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(Originally recorded 10.20.26) Well, we had high hopes of livestreaming our attempts to secure SDCC 2027 tickets.  We decided that wouldn't be a good idea because it would limit our ticketing resources and us talking to each other and a Discord chat might not be all that exciting to you. We are always thinking of you, our dear listener(s). What you get instead is us kvetching about the whole proce...

(Originally recorded 10.08.26) Heard you missed us!  We're back! After a longer than expected break while Bruce went on vacation to Italy and then recovered the boys are back on the stick and ready to SlurpToast. Things open up with a discussion of Stephe's continuing adventures as a mustachioed man.  He may moonlight as a shop teacher.  We're trying to find out. We then got an update on Stephe's...

(originally recorded 08.26.26) We start off by discussing the deaths of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry on consecutive days. The universe can suck sometimes. We engage in some 'stache talk as Stephe tries to decide which iteration of Bob's Burger he looks like. Here I wrote "all Cadillacs and steak knives."  Not sure what that means, but I bet it was funny. Then we talk, for a while, about Stephe's tim...

(Originally recorded 07.30.26) Stephe couldn't wait to talk about his experience at SDCC 2026 . Bruce couldn't wait to talk about Stephe's new facial hair. So, we talked a lot about both. I have to be honest, I got so into the conversation that I didn't take very good show notes. You'll just have to listen to see what all we talked about. I remember: Funko Fundays Things Stephe bought for Bruce Ti...

(Originally recorded 07.16.26) It's the most wonderful time of year again. SDCC is next week. Due to marital commitments, Bruce won't be attending this year, but Stephe will be awash in SoCal geekery next week. We take our annual look at what we're looking forward to at the Con this year.  We run down Stephe's itenerary.  We talk exclusives (or the lack thereof.) What else? How about: The finished...

(originally recorded 06.24.26) Never let it be said that we don't continually try to evolve what we do on this podcast. Sure, we know what works.  It's our, as Stephe put it, kibbutzing. But tonight, oh tonight 'Migos, we really stretched ourselves. Stephe bought the new Moon Knight model kit from Blokee and, after putting together a similar Spider-Man kit over the weekend, felt like he could put...

(Originally recorded 05.21.26) Seeing as how we recorded this the day after the series finale of The Boys aired, do you think we are going to talk about that?  Of course we are.   Immediately after watching The Boys, Bruce watched The Punisher:  One Last Kill .  He's got some thoughts on that bloody affair as well. Bruce also finished the Levon Cade series by Chuck Dixon .  Thoughts?  Sure, he's g...

(Originally recorded 04.29.26) We're back! Both of your friendly neighborhood hosts had trips since last we convened.  These are discussed.  Find out about Stephe in Tennessee and Bruce in Costa Rica. Then we hopped right into the meat of this week's episode. Bruce came up with an idea.  Think "F*ck, Marry, Kill" but with the entire MCU catalog to choose from.  No we're not getting carnal or betro...

(Originally recorded 03.25.26) Sponsored, in part, by painter's tape It's Opening Day of the 2026 MLB season, so we decided this would be our annual baseball show. And, I mean we jumped right into it. First up?  How about a deep dive on the new teams and/or logos for Copa de la Diversion ? What to do after a lengthy dissection of secondary minor league team logos? How about: Revisiting our profess...

(Originally recorded 3/4/26) After a funeral related recording delay, the boys are back with a whole new slew of topics to ramble on about. What you may ask? How about Stephe's opening gambit:  a work story that ultimately involves FBI participation. Bruce, on his way back from the aforementioned funeral, stopped in Lafayette, Louisiana, the origin point of your hosting duo.  He had some thoughts....

Originally recorded 02.05.26 Well, we did it!  We made it to 100. A full C-Note of Bruce and Stephe rambling about things X and geeky. And, tonight, on our very special DOUBLE SIZED centennial episode, we finally land our white whale. We finally have the up-and-coming HUNTER ROBERTS on the show. Hunter gladly explains Taylor Swift to us in a manner we can understand. We talk Oscars. We talk Scream...

(Originally recorded 12/17/25) It's our last podcast of 2025 and its a big one. Episode 99! Our first episode of 2026 will be #100. But before we get to that milestone, we've got a full show for you tonight. We discuss: Stephe's mail issues The problem with Twitter (or as Bruce calls it TwiX) Elon Musk Getting the wrong message from The Terminator Stephe has finally seen Superman.  We discuss Is B...

