Just had my MIT Mystery Hunt team meeting. We're in the endgame now.

Turns out, all we have are brakes. We put in extra brakes. We borrowed the brakes of teams who didn’t make the playoffs.

All gas, no brakes. Uninstall the brakes. Why would this car have brakes? #GoPackGo

The microphones are a really nice touch. #WotCstaff

Looking to not be super productive today, like I am? Have this on a second monitor, like I do! #WotCstaff #butIamnotthesponsor #mycompanymightbe #idonotknowaboutthesethings

The #MTGLorwyn Release Notes and Update Bulletin are both live. Detailed info on the new set, a few changes to things, and more Sorcerers than you can shake a stick at. (Do not shake sticks at Sorcerers.) #WotCstaff magic.wizards.com/en/news/feat... magic.wizards.com/en/news/anno...

The things they enjoy about Star Trek map pretty well to the things I enjoy about Star Trek, so I’m pretty excited about their excitement.

I wrote a little bit about Lorwyn Eclipsed mechanics. Jim Henson’s Creature Shop didn’t help, but in their defense, I neglected to ask them. magic.wizards.com/en/news/feat... #WotCstaff

Maybe the coverage team can ask people on a social media platform if they know anything about you. That way, they don’t have to use, like, a search engine. A “BrianBing,” if you will.

Coming soon to karaoke parties near you, Magic-themed and otherwise. #WotCstaff

Well, it's January, which is an unfortunate development for all the "F it, we'll worry about it in January" tasks on my plate.

I had resigned myself to never clearing Hades 2 on 32 fear, but I finally did, so never let it be said my vacation wasn't productive.

A little disappointed to discover there were humans behind this. Admittedly, very creative humans. When I saw it, I thought it was documentary footage. #WotCstaff

Now... *slaps type line*... we can fit so many creature types in this thing! #WotCstaff

The fact that Georgia even got another play at the end there was CRAZY.

If you start a game of Commander at exactly 10:47:22pm, you might be done in time to make out with someone just as the clock strikes midnight. Or just pause mid-combat. Doesn’t matter.

So many of you out there either aren’t going to set off fireworks tonight or are going to set off fireworks far enough away from my cats so as not to frighten them, and for that I thank you. Happy New Year!

Finished with the Microsoft New Year's Eve puzzle hunt. Was adorable. A delightfully nerdy way to close out the year.

Super fun. Release the director’s cut. (And don’t tell anyone I needed a nap immediately afterward.)

Well, we didn’t make the list this time around, but it was just an announcement. Hoping for big things for #MTGxStarTrek next year. #WotCstaff

My manager: You don’t take enough vacation. You need more time off. Me after a week off: Toughness is the second number, right?

I don’t want to spoil anything that happens on #Pluribus, and as soon as something does I’ll be sure not to.

The Chinese food has arrived. The puzzles are printed. Merry Christmas, one and all.

I suppose if your party has insufficient cows.

Mine is pretty funny, but they’ll have to call me and pretend to be royalty if they want my birthday.

YouTube suggested a video titled “Everything wrong with Clue (the movie) in 20 minutes or less.” Didn’t watch it, but I assume it’s 19:57 of ads and three seconds of some dude saying “It wasn’t longer.”

Yesterday could have been my last working day of the year, but I woke up with an idea for a MagicCon event, so working on that now. #WotCstaff

You will be visited by… oh wait, hang on.

9 years ago today, @gavinverhey.bsky.social and I made it #BiginJapan.

There are two electricians in my house, and maybe not cleaning it in forever was a mistake. I feel their judgment. The alternative was "the wiring may catch fire at any time and you will die," and maybe we didn't give that enough consideration. Our house is deeply embarrassing.

Spreading the word for any locals who may not have seen it.

Hey, I know her! #WotCstaff

What is the point of liking anything, one wonders. #GoPackGo

And sometimes you watch your season end.

Drive-in double feature: Passenger 57, followed by The Bodyguard. Me, a girl I had a crush on, and 8 other friends more getting in the way than anything else. Didn’t work out, but a few months later I started seeing another girl. That one worked out better. She’s sitting next to me as I type this.

Sometimes, and I swear @infinitokens.com didn’t put me up to this, I think about how things would be different if tokens could survive off the battlefield. The thought experiment doesn’t go very far once hands get involved, but in an era of digital card games, tokens as cards is interesting.

My wife and I went out for sushi tonight. They usually have a variety of sports playing, but tonight they are unapologetically playing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer on every screen.

Tabak 12/10/2025: "spell or permanent" is the established order. "permanent or spell" appears only on MB Red Herring, which is, you know...

My work inbox has a subfolder called Promotions, but it’s never the good news I’m hoping for. Just people trying to sell me stuff.

Sorry, Caleb. See you in two weeks. #GoPackGo

I think this is going to be a lot of fun. Jay-Den's smile is freaking me out though.

If you are of a certain vintage (and I don't feel the need to get into specifics there), I really can't recommend this podcast highly enough.

Seeing a lot of posts about #MagicCon Vegas, an event that is somehow both a year away and starting in about three hours. #WotCstaff

Was watching some tournament Scrabble this morning and saw them go through a fairly intense “failure to agree on reality” score discrepancy. Interesting to see how it was handled vs. some pro Magic situations I’ve judged in the past.

I’m not saying my Thanksgiving mood was completely riding on the outcome of the Packers game, but I’m very thankful to not have to find out. #GoPackGo

WOW. #GoPackGo

A job applicant, after hearing how long I’ve been #WotCstaff (18.5 years!), asked me why. After the real answers (love the work, love the people), I half-joked “plus applying for a job seems really hard. You’re killing it. I would suck at this.” This is all to say I’m thankful for you all.

Commit to the bit. #GoPackGo

Once upon a time, #WotCstaff created one perfect Wizard. And then, for reasons incomprehensible to all of us, rather than retiring the creature type forever, made more.

An announcement of interest for Monster Hunter fans: magic.wizards.com/en/news/anno... #WotCstaff