π Microcosm - 2022 Nov 22-30
NOV 30 2022 12:41
π¨οΈ Big snow day. I think we're approaching 12" in our neighborhood now. I shoveled our driveway twice already and actually broke out the snowblower to clear part of the street by the curb and our mailboxes. It works great when the snow is powdery, but clogs up fast with wetter snow like we're getting now.
NOV 28 2022 09:18
β½οΈ Tracked down the last club game Reyna played in (a 4-2 loss to MΓΆnchengladbach) and watched 40 minutes of gangly teenager going through the motions of playing his position and 5 minutes of world-class athlete playing with intensity.
NOV 28 2022 07:50
β½οΈ There's a lot of online chatter about getting Gio Reyna on the field for the USMNT vs. Iran, but the two times I've seen him take the field this fall (briefly vs. England and longer in a Dortmund match) I've been completely grossed out by his lack of intensity and impact on the games. He's had so many injury setbacks that right now he seems like a shell of the player that we've seen in the past.
NOV 28 2022 07:25
Another snowy late November day and it looks like we're going to be getting at least a little snowfall almost every day this week. Don't think there's any danger of not having a white Christmas this year.
NOV 27 2022 19:53
π§ββ I β€οΈ Mechanized Warfare.
NOV 27 2022 16:52
π§ββ The Premier Draft conundrum continues. I went 2-3 with a UW deck that didn't really come together, but did manage to pick up more rares than I was getting in Quick Draft. Started another one and it looks more promising (1-0 so far), but I only managed 3 rares and a mythic in it.
NOV 27 2022 15:44
π‘ Set up the outside Christmas lights this afternoon. We won't start turning them on for another week or so, but temperatures are supposed to drop a lot in the next week so better to get it done now.
NOV 26 2022 18:11
π§ββ After giving it some further thought Iβm no longer convinced. The Quick Draft bots seem to be taking all rares. I have 6 rares and three mythics to show for three QD and thatβs just not viable when youβre trying to get to rare complete.
NOV 26 2022 09:35
π§ββπ 7-2 in my second quick draft with a Boros Prowess card draw build. Looks like this is the format I'm going to stick with for the next couple weeks until it rotates.
NOV 25 2022 10:48
π§ββ π Finished 7-2 with a Dimir draw 2 synergy control deck to get my first trophy of the format. Played 16 lands and flooding was a constant issue. The colorless surveil land proved invaluable.
NOV 25 2022 08:00
π§ββ Going to try my hand at The Brothers' War quick draft this morning. Premier draft has not been kind to me so far so hopefully I can start figuring this format out.
NOV 24 2022 12:07
π§ββ Also tried a Mono White Midrange best-of-three deck in the play queue this morning and won the match, but my opponent conceded really early in the final game. I've mostly played best-of-one on Arena over the last couple years, but I'm ready to start playing a lot more best-of-three.
NOV 24 2022 11:53
π§ββ Mono Red Mechanical Warfare Burn in Standard is totally my jam right now. Started playing it today so that I can be sure to hit Platinum by the end of the season and really enjoyed it. Had a couple absolutely preposterous losses when I flooded out (it plays 22 lands), otherwise it just keeps coming with 25 ways to hit face.
NOV 23 2022 11:28
π Whelp Hive immediately failed the service/app smell test when it refused to allow me to create an account via email and a password that met their defined criteria. Signed up out of curiosity and to nail down my usual handle, don't expect to actually use it.
NOV 23 2022 09:32
π Still a bit sore from Monday's dodgeball games at work (we have an annual Thanksgiving week event) and I only played in about 4 games total. Some of my similarly aged colleagues that were on more successful teams (and played more games) were so locked up yesterday that they questioned whether they will play in the future! As someone who has always enjoyed casual competitive sports this is my main complaint about aging.
NOV 23 2022 09:16
π¨οΈπ‘ Driveway was pretty slick this morning thanks to the snow turning to rain late so I had to break out the salt. I shoveled it twice last night, but my timing was a bit off since it snowed a little bit more after my final pass.
NOV 23 2022 08:57
π§ββ Explorer Izzet Paradoxical Outcome Deck Guide: Explorerβs Newest and Coolest Combo Deckβ¨My wildcards would take a big hit to complete this deck, but I'm intrigued to find an Izzet combo alternative to Greasefang in Explorer.
NOV 22 2022 14:22
β½οΈ I'm not a Dest believer and Yedlin was just bad yesterday with a key sideline turnover right before the play Bale was fouled on. There's a lot of online sentiment that Joe Scally should be playing given that he's a starting RB in the Bundesliga and probably better than both, but I haven't seen him play yet. I hope he gets some game time before the USMNT are done.
NOV 22 2022 07:55
π¨οΈπ§οΈ The original forecast was for snow this afternoon, but now it looks like it may be coming as rain. Weird to be bouncing back to much more typical November weather after the early snow and unseasonably cold last couple weeks convinced me it was going to be an early winter.
NOV 22 2022 07:48
β½οΈ I didn't realize Peacock was offering Telemundo's Spanish broadcasts of the World Cup (and replays) for free until this morning. My Spanish is pretty limited, but it's the simplest streaming option for me, and perfect for something I'll be keeping in the background while I work for most games anyway.