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Nat Moes
@grandpabelcher.bsky.social
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Not really a grandfather. Senior editor, Wizards of the Coast, husband, dad, baker, gamer, and eternal MTG player. He/Him #BAOM!
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New profile picture courtesy of @cleverpseudonym.bsky.social, commemorating the fun of being a local TO.
My Bluesky profile header. Profile picture is me in a comic explosion patterned blazer and Team Serious T-shirt, gesturing with hand raised in explanation. A handwritten word bubble says “I expect six people.” The background is a Microprose MTG sealed bracket with an error message saying the victory AVI movie file can’t be located. It’s 8:09 p.m, I have three bars, and the phone is 67% charged.
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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bhaalspawn.bsky.social
Half Life (1998) is now as old as the first ever arcade game, Computer Space (1971) was when Half Life was released.
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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grandpabelcher.bsky.social
If you’re bored.
It says two by for. Should be hyphenated, and four is spelled wrong. This is the worst. It’s late and I and everyone else in my house had stomach flu this week and I just don’t know how to interact on this website anymore. Did I ever? I miss my friends in real life and my friends from the old internet. I hope this finds you. Thank you for your attention in this matter.
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 AM
grandpabelcher.bsky.social
If you’re bored.
It says two by for. Should be hyphenated, and four is spelled wrong. This is the worst. It’s late and I and everyone else in my house had stomach flu this week and I just don’t know how to interact on this website anymore. Did I ever? I miss my friends in real life and my friends from the old internet. I hope this finds you. Thank you for your attention in this matter.
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 AM
grandpabelcher.bsky.social
Ooh, what spell do you think you’ve cast exactly 399 times?
grandpabelcher.bsky.social Nat Moes @grandpabelcher.bsky.social · 28d
Arby’s receipt randomly made me wonder. Have you cast 399 Demonic Tutors in your lifetime? What was your 399th DT for? #wotcstaff
A section of an Arby’s receipt for a kids slider meal. The order number is DT399.
October 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM
grandpabelcher.bsky.social
Arby’s receipt randomly made me wonder. Have you cast 399 Demonic Tutors in your lifetime? What was your 399th DT for? #wotcstaff
A section of an Arby’s receipt for a kids slider meal. The order number is DT399.
October 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
grandpabelcher.bsky.social
Watching our 5yo play NES Mario is great:

“Watch this!”
…
…
[stomps goomba]
October 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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jonbois.bsky.social
should’ve charged the mound
cjzero.bsky.social CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · Sep 28
The Guardians clinch a playoff spot with a walkoff hit by pitch
September 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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I guess he’s an A’s fan.
Crude acrylic painting by an adult (me) of a purple onion headed fellow wearing a green shirt with yellow trim. Blue shorts (jorts?) are maybe a little short, but within acceptability. The yellow shoes and orange laces coordinate with the shirt. Impossible to tell if he’s really an A’s fan or likes baseball at all. He looks sad.
September 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Anyone else have this book as a kid? I remembered poring over the illustrations when I was young and bought a used copy. Has been a hit with my own kids the past few nights.
Cover of “INvisibles” by Larry Evans, a hidden picture puzzles book. An illustration of a rustic country road with cows, a tree, and rocky hill. Instructions say to “Find the hidden fox and the horse he frightened.” (Spoiler: The fox is integrated with the base of the tree with his head in the grass. The horse is rearing up the hill.) An intro page. “In-Visible 16, Haunted House, Nancy and her sister Elizabeth thought they should explore the old abandoned house on a warm summer’s night. Suddenly lights appeared upstairs and weird noises echoed through the house. You see, the house is really haunted. Find the skull, owl, bat, ghost, spider, black cat, and the old witch hidden in the picture.” A creepy black and white line illustration showing a huge old house with a turret, with one upstairs window lit. Two girls run down a crooked path in front of the house, holding hands. A large leafless tree stands over, and leafless bushes surround the path. Within the illustration are hidden images of a skull, owl, bat, ghost, spider, black cat, and an old witch on a broom.
