12:39 AM as I start writing. Midnight by Rootbeer on Soundcloud is my inspiration for tonight, but maybe it's not your vibe. I have other songs about the night. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band tune Midnight

The United States Government is "shut down," or at least the Great Society parts which many have come to rely upon for survival. For some strange reason, the military and police are little affected.

tacos and time travel!

Way back in January, I wrote a post about my attempt to build Wilson, Refined Grizzly and the Flaming Fist background into a voltron-style commander with +1/+1 counters and pump spells. After some playtesting,

Web2 social media has been in an uproar over the demolition of the east wing of the White House. Public sentiment seems to view this as a tragedy on the level of the Notre Dame cathedral fire, but I don't

Remember how outrageously offensive the "free speech zones" were during the George W. Bush administration about 20 years ago? Remote areas were cordoned off, and protesters were corralled behind

A few days ago, I snapped a picture of some old toys I brought out of storage to entertain my young nephew. When I was his age, die-cast cars were among my main playthings. It was a bit of a trip down

There is something fundamentally wrong with the global economy, and for better or worse, the United States Dollar remains the primary world reserve currency. This means mismanagement of our economy affects

Magic: The Gathering features five colors of cards representing different philosophies of gameplay and deck design. It took a few years for the ideas to settle into a permanent pattern, and there are points

"[T]he notion of individualism is now tarnished by its associations with selfish and violent identitarian groups..."—WN

In the late 1980s, when I was still very young, a traveling salesman convinced my parents to buy a set of World Book encyclopedias. I might have been in the kindergarten age range at the time, but they

@ravenmus1c mentioned the new community. I'm browsing HIVE while making a midnight snack. At 12:25 AM, I suppose 'today' is technically 'tomorrow.' Dairy-free mac-and-not-cheese, and adding bratwurst to

Why the Government Is So Loved by So Many 09/25/2025 • Mises Wire • Ryan McMaken • CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 One of the most memorable passages in the memoir of the escaped slave Frederick Douglass is where he describes

Do you like history? American history? New England history? No? Tough luck. If you've read this far, you're trapped reading to the end. There is no escape from this blog post. You'll have to upvote and

It's been a week since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and a lot has happened since then. It's time to expand on my initial reaction post. This has been cobbled together from several lines of thought,

I wrapped up my series about pauper decks a couple weeks ago, but I've been considering new ways to upgrade or even replace them. White The soldier deck is slow, perhaps unavoidably so, just because of

Earlier today, American right-wing activist and media personality Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a gunman while speaking at a Utah university. I'm not a huge fan of the guy. He was a state supremacist

There is a common perception that people in the past were better builders, writers, thinkers, and craftsmen. This is in part nostalgia, and in part survivorship bias. What does this tell us today? And

With the recent release of the first Legendary Warbond for Helldivers 2 in honor of the Xbox cross-platform launch, we old-school Halo fans have had the opportunity to try out this new gear. "ODST"

After a round of playtesting, I've made some substantial changes to the deck list from the last post. Sideboard Sidetrack The following thirteen cards have been moved to the sideboard. The links to their