So, I started a brand new chapter of life this week. My work schedule (and the rest of life) changed quite a bit. I got out of the martial arts business to spend more time with my family, and good thing too seeing as how I’m going to a daddy next July! With all the changes, I built in time to focus on spreading the word about my words. So, here’s this week’s recap from various social media things.

Entry 15 in things that might go well together but probably won’t:

Magic the Gathering and Real-Life Wizards

When Regzenier and his fellow magic-users arrived on Earth, they mostly remained hidden, absorbing the new cultures and exploring the new lands quietly. Once they discovered Magic the Gathering, however, the card game was played fervently by all. Soon, the games became more real, the spells on the cards actually being cast, the consequences of losing resulting in the death of the wizard. Regzenier barely remained ahead of the others in this mad game, until Prosectero cast Plague Wind across Canada and declared that all wizards must face him in battle lest he cast the apocalyptic spell once more across the entire planet.

Regzenier grabbed his conflux deck and headed north. He beat out Prosectero with only one life counter remaining thanks to his Progenitus. Only, now the hydra cannot be banished and has successfully wiped out the upper half of the US. Regzenier, the final wizard left alive in the attempt to stop Progenitus, was forced to exile himself, and in so doing the hydra as well, to an inverse plane of existence where nothingness reigns. Most of all, he’ll miss In-N-Out burgers and Now and Laters.

(And yes, those are names of wizards from my books :))

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On November 28th, 1905, Arm and Hammer baking soda was trademarked. If not for that oh so versatile ingredient, I would have had one less thing to add to my cookies as I mixed them into the living room carpet as a young child. Which certainly would have altered the finished product of my wonderful carpet cookies. Although I don’t think my parents would have been any less upset. Thanks for helping Arm and Hammer!!! (The cookies in the carpet thing, btw, is a true story).