Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 232
Comic Con happened. And I was there. And now you were too.
Pete Is Tasked With Figuring Out How To Stop Galactus Before He Consumes Earth
1. Get an entire galaxy to start making tequila. Then get Galactus to eat a planet filled with the liquor. THEN, when he goes to
Pete’s Exhaustive Review of Modelland: Chapters 8 and 9
Chapters 8 and 9 We finally made it to The Day of Discovery, or T-DoD if you prefer the obnoxious shortening. It’s not totally clear
For a Good Time…
…followed by a relationship where you discover how the times are much gooder at the outset, call me. …call a great party planner, then call
Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 231
This one ends in my garage. Home at last. Swear.
Questions I Had About Murphy Brown When I Watched It As A Six-Year-Old Boy
Is her NAME Murphy Brown? Wait, is her real name Murphy Brown or Candice Bergen? Because those are dumb names. How come she’s dressed like
Times Mother-in-Law Slams Went Too Far In Sitcoms
What am I doing? Oh, not much. Just grinding glass to put in your mother’s coffee. Like she likes it. If you’re going to insist
Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 230
Okay, the road ended. But then the road turns around and goes back the other way. I do not know how roads work. Just listen
Pete V Modelland: Chapter 7
Chapter 7 When we left you last time, still, almost nothing had happened. Still. Tookie is Tyra in disguise, her parents are jerks, and Myrracle
Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 229: The Road Does Not End
The road does not ever end ever.
I Challenge You To NOT Stop Reading White, Straight, Cis Male Authors For One Year
Um, if you’re reading this and you’re taking this challenge, avoiding white, straight, cis men, you’ve failed already. Sorry 🙂 I’m sure lots of people
The Hard-Y Boys: Mystery Solvers
The Great Firehouse Mystery FRANK: Listen, old man. We know it’s you. Now fess up. OLD MAN: Never! You don’t have any proof. JOE: He’s
Pete’s Exhaustive Review of Modelland: Chapter 6
Modelland: Chapter 6 When we last left Tookie de la Creme, she was not in Modelland and hated her family and a bunch of other
Helpfulsnowman Radio Ep 228: More Roadies
The journey continues. The LEGENDARY journey.
Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 227: More Junction
I figured out the episode number WITHOUT you jerkturds.
Skeleton Army
Here’s a rough, rough draft of a little something I’ve been working on regarding how exactly an undead army operates. Enjoy! Skeleton Army The first
Pete’s Movember Announcement
As many of you know, I’m against the holiday of Movember. Because I think it’s just a silly excuse to grow silly facial hair. I
The Good And Bad Of Being Drunk AND Sick
Good: You don’t tend to notice the sick effects so much. Bad: You start to figure out why Nyquil works and get a little disappointed
New Ways To Help Raise Awareness Of Disease
Everyone needs to be more aware of genital warts. So I’ve accepted the toad challenge. You can donate to vaccination research, or you can have
More In-Depth Modelland Action
Okay, I don’t know how this happened. But we didn’t quite finish up Chapter 4 last time. So we’re going to wrap up chapter 4
The Kinds Of Things That Would Have to Happen For Me To Take Up Frisbee Golf
Blackjack Pizza starts a scholarship program for free pizza, and the primary sport is frisbee golf. Semi-apocalyptic future where, after being convicted of a murder
Pete’s Exhaustive Review of Modelland: Chapter 4
Let’s talk about writing technique. Okay, first, for those following, let’s cover the characters and concepts introduced in this chapter. There’s so much going on
Video Game Swim Class
It’s great to see so many faces here in adult swim. LOWER-CASE adult swim, the time when adults participate in the act of swimming, not
Helpful Snowman Radio: Ms. Manners
Maybe it is about time we learned some manners. Ya jerks.
Pete’s Exhaustive Review of Modelland: Chapter 3
First things first. My titles for these got all fucked up. Moving forward, we’ll have the chapter number being reviewed in the name. Done and
Contra Worlds of Power Chapter 4: Chapter 4: Billy is Totally Dead. Not a fake out. Dead as Hell.
At the end of our last chapter, our heroes Bill and Lance watched as Billy, the hero kid from another dimension, got blown up. Bet
Exhaustive Modelland Review: Chapter 2
Chapter 1: In chapter one of Modelland we’re introduced to a whole lot of mess. A whole mess of stuff. First mess, Tooke De La
Helpful Snowman Radio About A Million
Nobody keeps track of how many episodes they do anymore. It’s gauche. But good news. Chapter 1 of Modelland!
