Star Trek (2009) is an excellent sci-fi/action movie. According to Rotten Tomatoes, it is the best rated Star Trek movie ever at 96% and the best rated movie of 2009 so far. I don't know if it is the best Star Trek movie, from a fan's perspective, but it is clearly the best Star Trek film since First Contact (1996) and also better than The Motion ( Read more... )

Today I found out that I'm finally getting the job I've wanted for a while: a Teaching Assistantship at my school. Although this throws my planned schedule for the semester into some confusion, it means two very wonderful things: 1) the necessary job experience to become a Teaching Fellow in the spring, next fall, or next spring (depending how long ( Read more... )

Approximately $2250

The cost of the Budget truck was about $900 of that, about $300 of which was for insurance. The rest was for gasoline, food, lodging, and entertainment (Blueteeth, iPod car charger, CDs).

Apparently it pays to send out Christmas cards. Literally. I sent one ( Read more... )

A complete set of English Magic: The Gatheringcards costs approximately $47,500. If you take away 1st Edition ( Read more... )

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I lied again. It turns out that the most valuable card that I own isn't Sword of Fire and Ice, but Meddling Mage. It took me a while to notice because Meddling Mage is a much older card (Winter 2001). He's valued at a low price of $16, average of $18, and high of $20. Also, fyi, to compare, the most valuable card in the Standard format right now is ( Read more... )

I lied. There are two cards in existence that are even more valuable than Black Lotus. While there are literally thousands of 2nd Ed Black Lotuses (including the black-bordered "limited" printing of 2nd Ed and the white-bordered "unlimited" printing, but excluding 1st Ed, which is not tournament legal) in existence, there are only about 100 and 200 ( Read more... )

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Well, after a hellish Saturday of searching for a $4000 car all over the Tri-Cities, my dad and I finally gave up and went with the $4700 car that I had driven the day before (Friday), which at the time I said was too expensive. (One of the low points of the search was the car dealership where every car was marked up thousands of dollars. We tried ( Read more... )