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You Have to Google Luddite

(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 point.
It's good news for Nashville.  It's less good for Tacoma.
We also talked about Stephe's Mounjaro journey (Mounjourney?...copyright 2025 SlurpToast).
Stephe told the story of confusing a consultant with the creation of the Milk Fridge.
Of course, we played a rousing round of "What's on Your Desk?"
It's all available to entertain your ears right here right now.

Oh So Many Pantaloon

(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 oppportunities
Bruce updates his quest to watch all Jason Statham movies
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Missing the Millers
Stephe's ongoing fascination with Harry Truman
Bruce announces a new side gig
And, of course, we played "What's on Your Desk?"
Enjoy.

Big Cyke Energy - SDCC 2025 Preview

(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 go into pretty great detail about why.
Stephe is especially down on Funko's offerings.  In fact, in this episode we get the long awaited Funko Heel Turn from Hall of Famer.
We talk about Adventures in the Secondary Market and what items from that end of the spectrum we may be hunting.  Etrigan, I'm looking at you.
Stephe hits us with more of his new "Casual Villainy" vibe.
Of course, we played "What's on Your Desk?"  This episode's edition caused Bruce to recall a game from his childhood.
Enjoy and we'll catch you in SD next week.

Skink Like Qualities

(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 else did we talk about?
The Arena League
What Stephe learned about St. Joe, Missouri
The fabulous life of Mister Sinister
Doctor Who
Ranking the Whos (starting with Eccleston)
Then it was on to the main event.  
Stephe is a fan of card break videos, so we decided to do one in our own SlurpToast style.
Stephe bought a blaster box of Marvel Chrome and we broke, ripped and ranted about the cards he pulled.  Yes, this is probably more visual then audio.  If you want to see what you're missing, you can watch the video HERE.
And, of course, we end things with a rousing round of "What's on Your Desk?"
 

Talkin' Banana Ball

(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 we think Arthur Adams is underrated
Daffney on Dark Side of the Ring
Stephe gives us another Moon Knight card
M1ntaverse card cases
And, of course, we end with "What's on Your Desk?"

We Have Thoughts on Thunderbolts*

(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.

Whatever! You're the Goggins.

(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 game
The secret origin of Moline Dynamite
Stephe's traffic adventures
A preview of Thunderbolts*
The Dune fleshlight popcorn bucket and all of its misbegotten spawn
Weird shit we like to watch online (no...its not porn)
Triumph is Canada's answer to Rush (we know!  it's a joke!)
A quick look at our recent demographics
Crashing bible colleges
More Baby Billy
The Righteous Gemstones
Goggins talk
And, of course, we finished up with "What's on Your Desk?"

Get Your Kohl's Cash and Go Home

(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 similarity to pyramid schemes.  Bruce discussed Going Infinite by Michael Lewis in connection with crypto chat.
What else?
Daredevil:  Born Again (no spoilers)
Bruce's quest to complete the Jason Statham catalog
The Statham vehicle Chaos
Walton Goggins
The Righteous Gemstones
Baby Billy
COCKFIGHTER (the book AND the movie)
SDCC hoteling
And, of course, we finished up with "What's on Your Desk?"