Review: Conquered by Clippy: An Erotic Short Story
Conquered by Clippy: An Erotic Short Story by Leonard Delaney My rating: 2 of 5 stars You know what I don’t like about these books?
Review: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book has been following
Review: Modelland
Modelland by Tyra Banks My rating: 1 of 5 stars 11/20/2015 Update: You know what’s amazing about this book? Tyra is so prescient about doing
Review: Modelland
Modelland by Tyra Banks My rating: 1 of 5 stars Update: A couple more chapters? Why not? Let’s get the plot out of the way

Review: Modelland
Modelland by Tyra Banks My rating: 1 of 5 stars Alright. I’m back to reading this muhfucker. That’s right. After a long hiatus, it’s on
Review: The Cute Manifesto
The Cute Manifesto by James Kochalka My rating: 3 of 5 stars “…What is art not? Well, as I’ve described it, Art is not about
Review: Trashed
Trashed by Derf Backderf My rating: 3 of 5 stars Once the scene was set, I got into it. The anecdotes were good, and it
Yale Students Suck And I’m Old
This is one of those political-social things that I try not to do too often. I read this article in The Atlantic regarding the outrage
Review: Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Raise Them Bones
Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Raise Them Bones by Scott Snyder My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book does a great thing that a lot
Review: Chew, Vol. 8: Family Recipes
Chew, Vol. 8: Family Recipes by John Layman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Hmm. Okay, let’s just get into the problem I have here.
Review: Atomic Robo Volume 8: The Savage Sword of Dr. Dinosaur
Atomic Robo Volume 8: The Savage Sword of Dr. Dinosaur by Brian Clevinger My rating: 3 of 5 stars Guys. Science is really so cool.

PODOWEEN! aka Episode 250
In which a good case is made for throwing away a canoe filled with diarrhea, as well as an inadvertent argument for vegetarianism.
Review: The Goon, Volume 11: The Deformed of Body and the Devious of Mind
The Goon, Volume 11: The Deformed of Body and the Devious of Mind by Eric Powell My rating: 4 of 5 stars A freakshow is
Review: The Goon, Volume 10: Death’s Greedy Comeuppance
The Goon, Volume 10: Death’s Greedy Comeuppance by Eric Powell My rating: 4 of 5 stars There’s not a bad volume of this comic. There

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 249
And then I used my brain and we had SPECIAL ANONYMOUS GUESTS!

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 248
Because I am the stupidest ever person to ever stupid, this is what happened.

Dude, Not Cool: A Tale of Terror!
Hello, kiddies. It’s me, the Ghost with the Post. The Ghoul with the Tool. I. Okay. Sorry. We kinda thought these rhymes about a ghost

The Call
Eric’s phone rings Eric: Yell-o. Voice: Hello, Eric. Eric: Who’s this? Voice: Don’t worry about who this is. Worry about where this is. Eric: What?

Horror Movie Murder Weapon Panel
Moderator: Thanks to all of you for coming today! First up, we’ve got Leatherface here to talk that American classic, the chainsaw. Take it away,

Writing: What Are Rules For?
Sometimes a writing thing comes up in regular life. Not often. Not as often as I’d like. But here and there, a question or a
Review: Thor, Vol. 1: Goddess of Thunder
Thor, Vol. 1: Goddess of Thunder by Jason Aaron My rating: 2 of 5 stars Thor with long blonde hair and beautiful features? Count me
Review: Howard the Duck Vol. 0: What the Duck?
Howard the Duck Vol. 0: What the Duck? by Chip Zdarsky My rating: 5 of 5 stars Great. Funny, and great. Here are three of
Review: Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection
Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection by Kate Beaton My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ain’t nothing wrong with this! Kate Beaton tells
Review: Hilda and the Midnight Giant
Hilda and the Midnight Giant by Luke Pearson My rating: 3 of 5 stars I read this book because a teacher I work with had
Review: Out on the Wire: Uncovering the Secrets of Radio’s New Masters of Story with Ira Glass
Out on the Wire: Uncovering the Secrets of Radio’s New Masters of Story with Ira Glass by Jessica Abel My rating: 4 of 5 stars

If You Were Offended By Something On This Web Site
(this is something I’ve been working on for the re-design of this site. But I felt like it warranted posting. Plus, if you were offended
Review: Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants
Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants by Matthew Inman My rating: 0 of 5 stars I’m going to spare everyone the rough draft of this
Review: The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances
The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances by Matthew Inman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Ah, yes. The reasons behind exercise.
10 Reasons I’m Happy To Not Be A Parent (Number 6 Will BLOW YOUR DICK TIP OFF!)
It’s been 100 of years since I did a serious-ish post, but here we go. I wanna talk babies. Or rather, not babies. I don’t

