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(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 of our social feeds.
Bruce recommends King of Spies by Mark Millar.
Then we go into a lengthy discussion of Stephe's recent 40th high school reunion even though he didn't attend.
It's the SlurpToast way.
And, of course, we played "What's on Your Desk?"

(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 proceeded to plug his new radio show, Crossroads.  It airs on Mondays at 8pm CST on KWVH and streams on their apps (available wherever you get your apps.)
What else?
Lets see:
Stephe moved his office
The creation of wiggy.digs
The many lives of Jon Gries
Drugs in 1970s baseball
Sports mishaps
The upcoming SDCC presale
And, of course, we played "What's on Your Desk?"
Bruce mentioned that Stephe has a birthday coming up.  Wish him a happy one if you see him.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(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?"
 

(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?"

(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.