Pete V. Modelland, pt.1: Introduction
Modelland. Here begins the chronicle of my second run at Modelland. I just want to start off with something here. A problem I’ve found in
Helpful Snowman Radio MoveCast
We are moving. In real life. On the internet things stay the same. Why I would even mention it is hard to say.
Contra Worlds of Power Part 3: Jungle
Bill breathed deeply through his cigar. The cherry glowed, and then he spun, jabbed the lit end into another bad guy’s eye, and then turned
Contra pt. 3
Before Billy even knew what was going on, he was flung through a dimensional portal and tossed around all over the place. Kind of like
Contra Worlds of Power pt. 2: Billy
Billy’s last concern was fighting monsters from the company Red Falcon(?) For right now, it was all Billy could do to get through high school.
Worlds of Power: Contra
After yesterday’s complaints about the Castlevania II World of Power book, I thought I’d try my hand at it. Maybe it’s not as easy as
Helpful Snowman Radio Castlevania! The Book!
The most spookiest book ever. To feature chocolate addiction as a major plot point.
I’ll Do Anything For A Hundo
I decided to try a first-ever Kickstarter project to see whether or not this kind of thing will fly. The project is pretty simple. How
Helpful Snowman Radio: The Road Home From Grand Junction
And now we drive home. And I do not know how to iron pants.
My First And Last Day At The Big Johnson T-Shirt Company
Guys, thanks for having me. I have some good proposals. Here we go. Okay, number one. Big Johnson Billiards: A Huge throbbing dick. Uh. Not
Electronic Wolverine “Talks”
Another shitty figure from my youth. Notice how on the packaging, the manufacturers chose to put quotes around “Talks.” Because when they heard this goddamn
Terrible Action Figures Of My Youth
First entry, IG-88. Who the fuck is IG-88? Well, he’s a robot bounty hunter who’s in Star Wars for about three seconds. I think George
Forgotten Game Genie Codes
XJKHKFLSL Find stupid goddamn missing Game Genie manual. JKFHDICHL Stop wondering what happened to Mega Man’s hand. KJGUUUSJF Brother leaves to bathroom and
The Library In Zelda’s Minish Cap
I was playing Zelda: Minish Cap when I came upon a little side quest involving returning library books to a library. Yeah. Pretty exciting. As
Helpful Snowman Radio: Now That Is Indeed Some Music
Pop music turns out to be, as TS Eliot titled his book, a ShitHole.
I Have A Very Particular Set of…
…allergies that prevent me from traveling on an airline. So I really hope you are close-by. …accounting credentials. So while I can’t come and
You Know You Grew Up In The 90’s…
If you remember this. Remember looking at the wires and shit inside and thinking, “Why? Why can’t it just ring? I don’t even care if
Helping Indiana Jones Pick The Grail
Whoa, whoa, whoa, are you sure? That shitty one? Listen, man. We’re talking about the holy grail here. I see where you’re going. Humble. I
Helpful Snowman Reading Challenge!
Oy, there’s a dorky title. If my junior high self saw me with a web site, he would think I was so rad. If he
Helpful Snowman Radio: The Continuing Saga Of Pete And His Balls
Sorry for the no content this week. But I think you might just forgive me?
Little Free Library Best Practices
-Little Free Libraries are small collections of books set out for public borrowing. -Little Free Libraries should be filled with relevant, current materials that will
My Balls Really Hurt
The problem when your balls really hurt, you have to tell your boss you’re going to the doctor tomorrow, but you don’t want to tell
TV Shows That Would Not Benefit From Episode-By-Episode Podcast Analysis
Roc. Because they would spend every episode re-explaining what that was. Normal, Ohio. Because the dream of gay John Goodman died with that show and
Reactions to My Speculation Of How Exactly Katy Perry Will Talk Shit About Taylor Swift At The Super Bowl
1. Katy Perry doesn’t talk with an English accent. 2. I don’t think she’ll say “cunt” on live TV. 3. No, I don’t think she’ll
American Pickers
Picker: Well, old timer. What do you have in that barn that might interest us? Farmer: I mean, horses. Horse stables. Hay. Horse manure. Picker:
Names Of The Nail Polish Varieties in The Helpful Snowman Collection
Lapsed Integrity Budding Trollopism Broom Closet Rendevous Hostile Twerk Environment Acid Butthole Cheeky Nonsense Gobbledigook II TAPthatASSTESTRY Perfect Dark The Novelization The Nail Polish Smoky
As James Bond’s New Supervisor…
James? Ah, James Bond, good to meet you. Have a seat, please. James, I don’t fuck around. Which is more than I can say for
Creating the 365 Sex Positions Daily Calendar
Alright. January 1st. Ring in the new year with a classic, guy on top thing. January 2nd. Let’s change it up. Lady on top. January
Can Your Dog Fly On Our Airline: A Questionairre
1. Tell us about your dog’s plans for his visit to the Los Angeles area. 2. Have you considered the rewards and simplicity of a
Things They Should Actually Tell You In A Winter Weather Advisory
Today is a level 1. That means you can expect a lot of old-timers to comment on the weather. Best responses include “Well, we need
The Re-Honk
It’s been snowy in Colorado, and I have something important to report beyond the weather. The other night I’m driving in some pretty crap conditions.
Xmas Snowdown: Day 17
Today I received a Christmas card. From my friends and their dogs. I didn’t really think it through before, but my friends’ dogs, their last
Xmas Snowdown: Day 16
Okay, today was pretty light. I briefly viewed a Santa. In preparation for playing Santa myself this Friday. Somehow I decided that my main problem
Xmas Snowdown Day 15
Today I subscribed to a winter wonderland twitter bot. It automatically generates a new winter scene a few times a day. I hate Christmas, but
Xmas Snowdown: Day 14
Yesterday I did this icebreaker thing. You know, one of those games where you have to answer a question about time travel or philosophy, or
Xmas Snowdown: Day 13
Today, I received an early gift. My girlfriend and I went shopping for stockings. To hang on the chimney with care. Which is a problem
Xmas Snowdown: Day 12
Drew this. And it’s an omen of things to come. Get ready.
Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 209
aka How Pete Stoled Christmas aka Xmas Snowdown day 11.
Xmas Snowdown: Day 10
‘Tis the season for giving. What’s with this ‘Tis business anyway? Is it that much harder to say than it’s? It’s more Shakespeare-y, but that’s
Xmas Snowdown: Day 9
I bought an ugly sweater. An ugly Christmas sweater. With a hood! I don’t know if the ugly sweater thing is done. It seems like
Xmas Snowdown: Day 8
Another video game? I thought yesterday was video game day! You though right, voice from the internet. And what you’re learning now is that EVERY
Xmas Snowdown: Day 7
This is a game that happened. And today, it happened for me. Well, it’s not great. It’s not super fun. And honestly, I have no
Xmas Snowdown: Day 6
A simple one today. Does anyone do winter better than Calvin & Hobbes? All I had to do was read a Christmas comic. And yes,
Xmas Snowdown: Day 5
Today was work decoration day. I had a boss in the past who made a lot of mistakes with this. Basically, here was her decoration
Helpful Snowman Radio EP 208
Bros. We get sexual. Not sexy. Just sexual. A key difference here.
Xmas Snowdown: Day 4
Popped open these bad boys. See what I did there? With the pop word? How would I rate Pop Rocks Candy Cane? Concept: Sure. Yes.
Xmas Snowdown: Day 3
In the continuing saga where I try not to be a Grinch, today I was a Secret Santa. Or a Reddit Secret Santa, anyway. Here’s
Xmas Snowdown Day 2
I put up a Christmas decoration. Which doesn’t sound like a big deal, which is why it kind of is. It’s on the outside of
Xmas Snowdown: Day 1
It’s December. And I hate December. It’s hard to hate Christmas because lots of people make it hard on you. If you hate St. Patrick’s
Sunday Rant Day: Audio Edition
A special audio edition of Sunday Rant Day. I read the Isla Vista shooter’s manifesto. Some thoughts.
Helpful Snowman Radio EP 207
Okay. Let us solve this racist debate. Once and for all.
Vandalism Update
It only takes a lone fire starter to burn down the world.
Pete’s Zelda Process
Step 1: Awe and wonder. Step 2: Familiarity and joy. Step 3: Frustration, re-treading. Step 4: Well, I guess I’ll just put a bomb next
30 Questions About Wolverine After Reading a 30-Issue Wolverine Omnibus
1. So Wolverine had a mysterious past, which always haunted him. Now he remembers the past. Aaaaand it haunts him. The confusing thing, to me,
My Hunky Calendar, Month-by-Month
January: New Year, New You. That phrase written in marker across my penis, which is photographed very close up. February: Me, topless, presenting a woman
Pete Tries To Keep A Caller On The Line So A Trace Can Be Completed
Oh, okay. Yes, money in bags. Gotcha. Um. What kind of bags? Well, you know. Some people are picky about bags and stuff. Like they
I’m A Triple Threat
Staple Loader, Stapler, Staple Remover. Singer, Songwriter, Actor, mostly in the role of myself pretending my singing/songwriting isn’t awful. Twix Buyer, Twix Eater, Twix Regretter.
Sunday Rant Day: The Borders of Body Shaming
This last week I had a new column up at LitReactor, but as I wrote it, another issue came to mind. The man above is