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Magic Musings on Modern
The pre-Tour metagame is not healthy. Only three decks exist: Wild Nacatl, Rite of Flame and Cloudpost. There are variations - fast or semi-fast Nacatl, Splinter Twin or Pyromancer Ascension or Pyromancer's Swath or Hive Mind in Rite of Flame decks - but in general there is no satisfactory answer to the fast, resilient questions these decks are ( Read more... ) -
The Jace Conundrum, addendum
The latest Magic cards? A discard spell that hits both Jace and Primeval Titan (twin terrors of the game these days), a green spell with "Destroy target permanent" on it, and a Sword that punishes opponents for having a full hand (indirectly attacking the draw-multiple-cards effects of Jace, Squadron Hawk and Stoneforge Mystic). These are exactly ( Read more... ) -
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I'm avoiding making posts about real life because it is really not something I am interested in facing now. So here are my thoughts on an impossibly dorky subject!
The Question: Can you put the genie back in the bottle? What if a lot of people are heavily invested in the bottle?
The Prosecution: Jace, the Mind Sculptor is an incredibly good Magic ( Read more... ) -
Budget Cuts from the Wrong Side
A few months back, there was a law professor who complained that he didn't feel rich, and the proposed tax hikes on those making $250,000 ignored the reality of the situation for himself and his doctor wife and his three children. After all, he could barely pay for all his expenses and still hire a babysitter to eat out occasionally ( Read more... ) -
Rob's Life Mix 5
Rob's Life Mix 5 is here! You can download it from Rapidshare, or I can also get you a physical CD ( Read more... ) -
Steam Holiday Sale
I don't usually shill for products on here, but I thought this was so absurd it deserved to be mentioned.
Recently a bunch of my friends have started playing Supreme Commander 2, which is basically Starcraft for people who don't like clicking really fast, and like increasingly silly troops. (Giant magnet? Naval jump jets? Nuclear missile reflector ( Read more... ) -
I totally called it
The blogosphere (terrible word btw) is alive with this incest case of a Columbia professor and his adult, non-coerced daughter. Saletan is pretty sure it's wrong because incest is not immutable the way homosexuality is, but this is seriously flawed - it's just as invasive on the liberal ideal of "Any two people who love each other should be equal ( Read more... ) -
Big Link Roundup, November 2010
This is going to be pretty big, so I apologize in advance. Just check out whatever catches your eye. I'll organize it by category:
GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION (aka intimidating/depressing flowcharts)
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The Deficit Commission
I want so badly for there to be a bipartisan solution to our skyrocketing deficits, a real austerity plan that combines the best ideas from both sides and doesn't put us on the fast track to financial ruin. So I'm hesitant to criticize or naysay the preliminary suggestions from Erskine and Bowles on this issue ( Read more... )