I haven't talked about Magic: the Gathering in any sort of depth in a while, so I feel like rambling about that a bit.

I'm still playing a bunch of Magic Arena, and I made it to Mythic (top) rank in constructed again this month building around Winota, Joiner of Forces. Winota is from a set with a Godzilla-esque "humans versus monsters" theme, attack ( Read more... )

So, in the last few weeks:

The washing machine broke. Fortunately, that was just a broken lid switch, which was a simple repair.

The furnace got stuck on. That also turned out to be a simple issue to repair (replacing a stuck 24V to AC relay), but expensive to get fixed promptly. While that's back working-ish, it has other ongoing issues that require ( Read more... )

Some things are going well. I got in some cooking this weekend. I made bagels Friday for the first time (Montreal style), and those turned out pretty good! I played some Magic for the first time in a while, now that Magic Arena is on Android (works pretty well on my phone, too). Started playing Super Mario 3D World on the Switch.

And yet there is ( Read more... )

Last weekend, the Somerville Marshmallow Fluff Festival was on Saturday. That was a lot of fun. The festivities were moved up a bit to the Bow Street block due to construction. Erica was excited to see local hero Keytar Bear performing one of the musical sets, and she enjoyed some of the carnival games ( Read more... )

Last weekend, I was in Cleveland for PyCon, so Erica got to spend the weekend with grandparents. The conference was really good this year. I very much enjoyed talking to people at the Google booth in the expo hall. The keynotes were phenomenal. Russel Keith-Magee gave the opening keynote on Python's "black swans", a fascinating look at the future ( Read more... )

Work continues to be busy, etc., etc.

I've been reading Elizabeth Warren's memoir A Fighting Chance. Really interesting, it discusses her early life and career up through her Senate campaign. It's remarkable what she's achieved in her career, and how hard she's worked to get where she is today. In some cases, like in her time on the oversight ( Read more... )