Month: March 2026

Churners and MSers are a generally shrewd group of optimizers, within reason. There’s not enough hours in the day to run every possible play you can think of, especially if you work a 9-5.  There aren’t enough hours in the day for keeping up with the torrent of churning information that comes out every day,…

Pictured: A good enough meal for butterboy – only he would invoke Rockwell on a churning blog A special thanks to CU-whisperer, new father and all around hilarious dude butterboy for today’s post. For the TDCers reading this, don’t forget to go roast him today on his AMA with Kai. I recently welcomed a daughter…

The eponymous song from today’s post was an unavoidable part of 00s indie rock for the better part of a decade – from Gossip Girl to Criminal Minds, from One Tree Hill to How I Met Your Mother, from Kid Cudi samples to Madden 18 (?!?), it was everywhere.  The topic of today’s post was…

Thanks for hanging in there with me while I was on vacation. Taking it (somewhat) easy on the MS front for a couple of weeks is funny in 2026 because it’s enough time for a phoenix play to come back… and effectively die again.  This is a spiritual successor to this post, and it leans…

There’s been a handful of posts made in the community about specialization and finding what you’re good at – by me, by guest authors here, and guest authors on MEAB.  I’ve always believed in diversification of plays to avoid one shutdown completely killing you, even if that means accepting some low-hanging fruit that isn’t super…

Pictured: a MSer doing their daily check for the return of a lucrative avenue Apologies for the lapse in posts – I am halfway around the world scuba diving and unplugging has been really nice. Now I understand why Matt finds guest posters for his end of year vacation. Enjoy today’s post! When plays die,…