
The Captain America Disappointment
I was reading some old Captain America stuff the other night. By old I mean somewhere in the 90’s, which I guess since I was


If Pete Had Comic Book Origins (DC Comics Edition)
Rocketed away from a dying planet, Kal-El discovered that the Earth’s yellow sun imbued him with super powers. He became Superman! Pete, rocketed away from

If Pete Experienced Superhero Origins
When high school nerd Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider, he found that he had gained the proportional speed and strength of a


Diners, If You Could Stop…
…setting places for four people and only including 2 coffee cups. I guess it’s a gamble that sometimes pays off. People don’t all want coffee.

Party Pete
The other night I went to this party. It was a fancy party, but the bad fancy kind. There’s the good fancy kind where everything

More Spider-Man
There is not much more joyful in the world of comics than a Spider-Man/Human Torch team-up. And that’s what we get. The next-best is probably

Runners-Up for The Greatest Trick The Devil Ever Pulled
Central Vacuums: You’ll always know someone who had one, but you will never own one yourself. If you do happen to own one, it will

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 169
A short episode. And then we come back. Gangbusters.


Pete Takes Dating Cues From Software
Before we go out, would it be cool if I gave your email away to some friends? They’ll only email you, like, a couple times

The Haircut Verdict
A few weeks ago I cut my own hair. It was all over the tabloids, but it’s okay if you missed it. Getting a haircut


Nobody Liked My Name Suggestions for the “Polar Vortex”
Gatorade Frost: Glacier Freeze 2014 Fla-Vor-Ice, The Pink One That No One Likes Like Right When You Get Out of The Pool And It’s Cold

Google Cruisin
In looking at some apartments, I figured, Hey, let’s use that Google Maps shit to check out the neighborhood. See what it’s like. Well, that’s

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 166
The future and past of grunge music decided here.

Alien in the Men’s Room
Every time you think that maybe you see the weirdest thing ever in the bathroom, you find something else. I’m not talking about 1-800-Asshole scratched

Keyboard Improvements
1. Get rid of all the F keys. Those things are dumb. We get it, you can make crazy little rows of keys just for
Tough Shoot
Today is the anniversary of the events that brought around this story. The story, it’s the one I worked up for a writer’s workshop this

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 165
Celebrate the New Year in a style. If you start this right about 10:30 PM, it’d end at midnight and you could have the saddest


Some of the Best Boxes
Whenever a new catalogue comes in to work, it’s always a good idea to take a look. Whether it be the maybe-racist

Apology
Erin, I apologize for not texting you back sooner. Snowbowl is coming. In the meantime, please accept this apology graphic. Stay Shiny! Glitter Delight –

The Ten Books That Stayed With Me
When the Facebook thing came around asking about books that stuck with me, I didn’t think of all my favorite books right off. Having a


Moments Where Pete Would Have Exploded With Feces If He Were In This Commercial And Using the Product
0:02 – While straining so hard on a straw that he was causing the structure of said straw to warp. 0:04 – Mid-effort while dragging

How Does This Happen?
Found this nice Seal album on the donation rack. And no, it’s not the good Seal album. You’re thinking of the one called the Batman

The Day Before Pete Paid A Group of 20-Somethings $50 to Explain to Him the Phrase “Breaking Bad”
“I’m going to break bad these Doritos.” “Don’t worry about the change. It’s all breaking bad in the end, right?” “Couple of breaking bads moved

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 161
What makes a good burgers and bad comedy.

Please Answer Two of the Following Security Questions
Mother’s maiden name? Mother’s favorite flower? Color of the skin around your mother’s eyes? What your mother said the first time you came home far

The Quest: Bike to Work Day(s)
We’ve all tried this one. From now on, it’s biking to work every day, getting up at 5:30, reading the entire newspaper, the one that


Pete’s Big Life Announcement
Holidays in a small town almost always mean a night out drinking with a weird mixture of people. There’s your friends, the ones who live

Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk and Pete’s Nerdtastic Literary Field Trip
Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk My rating: 4 of 5 stars Ah, time for the annual Why Pete Still Loves Chuck Palahniuk Review. To be honest,

Guide to How Drunk Is Pete
There are those times when you show up to the bar. Or party, or gathering of friends, or possibly my bathtub which is filled with

Unsubscribing from Text Notifications
“Thanks for joining our insane, useless service! I know you got tricked into signing up for this because only a complete lunatic with SEVERE head

The War On Christmas: Pt. 1
It has come to my attention that this bullshit is still be happening. Let me be the first to say, I know there is no

Some Gems From Yelp Reviews of Ikea
As we all know, I’m a huge fan of reviews of things written by amateurs. Half the reason I take vacations is for the excuse

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 160
Back to regular business. As regular as it gets. Judges Pete and Nica presiding.

