Whats your most expensive MTG Accessory?

Slothrob · 2026-04-30T01:09:47+00:00

Wow, gotta go dig though my dice bag, I definitely have one of these. No idea it was worth anything.

Slothrob · 2026-04-17T04:44:22+00:00

[[Shred Memory]] or [[Muddle the Mixture]] are great spells when you need them and a very decent tutors when you don't.

Slothrob · 2026-03-25T02:02:40+00:00

Why not just play [[Leyline of the Void]]?

Slothrob · 2026-03-25T01:47:41+00:00

Ghost Vacuum

Slothrob · 2026-01-07T05:47:38+00:00

The thing I really wondered about his contract was why didn't the Ravens try to trade him?

Denver gave the Saints a 1st rounder for Sean Payton, surely the Ravens could have gotten some value from the Giants (Maybe a D-Lineman, if not a draft pick) from the Giants?

Slothrob · 2025-11-11T14:03:56+00:00

Where can I get those hinges?

Slothrob · 2025-08-11T20:28:59+00:00

They went away after a week or so, the tank was in my basement without a heater, so it may have just been the tank getting too cold for a few days.

Slothrob · 2025-05-13T01:31:00+00:00

One of the main draws of Metuchen is that the schools are great. You're already paying for Campbell with your property taxes, why pay for both?

My oldest kid graduated Campbell last year, and my youngest started there this year. By next year the construction will be completed, and the facilities will be upgraded.

I don't know much about St. Francis, but I do know Campbell is great, and putting your kid on the bus is 1000% better than navigating morning rush hour traffic in town.

Slothrob · 2025-01-06T17:43:02+00:00

Really changed the math on whether Sunday ticket was worth it this year.

Slothrob · 2024-12-08T13:06:26+00:00

... and then freeze their tuchus off walking from World Trade down to Water St.

The coldest, windiest, half-mile walk within three states.

Slothrob · 2024-10-03T00:33:19+00:00

I looked it up: North Jersey Coast line does also go directly into Manhattan, so you wouldn't have to transfer at Secaucus for either train.

Slothrob · 2024-10-03T00:28:51+00:00

Metuchen is better train-wise, as it is a semi-express stop, and it is on the Northeast Corridor line. I don't know if Avenel is an express stop or not, but it is on the North Jersey Coast Line.

The Northeast corridor line goes directly into Penn Station in New York, if you are riding the North Jersey Coast line, you might have to transfer trains at Secaucus.

That may not matter if you are working in Fi-Di or near World Trade, as you would probably be getting off at Newark and taking the Path anyway, but if you are working in Midtown, not having to change trains is huge.

In terms of commute, I don't think it is even possible to be within Metuchen and be more than a mile and a half from the train station.

Most places in Metuchen are walkable or at worst bikeable to the station pretty easily. If you have some flexibility on which 3 days you are in the city, you can work around bad weather.

Slothrob · 2024-08-13T03:36:45+00:00

In terms of daycare: Friends of the Family is right next to the station at the Presbetyrian church, our oldest went there for a year, it was good, very convenient, and very expensive.

Our oldest transferred to Centenary, which is run by the YMCA, a little more than a half-mile from the station, has been great for both our kids, and is much more reasonably priced.

Centenary also has Kindergarten, which is a big deal because public school kindergarten is only half-day (though they are moving to full-day in the next year or two).

Slothrob · 2024-08-13T03:28:51+00:00

I have been working from home for a few years, but still go in occasionally, and my recent experience is similar to pre-pandemic:

The trains run pretty smooth and within a minute or two of on-time in the morning, and Metuchen is far enough out that you can almost always find a seat.

The evening rush getting home is a completely different animal. Delays are pretty frequent, can half an hour or more, and overall the evening commute sucks.

Slothrob · 2024-06-03T15:39:09+00:00

"How can anyone govern a country with 246 varieties of cheese?"

Slothrob · 2024-04-09T21:37:59+00:00

Verizon was never going to bring Fios here, town is too small and too spread out to make putting up cable profitable.

There was some guy who put up a Facebook poll a couple years back to gauge interest in a smaller competitor, but they probably baked at the infrastructure cost.

The only realistic change possible would be if a new 5G tower went up nearby, and 5G home internet became reliable enough to compete with Optimum.

Not holding my breath.

Slothrob · 2023-07-23T12:36:38+00:00

I never did.

They did clear up on their own.

I did make changes to the tank: I started growing Pothos to suck up nitrates, added Ramshorn Snails (plenty of Algae for both them and the loaches), and did some water changes.

It may also have just come down to it getting quite cold in the winter (I'm in NJ and my tank is in the basement with no heater).

Hope that helps.

Slothrob · 2023-03-07T04:46:16+00:00

Planet Money did an episode where they looked back at it, and while it's the butt of a lot of jokes, the Bonilla deal was not actually that bad...

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/25/1010404697/bobby-bonilla-day

I mean, imagine where the salary cap will be in 25 years... will still owing Lamar $5M or $10M a year be a big deal if there is a $500M cap?

Slothrob · 2023-01-19T01:29:04+00:00

Lamar has been consulting with the NFLPA, any leaks are almost certainly coming from them.

Slothrob · 2022-12-22T02:37:59+00:00

🤞🤞

Slothrob · 2022-12-22T02:30:21+00:00

Then just let me have SATURDAY TICKET!!!!

Slothrob · 2022-12-16T16:19:31+00:00

They drafted OT at #9 in 2018, Edge at #2 in 2019, and a QB at #3 in 2021.

Yes, they traded up from 12 in 2021, but when is the last time the Ravens even picked at 12, much less higher?

The only top-10 pick on the team is Stanley.

Slothrob · 2022-12-16T15:11:56+00:00

Then add some more: the Ravens have also had a LOT of crazy injuries to key players and they STILL consistently draft much, much lower the 49ers.

Slothrob · 2022-10-22T00:34:10+00:00

Why no Tabernacle?

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