🗓 Microcosm - 2022 July 1-15
JUL 15 2022 08:12
Wasn't expecting another morning thunderstorm today, but here we are.
JUL 14 2022 14:54
Ha ha! My mom dropped by with a surprise afternoon Krispy Kreme donut delivery.
JUL 14 2022 12:53
🧙♂ Had some fun with a mono red Alchemy build last night. Despite its flaws, I definitely like many of the things Alchemy contributes to Arena and there are some really fun new cards like Kobold Warcaller that aren't rares or mythics.
JUL 13 2022 08:35
🧙♂ Played some HBG phantom draft last night that Arena put up for the Midweek Magic event. I continue to find it a fun format (started 5-3 then kept playing for another three wins), but I'm reluctant to invest gold and gems.
JUL 11 2022 21:14
⚽ My mom came to visit this evening and stayed for dinner so I completely forgot about the USWNT - Mexico game until the last twenty minutes. They got the 1-0 win (and I saw the go ahead goal), but a completely underwhelming performance against a subpar Mexican squad.
JUL 11 2022 12:42
⚽ 6-0 first half bloodbath now. Incredible!
JUL 11 2022 12:17
⚽ Wow! Great start for England as the Lionesses lead Norway 2-0 after 15 minutes.
JUL 11 2022 08:27
⚽ Watching end of practice session 3x length of pitch runs (x14) from Spurs' preseason Korean tour. Gil, Sanchez, and Sarr have been consistently leading the group. I'm particularly impressed by Sanchez given his larger frame compared to the other two. Kane and Sonny pushed themselves early, blew up, and dropped out.
JUL 9 2022 17:23
Grade inflation is utterly ridiculous these days. We just got the newsletter from our school district and they published the list of valedictorians for the local high schools. One had over 50 valedictorians the other 27 for graduating classes somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 students. 30 years ago my own graduating class had 7 and I feel like that's too many.
JUL 9 2022 00:04
🍿 Watched Adam Sandler's new basketball movie, Hustle, tonight and got a kick out of it. The basketball and relationships resonated with me and I always appreciate it when Sandler tones down the comedy and gets a little more serious because he's a good actor.
JUL 7 2022 22:01
🧙♂ Battle for Baldur's Gate draft seems pretty fun. Had a great 6-3 run in the first one I tried, but didn't have a very good card pool in the second and went 0-3 (didn't help to be on the draw all three games either).
JUL 7 2020 13:23
Of course I start getting knock sensor errors on my car again1 the day my wife is away and I need to haul a couple kids around. Luckily I have backup and the car still runs fine otherwise, but annoying.
JUL 7 2022 11:11
🍿 James Caan has passed and it's crazy to me to realize that Elf came out almost twenty years ago (and was the first movie that came to mind when I thought of him)!
JUL 7 2020 11:05
📺 It's going to be interesting to see how all the new Game of Thrones properties end up doing. As a big fan of the books and the show up until it left the books behind2 I have minimal interest in anything other than the decade-late next book (and not much left for it at this point either).
JUL 6 2022 13:05
⚽ Watching England - Austria in the Women's Euros. It's 1-0 at the moment, but England really should be up 2. Seems like the kind of game that Austria could definitely steal a point in if England doesn't start imposing their will in the second half.
JUL 5 2022 23:07
🧙♂ Had a ton of fun playing Golgari Adventures in the Historic Artisan event that's going on right now and went 10-3. Also briefly tried Selesnya Enchantress to fulfill my daily quest, but it sucked so I went back to Adventures.
JUL 5 2022 15:47
🧙♂ Some crazy Historic nerfs and an unprecedented banning3 in Alchemy today. Between this and Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate my son and I are both pretty perturbed by the way WotC has been managing the digital-only formats on Arena.
JUL 5 2022 15:24
Just renewed my driver's license online a couple of months early. I was under the impression that I would finally have to go into the DOL this time around, but apparently not and good for another 8 years.
JUL 4 2022 21:25
Even though it was cold and rainy this morning it warmed up enough this afternoon for the family to have a fun swim at the local aquatic center. I got in a couple runs on the two water slides and then hung out with my youngest three in the shallow end of the pool.
JUL 2 2022 23:07
📺 I think Stranger Things Season 4 was my favorite one yet.
JUL 2 2022 09:31
Time to do some yard work. Lots of rain is in the forecast for the next couple days so I need to get this done now.
I first encountered this issue and replaced it roughly five years ago I think.↩
I enjoyed those seasons at the time, but now look back on them with disappointment.↩
This was never supposed to happen specifically because they can adjust digital cards. Instead of correcting the two new problematic Alchemy only cards, they banned the reprinted Grinning Ignus card that's been around forever and combos with them.↩