Tag: friends

A good interlocutor should have the twin virtues of: Acceptance: not challenging you in ways you don’t need or want Surprise: challenging you in ways you need or want That is: they should accept you as you are and not add friction to your life…. unless you want them to. AND they should surprise you…

I talk and text with my middle school friends to this day. Some of us are going to Iceland on a group trip soon. If I’m honest, I do more texting than they do. We slowly text less and less often. I have lost track of some people. A lot of people. People who were…

I missed new year’s and birthday posts the past few years. They’ve been great years by any objective metric, but the subjective experience has been mostly stress and ennui. I’ve been on a bit of a tour of old friends and family. Staying as long as I think they’ll be able to handle my gloom.…

My friend Benjamin Jagear used to always say to me, “Pixel – look at all of the problems in your life and ask yourself: how many of those problems were caused by your enemies and how many can be traced back to your friends?” The idea was simple: your enemies, in real life, tend to…

It’s a multi-step process, actually.  I’ll divide it into Before, During, After, and Throughout. Before Be friends.  Let simmer for at least three months, but ideally six. Treat your friends and their friends well. Sprinkle good experiences throughout. During Don’t cheat. Don’t lie. Don’t steal. Don’t abuse physically/mentally. Say what you mean, mean what you…

Happy Birthday Jason D. Happy Belated B-Day Margret C. But, because you’re happy, neither of you get your own post. Screw you both. Related posts: Pixel Q. Styx: Year 0 Whoo! Life. I’ve been waiting for this for months! Life rules! Nothing bad could possibly happen now, I mean: I’m alive, right? No more womb…