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From The Desk Of The Director Of The Cold War Reenactment Society

For my last piece on The Toast, ending my espionage series: A letter from the Director of the Cold War Reenactment Society to new members.
posted by The Whelk on Jun 14, 2016 - 2 comments

Studio Heads Of The Classic Era Ranked In Terms Of Personal Awfulness

The studio heads of Classic Hollywood ranks by how awful they where as people.
posted by The Whelk on Feb 9, 2016 - 1 comment

Antartic Fairy Tales

Folklore from the inhabitants of the 7th continent
posted by The Whelk on Dec 8, 2015 - 6 comments

What if Wordpress Was Your Boyfriend

So, a couple of friends and I read a blog called The Toast, and we love it an awful lot. But its web site was janky and slow, so we redesigned it. The new version of the site went live today, and we wrote a bunch of blog posts about how we did it. It was fun.
posted by verb on Oct 26, 2015 - 7 comments

I'm Getting Really Tired of Living In This Quaint English Village

I read my The Toast article "I'm Getting Really Tired of Living In This Quaint English Village" live on stage at HiFi bar in my robe.
posted by The Whelk on Jul 26, 2015 - 5 comments

I'm Getting Really Tired Of My Mysterious Flakey Friend

Having friends can be hard! Especially when your friend is constantly jetting off to exotic destinations or cleaning guns or scaling office buildings n black turtlenecks....
posted by The Whelk on Jun 18, 2015 - 14 comments

She Looks Like Sunday Comics: Watching The Brenda Starr movie (1989)

Josh Fruhlinger of the Comics Curmudgeon and I sat down and watched the nearly unreleased Brenda Starr movie adaptation and talk about how it tackles camp, gender performance, romantic fantasy, and crazy shoulder-pads [more inside]
posted by The Whelk on Jan 6, 2015 - 1 comment

Trudy Campbell Is A KGB Spy

A careful read of the early seasons of Mad Men reveals a hidden truth: Housewife Trudy Campbell is a secret KGB agent working to undermine the West.
posted by The Whelk on May 29, 2014 - 9 comments

How To Make An Aviation

In honor of Prohibition Repeal Day, The Toast ran a comic by me about how a typo nearly ruined a cocktail for over half a century.
posted by The Whelk on Dec 5, 2013 - 7 comments

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