September 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
grandpabelcher.bsky.social
Anyone else have this book as a kid? I remembered poring over the illustrations when I was young and bought a used copy. Has been a hit with my own kids the past few nights.
Cover of “INvisibles” by Larry Evans, a hidden picture puzzles book. An illustration of a rustic country road with cows, a tree, and rocky hill. Instructions say to “Find the hidden fox and the horse he frightened.” (Spoiler: The fox is integrated with the base of the tree with his head in the grass. The horse is rearing up the hill.) An intro page. “In-Visible 16, Haunted House, Nancy and her sister Elizabeth thought they should explore the old abandoned house on a warm summer’s night. Suddenly lights appeared upstairs and weird noises echoed through the house. You see, the house is really haunted. Find the skull, owl, bat, ghost, spider, black cat, and the old witch hidden in the picture.” A creepy black and white line illustration showing a huge old house with a turret, with one upstairs window lit. Two girls run down a crooked path in front of the house, holding hands. A large leafless tree stands over, and leafless bushes surround the path. Within the illustration are hidden images of a skull, owl, bat, ghost, spider, black cat, and an old witch on a broom.
September 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
grandpabelcher.bsky.social
Sneakers is currently free on YouTube. Probably watch that again today.
September 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
grandpabelcher.bsky.social
Also the archive of the old Vintage MTG website The Mana Drain works again! www.archive.themanadrain.com
grandpabelcher.bsky.social Nat Moes @grandpabelcher.bsky.social · Sep 9
I’ve been reading archives on The Mana Drain. I like that you can find 19 player local events where multiple people wrote very detailed reports, even if they didn’t T8. What a different time!
September 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
grandpabelcher.bsky.social
I’ve been reading archives on The Mana Drain. I like that you can find 19 player local events where multiple people wrote very detailed reports, even if they didn’t T8. What a different time!
September 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
grandpabelcher.bsky.social
From my wife, the novelist: “Writing a novel gives you lots of opportunities to hate yourself.”
September 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
grandpabelcher.bsky.social
Hear, hear!
kyleccarson.bsky.social Cowboy Kyle @kyleccarson.bsky.social · Sep 7
I would like you all to know that @kevincron.bsky.social is an excellent deck builder and someone I’m glad to know, even if only online
September 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
grandpabelcher.bsky.social
Eternal Weekend watch party?!
September 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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iamactuallylvl1.bsky.social
I helped curate another set of Vintage decks for players to try out FOR FREE on Magic Online. Check in next week and try out Vintage, no expensive cards required!
September 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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This is a bizarre thing I had never heard of until approximately 12:30 last night. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...
French Republican calendar - Wikipedia
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August 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Just watching a sink drain half a world away.
radiatoryang.bsky.social Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · Aug 17
new vlog: POV: watch my sink drain vt.tiktok.com/ZSARFcACw/
August 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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OK, more context. @kyleccarson.bsky.social suggested I at least get a picture. It is a darling commode. (Will not be requesting an action shot.)
A larger white toilet and a smaller Eljer blue toilet, outdoors apparently, on a covered patio. Title: “Don’t talk to me or my son ever again.”
August 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Ad from our small-town paper, with no other context.
Small newspaper ad: “VINTAGE TOILET Eljer, blue. Soft close matching seat, working when removed. Text Scott” and a phone number.
August 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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This would have been the winning poem. Castmaster is my favorite time of year, for making friends do things.
Text of the poem by JR Goldman and Jimmy “Sprinkles” McCarthy. This is just to say Thave resolved The Brainstorm That was on the stack And which You were probably Expecting To be faster Forgive me My plays were lengthy So many And so insane
August 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Posting the #Castmaster Season 2 report on this, the last day of summer vacation (cat is handsome but mostly unrelated): teamserio.us/posts/202507...
Castmaster Season 2 | TeamSerio.us
A Report - Last year, as part of Rajah James’s hosting of The Land, a Magic: The Gathering getaway extravaganza,...
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August 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Not making it to Gen Con this year and it is already the pits.
A red and white parking lot sign found in the wild that says “No gaming, Private Property” in large, unfriendly letters.
July 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM