The tragedy of a forgotten friend
When I was nine or ten, I read Animorphs… a lot. I was active on the message boards and even tried to write my own story.1 One of the posters became an online friend of mine, AniJB.2 She hacked my…
In defense of psychedelics
I didn’t drink regularly until I was 23 and I didn’t use marijuana until it became legal in Nevada, so when I say I tried LSD twice at age 35, it was a big deal for me. The motivation and…
My Best and Worst Case Scenarios, pt. III
(Continued from here) A lot has happened, both in the past year and over the past decade, but I haven’t really had the chance to process it until recently. I’ve been thinking about this idea I had a while ago…
Quantitative and Qualitative Experiential Knowledge
Stop asking me what Latinos think. Ask a pollster. I can tell you how I feel about stuff, but come on!
Malignant True Believers
A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject. – Winston Churchill On the way back home from my 30th birthday, I sat next to a 20-year-old, talkative Christian missionary to India. Aside from chattering about…
My Once Best and Worst Case Scenarios
It all started with something my propaganda professor Frank Thayer said a long time ago: Life doesn’t turn out the best-possible way you could imagine. It also doesn’t turn out the worst way. It’s usually something in between. That scared…
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.
Book this joint!
I found a place to use the internet and hang around when I have nothing to do. What is beautiful is that nobody comes around to clean and look at me funny, nobody expects me to do “work,” nobody even…
Pixel Editor-in-Chief
The News Editor wants me to apply for the Editor-in-Chief position next year. At first I said ‘no’ out of modesty, but now I seriously don’t want to do it. Seriously. First off, I doubt I’ll have enough time. That…
Living in the When
Pop philosophy: Carpe diem. Pix philosophy: I’m living in the When. I realized something the other day. I’m in friggin’ Australia! I am literally on the other side of the planet. WTF? I’m going to be telling stories about this…
Pix Capacitating Again
Wow. I just finished the last issue of last year. I’m a bit behind, as you can tell by this self-referrential link. Yeah. Now to finish the next one before the deadline of February 5th. Yikes. Still, post a comment…
Gabe the High-Brow Beaver
Dear Gabe, Why do people shave their eyebrows? -Seattle-based Service Administrator. Dear Ass-backwards, You are probably saying this in remarks to what a local editor of a local paper did to his local face. Well, the most simple response to…
Pixel: 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 for me (probably)! And I bet I grow up to be handsome and intelligent and…