Pica not just for Pokemon

I've been meaning to write this post since Wednesday.  But this week i was sick.  That means that i fell behind at work and had to get caught up.   I have time today, so i write.  Part of the reason i have time is that the Star City Open is in LA this weekend so the webcast doesn't start until 3:00.

Before i begin let me talk about the Star City Open.  I love it.  So many great things to say.  It is like football but better.  All weekend i can watch Magic.  Saturday is Type II and Sunday is Type 1.5.  For those of you how just started playing MtG, Standard used to be called Type II and Legacy was 1.5.  Pete Hoefling has done a great service to the Magic community by creating the SCG Open.  He has also done me a personal favor along with everyone else smart enough to hold on to their cards.  I figure i have personally gained somewhere around $7,500 or so thanks to Pete's efforts.  Card prices keep climbing and there does not appear to be a ceiling.  If there was a MtG mutual fund, that'd be the smart place to put your money until the Republicans regain the White House in 2012.  Because there is not, buy dual lands, Collector's Edition sets, and cards printed before the Tempest era.

So, Pica.  Pica is a medical disorder characterized by an appetite for substances largely non-nutritive (e.g. metal, clay, coal, sand,  gum, etc.) or an abnormal appetite for food ingredients (e.g. flour, raw potato, raw rice, starch, ice cubes, salt).  In my case this means ice.  When pica manifests itself by the consumption of ice it is called Pagophagia.  Basically all of this is just a long, rambling way to say that i like to eat ice.  I don't actually have pica, anemia, or any other mineral deficiency.  I just like to eat ice.

This week i bought myself a Magic Chef 27 lb. Portable Ice Maker in Silver.  I am most pleased with this.  Best one hundred busks i have spent in a while.  It makes twenty-seven pounds of ice a day, i only eat about three.  I expect that ice consumption will go up on the weekends when i have more free time.  Ice is the perfect snack, low calorie and delicious. 

"Ok, Bob, why don't you just use your freezer?" you might be asking.  Obviously you are not a ice bon viant.  Ice from the freezer is inferior in quality for a number of reasons.  If you use the built in ice maker you are getting tap water ice, which can range from excellent in some cities like Waterloo, to god aweful in cities that get their water from rivers like Fort Wayne.  My ice maker uses whatever water i choose.  I mostly use Culligan since we have it at the office.  Erin will not let me use her cool Evian bottled water because it is for guests.  But the real reason the ice maker is so nice is that it makes ice that is 32°, that's 0° outside the U.S.  Ice at 32° is perfect for consumption.  It melts quickly enhancing the ice eating experience.  It is also softer which cuts down on the likelihood that you will break a tooth. 

I could go on at length about how great this wonder machine is, but for those of you who have access to my office stop in and see it for yourself.  Then go get one for yourself.  As an American it is your duty to keep the economic recovery going.

Later

Bob


Don't worry, Sam, the 2010 YiR is still coming.