Holy crap, it's been a long time. I'm going to bend under the unyielding pressure of guilt and actually update ( Read more... )

Last time, I talked about the different reasons Magic appeals to me and others as a hobby. Today, I'll be introducing you to the first thing any new player has to go through (besides learning the rules, but that's a great deal of chatter for these articles). The dreaded process of building your deck!

Complex Cardboard - Deck Creation from the ( Read more... )

There are two games that I can name as some of the most influential hobbies I’ve ever had in my life. They created many good friendships, challenged me competitively, and gave me a fun, harmless outlet for a great deal of frustration when I was feeling down, as well as gave me a great deal of amusement when I wasn’t. One led to another, and those ( Read more... )

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Earlier on this trip up to washington, I got what seemed to be a fairly harmless spider bite on my leg while sleeping. Later that week, we started catching these fairly large (half dollar or larger with legs extended) spiders roaming the floor at night. I didn't think too much of it, but I've been horribly exausted the last week or so, with joint ( Read more... )

Rather fitting, though I don't know about the feral look and fangs... what can you do, though. Those damn character design people ( Read more... )

My mom just put a bunch of various cards and things on her new Ming china bowl (which she got at an auction for liquidation of a shipwreck), apparently just to see the reaction on my face, which I heard was priceless ( Read more... )

More surveys in a row! I'm degrading the quality of the blog experience to fifteen second blurbs. Much like commercials on television: What can I sell you about myself in fifteen seconds? Apparently not a whole lot, but the sense-combining medium of television is so much better for that ( Read more... )

1. Pick a musician and answer only using the band's song titles: The Beatles ( Read more... )

I got a Chinese Water Dragon for my birthday from my brother. Pictures are forthcoming, but my father has already thrown a fit about it. It's too expensive to feed, it'll have extra costs, I can't afford crickets (that hurts ( Read more... )