The term “dramedy” first came into use in the mid-1980s to describe a new wave of similarly genre-blurring series such as Moonlighting, The Wonder Years, and Hooperman. It appears in an early Usenet post [1] in January 1990. The first…
Poop may refer to: poop deck and poop cabin (back) of a ship Feces Scatology and toilet humour the act of defecation Puppis, an astronomical constellation, Latin name slang for inside information “Give me the poop.” In fiction: a soft…
Pixel: Hello. Anita: Hello. (thirty second pause) Pixel: Hi. Anita: Hello. (thirty second pause) Pixel: Who is this? Anita: Anita. Pixel: Oh. (forty-five second pause) Pixel: Do I know you? Anita: It’s Anita. Pixel: Who are you trying to reach?…
I enjoy saying sentences that contain entire stories within so as to entice people into asking about them… then refusing to say anything. Often times people become angry, but this also works when people know the story I’m referring to…
The deadline for the next WTF! Carnival is now, now, NOW!! Send your submissions to submissions(at)pixcapacitor(dot)com with “WTF Carnival” in the subject line and I shall forward them to Seth. Alternatively, you could simply send them to Seth and cut…
I have a five year old cousin. We call him “Lexus” on the count that his mother kept talking about how she was going to buy a Lexus before she got pregnant then never again afterwards. Lexus doesn’t have any…
I remember when I turned 14… I was a sophomore in high school, I had just finished starring in my Drama club play. I was about to write my first viewspaper and have my first girlfriend (had I known how…
Blogging etiquette. Some helpful tips for the aspiring blogger: Don’t …steal posts or post ideas unless you can add to them in a significant way. …hold anything back. If you have people in the ‘real world’ reading your blog, tough.…
Birth Name: Francisco Mariscal Gonzalez (México) / Francisco Mariscal Jr. (USA) Born: 18 March, 1982 Height: 1.81 meters Weight: 88 kilos Known Powers: Superhuman ability to summon Pixel, ability to say the exact wrong thing at the worst moment and…
Today is the Solstice. That means that for me it’s the shortest day of the year. It also means Yule is now, Festivus is in two days, Christmas and Capitalism Day are in four, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah start in five,…
In a previous post, I talked about the various types of comments. Now let’s discuss the various types of responses to comments. Now, there aren’t that many new options, but there are oodles of combinations, so watch carefully: Technical Options.…
Once, I was the boy everyone asked for advice. Girls would call me and ask me for help with their boyfriends, guys would talk about the girls in their lives. The works. I realized I had a problem when my…
I’m at Barnes & Noble and I see a book on Philosophy that I know my mate Frank would love. I just know it. I grab it off the shelf and proceed to the cash register… only to stop half-way…
Birth Name: Genaro Mariscal Marrufo Born: 2 March, 1931 Height: 1.62 meters Weight: 55 kilos Super Powers: Wisdom, super ability to entertain youngsters, charisma, ineffable luck. Biography: Grandpa was born the sixth of 13 children, but only ever met about…
There’s been a thought running through my head all week now. It doesn’t let me sleep, it doesn’t let me wake up, it doesn’t let me enjoy life. I’m happy, but it’s an intellectual happiness. There’s something amiss. Will go…
People love me. I don’t know why. I truly don’t. I’m funny, smart, amusing, unique, wise, I listen, and I care about people a hell of a lot, but I don’t do any of those things in any particular combination…
This is part of the “So you want to be a sociopath” series of pixelated gaming: “Mean juxtaposition:” Combine two extreme opposites in a list in the hopes that the person you’re talking to (preferrably on IM) will respond to…
Quoth the Sethular: “atheists produce better humor than theists” At some point in the not-too-distant past, I would say that I agreed with this. I argued that half of what is funny is irreverence towards what others deem to be…
Ouch. And I’m $6k in the hole again. Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:29:58 -0500 From: Samantha Gross To: pixelq@nmsu.edu Cc: Dawn Koban , Study Abroad Subject: PAST DUES ISEP DIRECT SM1 2005-2006 Dear Pixel, Please find attached the past…
2: I try to make people regret talking to me sometimes. 1: Yeah, I can tell. 2: Wait… I’ve never done that to you. Have you ever read something that was meant to be funny but wasn’t? 3: Have you…
I have decided to create a new game This one is called “Random Intelligence.” The point is for me to provide you with five to ten new (to me) facts, figures, or stories. These need not be particularly rare, important,…
Gabe the Gorgeous Beaver is finally done with his final exams. And now all I have to do is wait for the results that will tell me whether my beaver papillomavirus (BPV) is still malignant. Failed pick-up lines: “Quick! Let’s…
That’s it. I’m switching to Apple. My next lappy is either going to be an iBook or a PowerBook. 12.1″ most likely. I like the measurement because it’s familiar. And now… to comparison shop. Apparently I have the hook up…
Wait. Isn’t New Mexico supposed to be warm? What is it with this weather?? Gosh. Temperature tonight: Shiver with a 50% chance of brr. (5 to 15 C and 41 to 60 F, by the way. Well, it’s colder than…
Best Overall Post (I Give Up)^3 Funniest Post Let’s make a dead philosopher cry Oddest Post Whoo! Whoo!! Whoo!!! Most Insightful Post Accepting Vagueness Most Memorable Post I, Kid Most Original Post P42 Worst Overall Post Urrghh… Best Meme Goodie…
Okay. This internet connection officially sucks. As does this computer. I miss my lappy. ~~~ One of the worst things in the world is pulling out your little, black, Tom Riddle-type moleskin book to get the e-mail addresses of all…
Screw donating my hair to chemo-irradiated orphan children in the third world: I’m making a rope out of it!
