π Microcosm - 2024 Dec 8-15
πΊπ DEC 15 2024 19:35
Jake Peralta accidentally pantsing Patrick Ewing, John Starks, and three other Knicks is the kind of throwaway gag that makes me love Brooklyn Nine-Nine! (S4E8)
π§ββ DEC 15 2024 07:47
Went with Mardi Auras to knock out a 750 gold Boros Daily quest and rank up to Gold. Only loss was to a Grixis burn pile that had every 1-mana burn spell.
π DEC 14 2024 19:32
Watched the second half of GU - Uconn. Very good game in a tough road environment, but too many multi-possession lapses from the Zags led to their 71 - 77 loss.
π DEC 14 2024 09:38
Made a little progress on the blog. I definitely went crazy with the tv episode capsule reviews back in May.π
π DEC 14 2024 07:33
Zags play UConn in Madison Square Garden at 5 pm tonight. Let's see if I remember to tune in after church or it completely slips my mind.π
π§ββ DEC 14 2024 07:23
Picked up 4 more wins, completed my daily quest, and ranked up to Gold with Changelings before 7 am so a productive start on the MTGA front. Moving on to blog-related tasks next I think.
π₯± DEC 14 2024 06:19
So much for sleeping in. Woke up around my usual time when Mary got up for work and felt too awake to fall back asleep. Now let's see if I can be productive this morning.
πβοΈ DEC 13 2024 08:41
I've been using Rectangle to help manage my windows in macOS for a few years, but AeroSpace looks amazing.
π§ββ DEC 13 2024 07:39
Made a lot of quick progress on my dailies and in ranked yesterday with Mythic MIke's Mono-Black Changelings deck. Think I went 6-2 (but unfortunately didn't realize Untapped was out of date again). I was 8-3 with that deck prior, so a very solid deck for a run back to Platinum.
πβοΈ DEC 13 2024 07:12
Figures Apple would release a bunch of security updates including 14.7.2 just days after I finally did the Open Core update to 14.7.1 on my old iMac. Think I'll wait until later this weekend to even consider tackling another update. π
π DEC 12 2024 17:36
One more day to go this week and of course all the students will be gone next week. Very happy to have the holiday break in sight from here.
π DEC 12 2024 07:57
My oldest daughter signed the lease on her first apartment this week. No word yet on when we'll be helping her move her bed and other furniture into it.
β½οΈ DEC 12 2024 07:50
Spurs play Rangers at noon today. Between our current inconsistent form and the inconvenience of trying to pay attention midday at work not really looking forward to it.
π· DEC 11 2024 12:28
I've been thinking about deleting Instagram off my phone for a while now. I hate Meta, reels, and their algorithmic feeds and I'm just not getting enough family and friend photos any more.
DEC 11 2024 11:03
π Leaning towards doing a full microblog reset for the new year. All the posts I care about get archived into permanent microcosm posts on my main blog.
πβοΈ DEC 11 2024 10:13
I'm a fan of Open Core, and prolonging the viability of older macs in general, but at work we actually have far too many older macs that should have been replaced years ago.
πΏ DEC 10 2024 22:23
I find the Polar Express uncanny valley complaints completely ridiculous. It was stylized to look more like the chalk drawings of the book it was based on and I find the photo-realistic AI re-renderings gross and offensive.
π₯π DEC 10 2024 16:45
Taking Nate over to his first pep band games of the season shortly. Excited for him to take part in one of my favorite high school activities.
πβοΈ DEC 10 2024 14:53
Just had my first Open Core update mishap while attempting to upgrade to 14.7.1 on my iMac. Accidentally didn't update the EFI boot partition on my hard drive, but figured out how to do it from another Mac eventually.
β½οΈ DEC 10 2024 08:08
4-4-2 had a nice breakdown of what went wrong for Spurs vs Chelsea in the second half on Sunday. Namely, way too many Spurs defenders worrying about Cole Palmer instead of their actual defensive responsibilities on the pitch.
π DEC 09 2024 22:45
Wow! Grammarly stats indicated I have written over 914,000 words this year since February.
πποΈ DEC 09 2024 14:10
Didn't realize that it was already Finals Week until I walked through the rest of Foley Library on my way to returning a couple dvds I had checked out and saw all of the students congregating.
π DEC 09 2024 13:41
I'm somewhat baffled that a guy who planned and executed a targeted hit so successfully went out like this unless he expected to be caught all along. And how did he choose the victim? Is there actually no personal connection?
π DEC 09 2024 13:30
Police apprehended a "strong person of interest" in the Health Care CEO killing after a McDonalds employee in Altoona, PA recognized him from the published photos. Considering he was carrying a ghost gun with silencer that matches the murder weapon, an anti-corporate health care manifesto, and fake New Jersey ID I think they've got there man.
β½οΈ DEC 08 2024 10:52
My Spurs fandom continues to be a source of personal disappointment that I don't particularly need at the moment.
π§ββ DEC 08 2024 09:22
Super disappointing morning playing limited. 0 - 3 with a Rakdos deck that should have been good for at least 2 to 3 wins and probably more.