halloweentown, diamonds, & synods
Hi. Here is some stuff.
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Game: Connections (a NYT daily word game)
Recipe: Szechuan Pork Noodle Stir-Fry
Postcast: Murder on Sex Island w/ Jo Firestone
TV Tropes & Halloweentown
Here are all the TV Tropes I could find within the movie Halloweentown: Small Town Boredom, Heroic Lineage, Really Royalty Reveal, I Just Want to Be Normal, Call to Adventure, Magical Land, Hidden Villain, and Friendly Skeleton. What did I miss?
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Ever Heard of Diamond Painting?
I stumbled on this video of "Diamond Painting". It's a strange blend of fuse beads, pixel art, Lego, and paint-by-numbers. It's portrayed on YouTube as an ASMR-inducing and cozy kind of hobby. There are many kinds of diamond-placing tools that use a special wax to hold onto the diamonds (which are called "drills"). It seems like a very tedious way to create a difficult-to-frame art, but to each their own.
Synods in Magic: The Gathering
There are four cards in Magic: The Gathering's over 20,000 unique cards that have the word "Synod" in their name. A "synod" is "a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application." All four of the cards are either Blue or Colorless, and they are all Artifact themed. Within the world of MTG, Blue is normally the color of knowledge & technology. It's interesting that they didn't choose White for these cards, which is the usually color of morality and order.
Did you know these emails would occasionally include Magic content? Congrats on making it this far.
Closing Question
What movie do you put on when you want to watch a movie but you don't want to have to pay attention too closely cause you're doing some other task at the same time?
I chose "I Love You, Man".