar·bi·tra·tor n. A person chosen to settle the issue between parties engaged in a dispute. See Synonyms at judge. One having the ability or power to make authoritative decisions; an arbiter. ar·bi·ter n. One chosen or appointed to judge or…
A friend of a friend
My coworker Kevin Wilson and I played with this for a while today. However, in divvying up the rights to its usage, Wilson called Myspace rights and regular network broadcasting rights. Therefore, this shall not appear on my pilot, lest…
Best sentence ever
Courtesy of my friend Adriano: I’m busy and as much as I have time for you, dear Mildred Van Der Basten, I can’t be arsed to go into it now. I’m in the midst of a work whirlwind and I…
Pixhari apple?
I’m curious. Has anybody ever heard of a johari? Be mean! Be nice!
Cyanide & Happiness
This will be the only time I promote this comic but I definitely recommend it. I keep up with these guys more than I ever have for any other strip. I might even ask about reprinting rights.
Auf wiedensehen Small Talk
Here’s another game to go along with this post and fit in this post: This game is part of my ever-long quest to destroy small talk as we know it. For those of you who remember, my last journey along…
Pandora, Internet radio
I usually don’t promote things here, but this is utterly awesome If they ever make a radio station (satellite or whatever) out of this, I will invest all I have in it. It is genius in every way possible. Oh,…
Psst! You, in the blue!
Apparently, I have enemies. In May, these jerks used this blog and what was written in it against me and in doing so cost me a job I was more than qualified for. Now the guy who got this job…
How I woke up this morning
Pixel: “… Hello?” Mark: “Pixel, this is Mark.” Pixel: “Hi Mark.” Mark: “Listen, I just wanted to go ahead and tell you that I filled the design editor position.” Pixel: “… what?” Mark: “I filled the design editor position.” Pixel:…
Sadly, they probably have fewer friends than Burger King
Why the media is screwed. This from the Associated Press, the world’s largest friggin’ news organization: Power loss at L.A. data center blamed for MySpace outage NEW YORK (AP) — The popular social-networking site MySpace.com suffered a pair of extended…
No, “honest” (part II)
In my continuing series of sequels to posts that just don’t lend themselves to sequels, I’ve rethought the idea of quotation marks sounding sarcastic. I now think that quotation marks sound sarcastic even if you use them in the appropriate…
No, “honest”
Partial quotation marks make everything sound like you’re making fun of it. It doesn’t even matter where the quotes are or whether you’re reading them or saying them out loud (when saying out loud you must do ‘air quotes’ to…
Just when I thought that I was out they pull me back in
They asked me to stay another week. I think I’m going to yell. I thought I’d paid my final rent check, but no… The editor called me in and asked me if I could stay until the 12th. I couldn’t…
A puzzle (part II)
In my continuing series of sequels to posts that just don’t lend themselves to sequels, I have come up with a new puzzle for you all to wrack your heads on. This, if you’ll recall, is the original puzzle (I…
The death of spam
I once had an e-mail address I’d use for everything. This was back in the day where they gave you about fifty megabytes and expected you to deal with it. This was back when hotmail was HoTMaiL. This was before…
Live, from Clovis City
Somehow I was compared to this guy. Now, I’m not offended, I rather like his blog, but the comparison still struck me as odd. I haven’t been political on this blog since… Well, May 6th comes to mind, but the…
This song can make anything funny
Caution: all ye of moderate to radical faith need not click on.
Mothers: the kryptonite of 10 year olds
I’m in the library study room, minding my own business watching a movie, reading a book, updating my blog and checking my e-mail (I multi-task). Two kids, no older than twelve, walk by. Five minutes later they walk by again…
New Theme
How do you like it?
Goodie Grab Bag X
Remember that guy that raped, murdered and ate the flesh of sixteen orphans last year? Yeah, well, he’s going around collecting money for UNICEF and I think we should do a nice feature story on him. (recoveries gone wrong) 2:…
Contact Pixel
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I plagiarallegiance to the flag..
Friday, while working on a page for Sunday, I came across a columnist that took credit for an internet list that was not his. Saturday, my managing editor told his boss about it. Sunday, the editor in chief looked up…
Plagiarist today, gone tomorrow
Pixel, Rick, Here is **the columnist**‘s response to my asking if he was the original author of the list for the Wal-Mart column … Unfortunately, I found the Wal-Mart list posted on Web sites dating to 1999 … One Web…
I will not mess with my database
I will not mess with my database. I will not mess with my database. I will not mess with my database. I will not mess with my database. I will not mess with my database. I will not mess with…
An eye for a joke
I caught a plagiarist yesterday. A paid, local columnist (and retired journalist, no less), who included a list of things to do to pass the time while in Wal-Mart: When a guy goes to Wal-Mart with his wife, he has…