Email: New Donation Policy At Museum Of Dolls
Good Morning! I hope you all had a restful weekend and are ready to attack Monday with vigor! It has come to my attention that

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 247
Back in the world, back in the car, and back in black. I was wearing a black shirt. I don’t really know what that means
Review: Fish in the Dark: A Play
Fish in the Dark: A Play by Larry David My rating: 4 of 5 stars Guys, I think I figured out why I don’t like
I Don’t Wanna Get Political
Um…yes? I mean, I’m in favor of gun bananas, and also cookies with a big bite out of them turned into guns. Also, I think
Review: The Sequel
The Sequel by R.L. Stine My rating: 2 of 5 stars Feh. But on the other hand, hell yes. Let me explain. This book didn’t

Helpful Snowman Radio Tidy Up
What happens when tidy magic saves my life.
Review: Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson My rating: 2 of 5 stars The dialogue is still great. That I likes. The
Review: In Real Life
In Real Life by Cory Doctorow My rating: 3 of 5 stars First, Chinese people are not evil. This is something important I learned from
Review: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel My rating: 1 of 5 stars Here’s why I give this book only a single star and

Helpful Snowman Radio: Just Like Korean Mom Used To Make
What other countries are thinking with their signature foods.
Review: An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments by Ali Almossawi My rating: 4 of 5 stars I wish everyone would read this before the upcoming election.

My Computer When I Type In The Wrong Wireless Password
Alright, let’s give it a look. Contacting network. Connecting. Huh. This is taking a while. Usually it’s right away. But, haha, no worries. I’ll keep

Helpful Snowman Radio: Snowbowl 2013 Awards Ceremony
Guests! More than one of guests! 5 by my count. It’s action-packed. There are games. Wild accusations. Over-apologizings for removal of clothing. Legal advice. Bicycle

It Has Been Brought To My Attention
that they make tampons with motivational slogans on the wrapper. The slogans themselves look pretty similar to the ones that I found inside the waist
Review: Skeleton Army: a novel of an army of darkness of skeletons
Skeleton Army: a novel of an army of darkness of skeletons by Peter Derk My rating: 0 of 5 stars Okay, I read this book

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep SKELETON ARMY
Welcome to our audiobook. This audio presentation of Skeleton Army will be available on Audible, iTunes, and other outlets soon. In the meantime, if you

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 242
Agent Cold Beer. On Assignment. In Our Hearts.
Review: Agent Cold Beer On Assignment
Agent Cold Beer On Assignment by Charles Hinton My rating: 3 of 5 stars Wow. Here we have a story about Agent Cold Beer. Not


Enough With The Trump Already
News Guy: Okay, what’s everyone got? Trump do anything wacky today? Other News Guy: I don’t have a Trump thing. But Ted Cruz said

Air Bud: ESPN 30 for 30
Narrator (Charles Grodin): Stephen “Air Bud” Budrick made a splash on the scene in the 90’s. Coach Jerry Cross: Y’know, I was always looking

Pete Vs. Modelland: Chapter 11
You may have noticed this is chapter 11. Which is also like bankruptcy. Which is not a coincidence as Modelland is bankrupting my soul. That

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 240
Back from Austin, back in the saddle, back in black, back to back, my neck, my back.


New COMIC Book Available for Kindle!
What nobody has been waiting for! Now you can read some dumb shit in comics form. I did the math, and there are probably like


Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 237
A whirlwind tour of American history as only Helpful Snowman could tell it.

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 236
Someone was mean on the internet and now you have to listen to it.


Having Stayed In Two Places Where The Toilet And Shower Occupy The Same Space…
PRO: Very easy to clean the toilet. CON: Very difficult to feel like you’ve cleaned your body when the toilet is right there. PRO:

God’s Feedback At Cat Design Meeting
Good, good. This is just about perfect. Maybe some whiskers…excellent! Now, the one thing, I’m going to need, I’m gonna need a more visible butt.

Pete V Modelland: The Struggle Is Real
Another two weeks, another chapter of Modelland. This thing, it’s taking me so long to get through a chapter. I pick it up, I mean

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 234
Stay out of the basement. Seriously, goddamn. How hard is it to stay out of the basement? One fucking instruction…

Missing Script From This Hummus Commercial
Yeah, look at this guy. Would you expect this guy to eat hummus? No way! Why? Because he doesn’t look like a pussy, that’s why.

And then there was this thing
The questions. Is this merchandise or someone’s personal doll? Why is it upside down? How is it suspended? How long can a real baby be

Valuable Moth
Oh. Oh no. Guys, that moth in my wallet? The one that just flew out from where I had no money in my wallet? That

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.