(Originally recorded 11/19/25) This was the only episode of November.  This time it was by design. Bruce opened the show by talking briefly about the Kurt Busiek/George Perez run on the Avengers.  Yeah, 20+ year old comic book talk. Then we discussed the Tovala cooking system. What'else? How about: Trying to figure out how many times Stephe has broken his nose Cooking with the boys Funko financial...

(Originally recorded 10/30/25) Hey, we actually got three episodes in this month.  Good for us! This episode's burning question is whether or not Stephe washed his hair today. He did assist with a 9-1-1 call at his office.  He's a hero. Bruce turned that moving story into a reason to start popping of Ric Flair quotes. We discussed the World Series.  This was right after the 18 inning game in the 2...

(Originally recorded 10/15/25) On this episode we celebrate Stephe's birthday. How do we celebrate it? Well, we celebrate by Bruce ranting against a number of pop culture topics. Which ones? How about James Gunn and Grant Morrison? Those big enough targets for you? Stephe finally saw Superman so we talk about that.  Ties in to the whole James Gunn of it all. We discuss ways to get Joey Breaux out...

(Originally recorded 10/2/2025)   We're closing in on episode 100.  Just keep swimming. As we started recording, episode 7 of Peacemaker was on the air and Stephe was getting pinging repeatedly on a group chat.  It's ironic because Stephe doesn't have HBOMax, so he's not watching Peacemaker. Bruce, however, is. We discuss the subtle art of self-editing, especially in a business setting. Bruce then...

(Originally recorded 09/17/25) It's always weird when we come in with an actual topic to discuss.  That's what happened on this episode. With all the recent talk about adding teams and realigning MLB , Bruce had another idea. Spurred on by Ted Lasso and Welcome to Wrexham, he put together a plan to introduce relegation to America's favorite pasttime. He even brought charts and graphs to make his p...

(originally recorded 08.27.25)   The boys are back after what has become the traditional summer hiatus. Stephe went on vacation, to his alma mater and to take his daughter back to college.  Bruce waited patiently for him to return.  Then he got sick. So, after so much time away, what did we talk about? This: SDCC recap Fantastic Four Stephe's new Pokemon obsession The Toxic Avenger and missed oppp...

(Originally recorded 07/16/25)   We are a week out from SDCC 2025 and we wanted to take a look at what we were looking forward to this year. As it turns out, not much. Stephe is having a week of death by a thousand cuts. Bruce saw Superman.  Stephe didn't. Stephe also hasn't seen Stick. So, we moved on to the Con talk. Neither of us is especially jazzed about this year's batch of exclusives.  We g...

(Originally recorded 06/29/25) We never intend for things to get away from us, but sometimes they do. One of those things?  June. We were delinquent, but we're back with another exciting episode named after Skink. No, not the little lizard. The Skink in question here is the recurring former governor of Florida in the Hiaasen-verse .  Stephe just read his new book.  That's how we got there. What el...

(Originally recorded 5/28/25) Episode 90 finds the boys in a baseball mood...again. We may need some help. Specifically we talked about: Magic:  The Gathering (smell) Bruce's giant ass new monitor Savannah Bananas The Battered Bastards of Baseball Bruce's growing problem with Astonishing Baseball 25 A quick Dennis Wolfberg reference Sinners Caught Stealing The Ryan North run on Fantastic Four Why...

(Originally recorded 5/5/25) The latest MCU offering, Thunderbolts, is now in theaters.  Your humble hosts both saw the film on opening weekend and convened to record a very special episode to give their thoughts on the movie. Warning - this episode does contain spoilers.

(Originally recorded 05/01/25) The show starts off with bad Back to the Future jokes (88...get it).  It only goes up from there. Stephe spends some time recent work related software issues.  Bruce applauds his judicious use of the Road House philosophy in this instance. What happened after that?  Glad I asked. Using Silence of the Lambs as a customer service guide Fun at a Quad Cities baseball gam...

(Originally recorded 04-16-25) Welcome back to another exciting episode of SlurpToast. Tonight we don't have a theme so we just riff. We started out talking about Stephe's overly ambitious work anti-virus software. Then we did a nice long political chunk.  Not normally one of topics of conversation, but these aren't normal times. That led to a brief conversation about crypto and it's striking simi...

(Originally recorded 04/02/2025) Tonight's episode title is our tribute to the late Val Kilmer.  It's a line from True Genius and has been one of the operating parameters of our friendship for years. As discussed last time, we performed a little social experiment on tonight's show.  Good to see you, Dave. Stephe had a lot to say about his week at work.  It has been, well, less than stellar. Bruce...