Nat Moes

Dr. Strangelove, one of my top five!

"From Parts Unknown."

They get over that, right? Mine are currently very concerned with the song "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" and speculating all the disasters that have befallen the old gray goose.

It was excellent stompin’.

Watching our 5yo play NES Mario is great:

“Watch this!”
…
…
[stomps goomba]

I got the commemorative T-shirt the Dodgers gave away on the anniversary in 2000. Cool of an opposing club to do that.

should’ve charged the mound

This is just the punchline to a real life Mitch Hedberg bit, right?

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.

I guess he’s an A’s fan.

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.

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.

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.

I like the second picture showing off its (Randle’s) saucy backsyde.

Sneakers is currently free on YouTube. Probably watch that again today.

Say it ain’t so!

I had not heard of Freeman’s Mind before and it is wonderful. Thank you!

Maybe he wants a martini.

Hm! Try just typing archive.themanadrain.com without the www?

Also the archive of the old Vintage MTG website The Mana Drain works again! www.archive.themanadrain.com

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!

From my wife, the novelist: “Writing a novel gives you lots of opportunities to hate yourself.”

Zack-o-lantern.

I'm also interested which card.

This was great. I read ahead based on your rec and then had to rewind quickly to understand exactly how we ended up there.

Hear, hear!

I want to go 2-3 in that! You should play for sure!

Aw, I wanted a cola!

It’s so historical I have to dig up a VCR.

Eternal Weekend watch party?!

A bold move. Maybe she’ll bring you a pie.

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