funny thing is:
- the girl who told me to wake up is my best friend/"sister." known her for 17 years. her husband strikes me as being one of these "tenther"/"birther" chumpstains (a "tenther," BTW, is a person who has suddenly determined that the tenth amendment renders most government programs unconstitutional - which is a gross misreading of the amendment) - a union guy who hates his union, even though he wouldn't be able to afford the house/wife/kid if his union hadn't kicked some ass before he got there.
- the "socialist" guy is a guy i've known for 22 years. also a close friend, he's the guy who co-hosts my (maybe never-coming-back...) political radio show. he thinks this new hatred for islam is his "jewish heritage" kicking in, which is ridiculous (some of our friends think he's doing too much cocaine, which is far more likely an explanation). i told him repeatedly during our discussion that i was physically sickened and repulsed by his sudden and fervent hatred of islam.
i posted up a comment on my facebook that read, "...was today stunned many times by people of varied political persuasions having such seemingly hateful and/or willfully ignorant positions (because it's easier to simplify and hate than to comprehend and rectify). Comprehension and derivation of a solution require people to move beyond differences to see their similarities. In other words: It takes work... but we're lazy Americans! So, we deserve what we get. :(" ... fortunately, a few of my other friends came out in support of me, so i don't feel like i'm in the ****ing twilight zone anymore
EDIT: the "socialist" didn't learn from our three hour shoutfest, and spewed on the facebook message above. FML indeed.
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Aug 30, 2009god of cyanide posted a message on more is coming...?well, thanks, ed. i try to be informative and honest, but i also believe in give and take in conversation - which i find lacking in the debate forum here often, and which is why i pop in, get uppity, get pissed and leave. there's no interest in give and take, unless you're the one doing all the giving and they're taking away your time.Posted in: 1-800-cyanide line
i believe time is our most valuable commodity, because it is not recreatable. so wastes of time are the worst wastes for me to see.
anyway, i'll start posting more around here when work starts up again and i have more juicy stuff to wig out about that's about how teaching leads you to abandon your willpower to not be homicidal. -
Aug 30, 2009god of cyanide posted a message on FML...yeah i have had a freaking day of this. just spent much of the last three hours trying to get my "socialist" friend to understand that religions don't oppress and incite violence, people USE religion to justify oppression and violence to its followers. this oppression and violence is largely motivated by factors that have little to do with religious doctrine - usually, it is economic and/or geographic factors. (basically, he had said that "islam should not be allowed to dominate the earth," followed soon by, "we shouldn't allow muslims to practice their faith in america because their religion preaches violence.")Posted in: 1-800-cyanide line
i have had a day of nonstop facepalming. my forehead hurts. -
Aug 29, 2009god of cyanide posted a message on Somewhere I belong...yeah, man, just chill out. who cares what other people think? **** 'em. "just do what ya feel and never follow."Posted in: Pet Snakes Corner
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Jun 16, 2008god of cyanide posted a message on Animated Movies Worth Seeingi second "Titan AE". great flick.Posted in: Alacar's Design Zone
my only disagreement is with much of the disney stuff, but i'm pretty anti-disney, so...
also, where would movies like "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" and "Space Jam" go? -
Mar 7, 2007god of cyanide posted a message on iTuneshey, you could download my podcast using iTunes! just for that, it should be lovedPosted in: Alacar's Design Zone
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Mar 5, 2007god of cyanide posted a message on First Blog: Talented Mr. Roto is Dumbthen he has been given the most ridiculous nickname everPosted in: g
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Mar 4, 2007god of cyanide posted a message on First Blog: Talented Mr. Roto is Dumbdude, quite funny and mostly spot on...Posted in: g
...except kevin youkilis is greek, not jewish. his nickname coming up was "the greek god of walks" because of his patience at the plate.
