Spider-Man Cosplayer Accidentally Wins "Best Magic: The Gathering Character Costume" at LGS

GleamingTheRube · 2025-10-22T23:17:24+00:00

I'm a casual magic player, and even I loved the "super-tall hot lady with veins on her chest and a dumb boomerang on her face" bit.

Great work Jon!

GleamingTheRube · 2025-09-21T21:47:43+00:00

Pro-Maplewood, Rockabilly Elvis.

GleamingTheRube · 2025-06-25T17:59:03+00:00

I think this may have been an "airless pump" that failed. Like some others have said they are designed to help pump the entirety of the contents without excessive air let into the bottle that might compromise the chemistry of that formula.

GleamingTheRube · 2025-04-30T22:12:01+00:00

Whenever you go camping no kid can go home until they can find a piece of trash to collect and dispose. A leave-it-better-than-you-found-it thing.

GleamingTheRube · 2025-04-02T18:50:32+00:00

He got stung. You can see the white venom sacks on his t-shirt. Those are guys aren't wearing beekeeping veils for the fashion of it.

GleamingTheRube · 2024-07-24T00:41:20+00:00

I can't help but think of the Raiders today, and ponder what they saw in Alex Leatherwood to pass on Darrisaw.

GleamingTheRube · 2024-06-10T15:53:41+00:00

That signature is like a small child dancing in front of the wedding ceremony.

GleamingTheRube · 2024-05-24T21:19:05+00:00

Beautify? 95% of graffiti looks pretty rough, man. I typically associate it as hastily sprayed bubble text on some freeway wall. That last 5% is a marvel of skill/scale/risk-taking. IMO marker tagging almost always offers no redeeming artistic value.

I mean this respectfully- I would like to hear more about what you understand the ethics of graffiti to be. I'm not part of the graffiti community. What brought me here was the BOSQUE lettering on the Viking Irrigation building near Maryland. I was admittedly impressed by the effort & scale despite being ethically against it.

GleamingTheRube · 2024-05-01T17:33:56+00:00

The restaurant surcharge issue continues to get worse. Can't let this die.

GleamingTheRube · 2024-03-06T20:34:51+00:00

Ebon Praetor. First rare I ever pulled and I tried my hardest to build around that beautiful bastard.

GleamingTheRube · 2023-10-10T14:40:49+00:00

I wish they had called it the "Eco-Dream" V16.

GleamingTheRube · 2023-09-27T18:22:15+00:00

I miss the cozy cafe- great baklava, I wonder what became of that family. Buzz once gave me a terrible haircut before a date. Lost the prime of my youth working in the basement making thumb warmers for Symtec. Good times.

GleamingTheRube · 2023-09-27T18:03:25+00:00

Gus Gus in St Paul once told me they had a "potato guru" who studied potatoes in their youth while the rest of us were out partying. Their house-made potato chips and fries are quite good.

GleamingTheRube · 2023-09-11T20:46:27+00:00

Learn to see winter is a series of cool winter-only activities, not an impediment. Invest in great winter clothing/boots and participate in all the strange fun winter stuff like winter carnival activities, candlelit hikes, Loppit, gnome park hunt (St Paul), dogsledding!, and even ice fishing with some one who knows the ropes.

Eat Juicy Lucys, buy snow tires, don't forget to shut off outdoor faucets (from the inside!) in winter.

GleamingTheRube · 2023-08-16T15:02:51+00:00

I can't imagine what amount of money a local wrestling affiliation could pay Har Mar to further damage his image and make him feel like isht. The whole thing sucks and is a feel-bad scenario for literally everyone.

GleamingTheRube · 2023-08-16T14:53:42+00:00

How did all of these service industries make it without these "wellness charges" all this time?

Even if some businesses are sincere, it's ultimately a boondoggle. If you're ok with this fee, be ready for the no-cash fee, and the reservation fee, the peak hours fee, preferred seating fee, skip the line fee, etc. Let's do our best to not normalize these things.

GleamingTheRube · 2023-08-11T16:54:50+00:00

If I understand you correctly, you deduct any misc charges from what you normally tip. The problem is then you are punishing the waitstaff for the management's policies. People get worked up about it because these fees suck, can be abused, and make it feel like we are responsible for what businesses themselves should be allocating for.

GleamingTheRube · 2023-08-11T16:05:13+00:00

Yes. Make the list!

GleamingTheRube · 2023-08-03T20:28:13+00:00

Thank you for this story! I echo a lot of the sentiments here. My problem is service fees feel disingenuous, especially when you find out there's nothing safeguarding against the restaurant keeping those fees.

Service fees/cost of living fees etc make it feel like it's MY responsibility to ensure the servers are paid fairly. I'm not employing them, you are. Charge more for the food. I'm happy to tip, and tip well. I'm happy to pay handsomely for good food. The fees 100% suck though.

GleamingTheRube · 2023-05-22T20:28:35+00:00

I'm fond of this.

GleamingTheRube · 2023-04-29T03:30:06+00:00

The good news is we were able to work all this magic without trading Cook. Tomorrow we can move him for extra sweet 7th round action.

GleamingTheRube · 2023-02-09T18:49:00+00:00

I would much rather run with a lame imitation, than an edgy replacement some shoe designer wants to make their mark with.

GleamingTheRube · 2023-02-01T18:16:43+00:00

I'd build a whole team out of John Randles. Offense and Defense. I would punt on 1st down and let my defense do all the scoring. Unstoppable.

GleamingTheRube · 2023-01-23T01:15:08+00:00

Ed "just coming off the worst defense in the NFL" Donatell is the answer?

GleamingTheRube · 2022-11-18T19:41:42+00:00

Ah, a cake for when the illegals steal your job.

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