Jamie Wakefield

"Tournament Reports" has finally been re released under the Lulu label. Now titled "Quest for the Pro Tour." Available in print or download. From Amazon.com reviews of the original - "I spent $100 to buy this book and found it well worth it. Other MTG books age, this does not. Jamie Wakefield is very entertaining. " - Spyros A. Svoronos. "Many current experienced M:tG writer were influenced by Jamie Wakefield. This book makes a wonderful autobiography of someone struggling to be one of the best Magic players around. You will not be sorry if you buy this book. " - C. Bedford Crenshaw. "Jamie Wakefield's tournament reports draw you into his life. The book inlcudes some strategy advice, but mainly engrosses you in the story of Jamie's experiences at Magic tournaments. If there is a volume 2, I will buy it. " - A Reader. "I have read every book out there on M:TG. This is my all time favorite book. A great way to learn how ...

I have just finished “ Replay” for the fifth time. Well, I think it’s the fifth time. When you go years between readings you sort of lose track. Years between readings. Think about the ramifications of that sentence fragment... People say “life is short.” They are wrong. Life is long long long. Years between readings. I look back on the different sections of my life, and each one of them has so many experiences packed into them. Each like a four to ten year chapter in the novel that makes up my life... The high school chapter. The college chapter. The manager of the Middlebury Inn chapter. The computer tech at Computer Alternatives chapter. The trying to be good at Magic chapter. The Marriage chapter. The obsession with MMORPG’s chapter. And now the Spain chapter. All of those chapters were like little lives. Each one of them has so many experiences packed into them. So many memories. I look back on the college chapter and it seemed to last so long. It seemed to last for a lifetime. A...

Joshie - "John, we broke down by your house, hop on your quiddich broom and get over here and help us out." If you are mystified by the above sentence , I updated yesterday's entry in the afternoon. Go read that and it will all become clear. The first two weeks back are very busy. I should be updating with more content next week. I continue to fail at sleep. I was up at 6:45 this morning after going to sleep at 1:30 am. I tried for 90 minutes to get back to sleep but the brain would not stop it's cacophonous litany of things it thought I should get up and do. I do not feel well today. Yesterday was hours spent at Lulu trying to fix "The Quest for the Pro Tour" upload and failing. The site went down for maintenance then my computer froze a couple times. I uploaded the manuscript, found some errors and had to do it again. Repeat that sentence twice more. When I finally got it right, it just sat and spun at "converting" until I finally gave up in d...

Magic - There is a tournament at Heroes Kingdom I will probably go to on August 4th. Hopefully Hilary or Jeremy can build me a deck and lend me some cards. All my cards are digital these days. World of Warcraft - Having finally tamed Rak'shiri I headed back over to the Burning Crusade to explore. The first two quests vastly upgraded my bow and my melee weapon. But I kept seeing mining deposits that I couldn't touch because my mining was only 240. The only way to fix that was to head back to the old world and spend a week or five raising it up to 300. Could I really do that and just ignore all the new things to explore? Hey look, I only have 47 gold in my pocket. So, I guess, yes, if I ever wanted to buy anything again, like, say, my epic mount, then yes, I would be heading back to the old world to level my mining. That was three weeks ago. This morning it hit 296. Mixed Martial Arts - My weight continues to hold steady at 170. Wendy and I run often and continue to increase ou...

I know it's Monday and you're looking for something to read. There should be multiple updates today as Wendy and I are finally home from the wedding and doing some work today. Check back often.

Some fun. Holy God. The morning started off better than mornings have a right to start. With a last wistful look, we left our apartment in Madrid for six weeks, closing the door quietly behind us. The plants watered, the fridge nearly empty, the J amon gently placed in the bin. Then the cab came on time. We arrived at the airport two hours ahead of when our plane was set to depart. We were greeted by a teeming mass of humanity greater than the herds of buffalo that once roamed this great land. (See, I'm in America now so I can actually say that and not mean Madrid buffalo.) Oh they were everywhere. We could barely get in the door. Each window had lines as long as a Dune sandwurm . Except for ours. Making our way through the press of the crowd, we plunged right through the sea of humanity to find the Continental windows completely vacant. We don't know what the chaos was behind us, but for once, it didn't touch us. We were in a mystical sea of calm inside an airport. Imp...

Last week I had a perfect day. Perfect days do not come along often. Savor them. I am still grinning and happy today because yesterday was so perfect. It started out with a b… sec, phone…. breakfast bar, a liter of water and coffee. Then I colored my hair. Hey, I’m not afraid to admit it. Both my parents have that early grey hair gene so that means I have it too. If I don’t color my hair I might look like I’m over thirty and I just couldn't face that. It came out a little less red and lot more brown than I would have liked, but all the grey is gone. Even the grey streaks in my mustache and beard are gone. Wendy had to do some errands and asked if I wanted to go which was a thankful yes. The scale has been very kind to me and we didn ’t go for a run that morning so walking around Madrid for a couple hours and then up four flights of stairs with groceries sounded like a good idea. And since I’m working on the part of Marilyn’s story where she first gets her colostomy bag, I was look...