so even more bad on "mr. d'oh-to" -
Jan 29, 2007god of cyanide posted a message on See you all tomorrow!dude, good luck with this as well, and hurry up and get back already!!!Posted in: Umgenni's Journal
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Jan 27, 2007god of cyanide posted a message on On the Test and a few other things.that test reminds me of a final i took in world history. the teacher never made it past the run-up to WW2 - and the essay question on the final was all about...Posted in: Umgenni's Journal
vietnam!!!
well, of course, i passed, because i can bull***** under pressure. but yeah, that kind of thing is nothing new... -
Jan 23, 2007god of cyanide posted a message on Dreamhold's Day 1 Sylph ProductionOMG wild thing is SO not tone loc's song!!!Posted in: FL's Fey Dreamhold
but i'm sure you knew that, jen.
the honor of the original recording of this oft-abused song belongs to a group named The Troggs.
anyway, nice blog, FL! -
Jan 23, 2007god of cyanide posted a message on Testing Entryme too! yay!!!Posted in: Umgenni's Journal
cool blog, good luck with everything
add my blog too! -
Jan 23, 2007god of cyanide posted a message on 1st... blog.... ever...nice? you must have me mistaken with someone else!Posted in: Sephiroth Owa's Blog
no seriously, YAY MTGS blogosphere.
both our extendo's were amazingly popular, so our blogs should be too.
stay cool (or warm...), brother! - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
who cares if it's a sorcery in draft? its interaction with scepter is much more problematic. chant is enough! ...this is coming from someone who played scepter-lock in standard (w/boomerang, early frost, hokori and yosei) - turn 1 land-chrome mox-scepter-boomerang was good times...
at least one will be joining my (single) copies of vitu-ghazi and sunhome at the brooklyn zoo, for sure. just the card to bring the beatdown ferociously...
:symw::symu::symb::symg: could have :symwu::symbg:, :symwb::symug:, or :symwg::symub:-related abilities, for example... though i think they'd mix the combos to try and prevent a card from covering 2 dissension guilds...
look back, we've already considered that. i think it will be one, but we won't know for a while...
(hopefully, not a long while...)
i think matt cavotta's quote there is more of a convenient and appropriate pun (...that would be all too cruel/gruul.) than any hint about the upcoming set.
maybe 7 artifacts is a low number, but i think the only way they can increase it is by multiples of 5 (as they would essentially have to knock out 1 rarity level across all 5 colors). however, izzet would then get more toys to play with than the other guilds. i think the "gizmo"s we will see in guildpact will be their devices that the other guilds use (e.g. the wojek mana sticks) and not so much devices that predominantly help them.
perhaps, also, some of the izzet "gizmo"s will be printed as enchantments (maybe with an ability that uses whatever the izzet ability will be).
i still can't get over someone trading a firemane angel for a PP card, though... duh!
come on, we're magic players. if we can prove that we have a specified amount of mana in mass-mana combos (like heartbeat/harvest into maga), i don't think it will be that incredibly complicated to keep track of. probably the easiest way to do it is to tap for each symbol, in order, to demonstrate to your opponent that the payment is valid. keep in mind that any ability that costs you 10 mana WILL be winning you the game, so surely all concerned will pay close attention.
re: activated abilities - yeah, no way even on the unglued cards would they fit 10 abilities with regular mana symbols. it could, though, have 5 2-guild-mana activated abilities.
could be that, too, though i'd suspect there would be some sort of extra drawback...
my money's on the game-ending artifact...
if it is an artifact, and it has a game-winning ability, that ability should cost :symwu::symub::symbr::symrg::symgw: :symwb::symbg::symgu::symur::symrw:...
not having the :symrb::symwu::symug: guilds in guildpact would not stop them from using the symbols in guildpact if necessary. they have "foreshadowed" like that in the past (see shield of kaldra).
flavorwise, the cost would make sense. the least you can pay here is 4 colors (once you cut one color, you're forced into it), which is like requiring 6 guilds - 50% + 1 - to "break" the guildpact.
i can't pass judgement on a mechanic until i see the rest of the cards that work with it... at least it looks like it has potential to be fun.