π Microcosm - 2024 Nov 1-7
β½οΈ NOV 07 2024 11:46
GAL 3 - 2 TOT FT Entertaining game that Spurs almost got back into despite going to 10 men when Lankshear lost his head and picked up a second yellow.
πΊ NOV 07 2024 08:05
Looking forward to starting the second season of Arcane: League of Legends this weekend. If I'd been thinking i probably would have rewatched the first season in the last couple weeks- three years is a long break.
π₯Ά NOV 07 2024 07:19
Cold, frosty morning today- around 25Β° F when I got in my car. Impressed to see that the de-icer trucks had already covered all the major roads along my route!
πΊπΈ NOV 06 2024 17:36
With the election over it's time to give our house flag a break. I kept it out for far longer than normal in the build-up.
π· NOV 06 2024 09:04
One project I'm long overdue for addressing is sensible photo backups for Mary and myself. Amazon Photos makes the most financial sense for cloud storage, but I also need to develop a local storage plan as well.
π NOV 06 2024 08:06
I tried not to doomscroll too much last night after I went to bed (helped by the fact that I don't have Twitter on my phone), but it's tough this morning.
π NOV 05 2024 14:21
One surprising thing to me as I've been re-reading Half-Blood Prince to the family is that the Harry - Ginny pairing doesn't actually happen until five hundred pages into the book and quite near the end of the school year. Just goes to show how our memories change over two decades.
π³οΈ NOV 05 2024 07:27
Big day today, but since I voted a week ago I'll be spending the morning getting caught up on all the work emails that have accumulated since last Thursday now that I'm back from my brief staycation.
πβοΈ NOV 05 2024 07:23
This morning's happy coffee discovery was that our supply of pumpkin spice creamer was replenished recently, it was just hiding in the fridge door.
π NOV 04 2024 23:03
Gonzaga 101 - 63 Baylor FT Absolutely dominant performance in the Spokane Arena (which looked pretty close to sold out). Biggest margin of victory over a top 10 opponent for the Zags as well.
π NOV 04 2024 22:33
Joe Few just got absolutely destroyed in the most brutal posterization of a Gonzaga player I have ever witnessed. He got the go-ahead angry assist to reach 101 points in the game though!
π NOV 04 2024 21:28
Gonzaga 49 - 30 Baylor HT Great half for the Zags. They were already up 8-1 when ESPN2 finally cut over. Baylor responded initially and then the Gonzaga just took over again.
π‘ NOV 04 2024 10:22
Also, I'm definitely working on cleaning up my office/desk today.
π§οΈ NOV 04 2024 10:22
Another rainy November day in Spokane today. Probably should take a look at the yard and see if I can do some further yard clean up. If nothing else there are some bagged pine needles that need to go in the yard waste bin before tomorrow.
π NOV 04 2024 10:18
Big Zags - Baylor matchup in the Spokane Arena tonight to open the college basketball season. It wasn't even on my radar until I saw it in the paper today. Curious how close to a sellout it will be tonight given that it's a top-10 matchup and the only Spokanites that can attend home games have season tickets.
πΊ NOV 03 2024 19:27
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is such a hoot. I only ever watched like one episode while it was still airing, but I'm halfway through season three after just a couple of months. Perfect ensemble cast and hijinks that make me laugh out loud multiple times per episode. Plus Boyle completely reminds me of one of my coworkers despite being nothing like him.
π§ββοΈ NOV 03 2024 09:38
Now that previews are done time to analyze Foundations and figure out how many actual new cards there are and how many reprints I already have.
βοΈ NOV 02 2024 23:09
Made some real progress on the blog design tweaking front. Set up a test site for a blog concept I was considering, but now I'm kind of reluctant to make further radical changes to it.
π€ NOV 02 2024 13:04
TIL: It's cheaper to get a custom embroidered hat on Amazon than to buy a team logo hat of your choice. Like half the cost.
π§ββ NOV 02 2024 10:40
Played some constructed ladder today. Got to 4 wins, but eventually had to switch off mono-blue tempo because it wasn't getting the job done against all the mono-red aggro I was playing.
NOV 02 2024 10:38
π§οΈπ‘ Super rainy day today. Feel like I should really work on cleaning up my office after thinking about it for weeks.
π§ββοΈ NOV 02 2024 08:31
Decided to quit drafting, buy 20 packs to get to 90 total, and crack them. That was fine for rares and commons, but surprised how many uncommons I'm missing from the set.
π§ββ NOV 01 2024 13:55
Foundations is going to be interesting since there are a lot of reprints I already have. The other issue is that my constructed play is way down as well so what's the point of collecting everything anyway? It's a weird dynamic.
π§ββοΈ NOV 01 2024 13:52
Starting to feel burned out on drafting Duskmourn. It doesn't help that I've had poor luck on my last couple drafts. Getting close to the point where buying packs is the best option.
ππ§οΈ NOV 01 2024 07:28
Halloween weather was also perfect in that we had a nice clear window during tricker-treating hours and then it started hard again.
π NOV 01 2024 07:25
Had a fun Halloween this year. Took the kids to the Halloween House street after they visited all the houses in our neighborhood.