To all the people I said I’d e-mail as soon as I got back: I’m working on it. Give me some time. This is easier than individual e-mails. Don’t worry all, I am safely in New Mexico. The plane didn’t…
Goodbye Australia, I go. I’ve loved my time here more than you’ll ever know. Goodbye New South Wales, I go. For you, I shed no tear: it’s the people to whom my tales I will always owe. Goodbye Sydney, I…
I’m going to miss these people more than anyone has any possible idea. In no particular order, I remember when… Jack Black cut in front of me in the queue as I was boarding a plane on the way here.…
This month’s carnival of “Wow, That’s Funny!” is up on Quailitude Dot Com. Next month is going to be hosted by Seth. You can submit your own quips by e-mailing them to submissions@pixcapacitor.com. Be sure to follow the rules. Remember,…
(reposted from the past) Wednesday, November 30, 2005 Well, here we are again, the Wow, That’s Funny Carnival #2. The same people are here, mainly Me, Myself, and I. Oh, and then there’s Seth, Pixel, and the newbie Adam. Replacing…
I’ve noticed that some posts don’t even trickle in the blogospherical psyche while some seem to gather comments like they’re going out of style (which they are. Comments are so last season). For a long time I assumed it was…
Tao of Gabe I’m Gabe the Fantastic Beaver and I’m in love. If you have never been in love, it is a strange feeling that I can’t really describe to you but with a series of increasingly terrible metaphors, similes,…
When I was 16, my friend decided to go on a midnight hike across a mountain. Not wanting him to die, I went with him– wearing all black– across a mountain that was 40 km across (or 22 gallons). By…
My ideal curriculum: Grade 1: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, simple division. English. Latin. Reading. Spelling. Art. P.E. Grade 2: Large scale addition, Subtraction with Borrowing, Multiplication, Long Division. Latin. English. Choice of Japanese or Chinese. Spelling, Grammar. Drawing. P.E. (swimming) Grade…
I’ve created a bunch of games over my lifetime. Here, in all their glory, are all the ones I could find in the archives: “People projecting their labels on you projekt:“ hold hands with a friend of yours of the…
(sorry about the shoddy html earlier. I accidentally went off with a beautiful woman, had an adventure, saved a pestilent bird only to let him die again, had a fantastic time with friends I love, had good food, played some…
Gabe the Enlightened Beaver here to boost your low, low self-esteem. It has come to my attention that many uglier, dumber, and smellier humans have a low opinion of themselves. We all have moments in which we feel worthless, though…
Who here hasn’t laughed at someone who had a xanga? And while livejournal is a bit better, it’s still a blogospherical embarrassment. There was once a time when we at Blogger were at the top and could brag about it,…
Only the mediocre die middle aged. 1: So you had to swallow your words? 2: Yeah. 1: Then what? 2: I had a vowel movement. You know what’s funny? Humorous observations. 1: Women, Nature’s Rubik’s Cube. 2: Yeah, but I…
The deadline for the next WTF! Carnival is the 25th (Friday). Send your submissions to submissions(at)pixcapacitor(dot)com and I shall forward them to Aeger. Alternatively, you could send them to Aeger and he’ll post them the 31st. (it has come to…
It’s my 500th post. Hey, blogosphere, give me some love. Everyone (calling all lurkers) comment on why they read me, how they came about the blog, and/or what they love best of what I do.
I go insane. Every time I try to spell something that ends with ‘-er‘ or ‘-re‘ or ‘-or‘ or ‘-our‘ or ‘-ise‘ or ‘-ize‘ or ‘-ce‘ or ‘-se‘ or ‘-xion‘ or ‘-ction‘ or any of the other hundred-odd variations in…
Subject: Hey Pixel. Message: I have a favor to ask. Do you know or is it possible for you to dismantle a club that you created? You are the creator of the parking nazi club, and frankly it disturbs…