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After yesterday’s Premodern event (I did terribly 😭), we got to do a sweet Chaos Draft with Andy’s hoard of old packs! I went 2-1 with good old B/R Removal.dec. So much fun to play these old cards (and try to parse the wording on Dead Ringers) again!

Where’s the pic of the aggro birds???

Need help building this draft deck. Thoughts?

The Angel’s Share rye was such a ridiculously good suggestion!

Black Manhattan with Angel’s Share rye, Averna, and black walnut bitters.

Skye is a truly wonderful place. Hopefully our next visit happens in less than 16 years!

I always say I love my country the way Anthony Bourdain did, not as a benevolent state or one founded in innocence but as vast, beautiful place full of discrete people and cultures such as has rarely been attempted and worth fighting for.

I may have peaked in MTG/Final Fantast drafts with this deck from last night. It’s exactly my style and easily got to 7 wins.

The United States never has enough money to keep people alive at home but always has enough money to kill people overseas.

Why yes, I’m about to eat the last slice of my Father’s Day key lime pie straight out of the pie dish. Why do you ask?

BREAKING | Comptroller Brad Lander arrested at ICE court hearing

This photo.

ICE is a gang.

I shit you not, people

Happy Father’s Day to my fellow dads. Cheers, gents!

Exactly! Had a few boxes of strawberries in the fridge and just happened to find a post about this drink on Reddit, so it was fated :-).

First time making the Muddled Mission, from the Death & Co. cocktail book. Gin, St. Germain, Genepi (in place of yellow Chartreuse), lemon juice, and a muddled strawberry. Yummy and refreshing!

Finally rewatched Rogue One, now that we finished Andor, and I enjoyed it much more than before. I still think the first half is kind of meh, but the entire Scarif sequence is fantastic. Also, I didn’t realize/remember that my boy Melshi was in it!

Made the Eight Amaro Sazerac from Amor Y Amargo, and it’s quite tasty, even though I think I accidentally halved the quantities! Had to make a few substitutions, since I don’t currently have certain of the amari from the original recipe, but still a great blend.

Replaying Hollow Knight for the Nth time, and it’s just so damn good. Just beat NKG, and that’s such a fun boss fight! Maybe in this playthrough I’ll finish P5; last time I made it all the way to AbsRad and didn’t have it in me to practice that fight a bunch.

Clean 3-0/6-0 in a Powered Cube draft with work friends. Good clean Magic!

Finally finished Season 2 of Andor! Truly excellent, and I don’t know that anything I see anytime soon can top Episode 8.

John Avon is temporarily retiring from events and painting to focus on his health. His agent said he would honor any signing arrangements, so my Q3 signing with him is still happening. I expect it to take longer than normal, I wouldn't want John to strain himself.

#MTG #MagicTheGathering

A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again

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Didn’t know what Kummel is until just now, but yeah, seems like a slam dunk for this!

From the cocktails community on Reddit: Katz’s Old Fashioned Explore this post and more from the cocktails community

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It’s on my list, for sure!

You mean look up the questions.

Don’t tell her how it gets made!

How it started and how it ended (with several more trays, too!), courtesy of @lizneiman.bsky.social!

Phthisis!

A classic for a reason!