Thrifty The Snowman
It just so happens that yours truly stopped by the thrift store to see if what this Mackeral fella was saying was true. The important

Pete Helps With Your Turkey Emergencies
Dear Pete, Oh man, I forgot to thaw my turkey. What should I do? From, Warren Hi Warren! That IS a turkey emergency. Turkurgency? Turmergency?

Helpful Snowman Podathon FINISH
We fall apart. But not before Val reminds us all that sex is real.

Helpful Snowman Podathon Pt 6
There are almost no memories here, but I believe this is a portion where we missed the first little bit.


Helpful Snowman Podathon Pt 2
Part two. Matt helps me realize that age 29 was a total failure.

Helpful Snowman Podathon Pt 1
The first of eight plus hours. In this one, my mom tricks me into feminism.

Airplane Guessing Game
On the flight out of Denver a woman sat next to me with a combination of two snacks. Guess which one of the following is



Testimonials People MUST Be Providing For My Gym
“You can change channel on all TVs to whatever the fuck you want. Is great?” “If you’ve ever wanted to watch a middle schooler fuck

A Worse Gym Than This?
Complaining about the horrors of my gym has become a normal past time. However, walking downtown the other day, I came across this gem, a

Marriage Isn’t for You. NO SHIT!
Like yesterday’s post, I wanted to talk about another of these little viral stories that’s been going around. Again, I hate them because I feel

Don’t Date a Girl Who Reads?
People who know me know that one of my biggest hates is the weird viral stories that I suspect are A) Not entirely true in

Helpful Snowman PODOWEEN!
We didn’t think it would happen. And then it did.


You Know Who You Look Like?
I accidentally discovered one of the underrated differences between people who are attractive and people who are not. I assume that attractive people, when someone

Sitcoms V Life
SITCOM APARTMENTS- giant, hardwood floors, vintage decorations, Manhattan. REAL APARTMENTS- ceilings low enough that the shortest of men dread entering, carpet spilled on enough that
I’d Like To Introduce You All To My Newest Friends
Great news! Pete has some new friends. Would you like to meet them? Of course you would! Here’s Michael! Yes, he’s a special guy. Okay,


Signs I’ve Tried Hanging Above the Exit to My Apartment
NEVER STOP BELIEVING TRY TO BELIEVE UNTIL AT LEAST 4 PM SHOOT FOR BELIEF THROUGH THE LUNCH HOUR AT LEAST READ THE SIGN ALOUD READ

Some of My Favorite Pinball Machines
Ah, the AC/DC pinball machine. This is a really pleasant sight that you can stare down upon while playing for hours on end. Pleasant, fun,


Pete Tries to Nonchalantly Read Playboy
ON THE AIRPLANE Okay. Let’s just see who’s sitting next to me…ah, perfect. A middle-aged lady who has an uncanny resemblance to my mom. That’s

What Is An Algorithm?
What An Algorithm Is: A formula or set of steps for solving a particular problem. What An Algorithm Is In Movies: A weird magic thing

Preview of Ninja Sons: a Helpful Snowman Mini-Book
Most dads would be proud to have three ninja sons who foiled an international plot of evil. Most dads would be over the moon. Way


SWM
It’s October. The time of year when I feel a certain love is in the air. Mainly, the love of going to the pumpkin patch

Great Opportunities
Came across some pretty incredible opportunities in some old comic books. Truly, times were much better. How prosperous we must have been AS A NATION.

Aunt May Action Figure!!!!!!!
Not so long ago I was in a thrift store, and peeking out from a shelf I saw a box for a Marvel Comics action

Dr. Light: Corporate Espionage
many people know Dr. Light as the kindly scientist with the Santa-like appearance who created Mega Man, a fighting robot meant to defeat the evil

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 152
In which we find out whether Pete is ready to be known as Daddy.

How’s My iPod? Thanks for Asking!
Someone at work asked about my iPod the other day. Not one of those questions about where I got the sweet case or what kind

Unorthodox Sex Warnings That May Come From Me
Um, before we get started, I just thought you should know that I might be a little greasy. I was kind of making some bacon

Accurate Box Co. Inc.
Where would we be without this company and its informative stamps? Singlewall? Confirmed. Edge Crush Test: 32 LBS/IN Meets Freight Classifications: You bet your dick!

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 151
Look like a model…or just…well, probably nothing.

Suggestions for the Ensure Company
-Change the name of your drink. Because it sounds like a drink that is for helping you shit. Some name suggestions include every word made

Uhhhh…
So, just realized how the image from this post and yesterday’s looks like the number 700 written in cum. I’m not sure if anyone else

Amazing Spider-Man Thru Issue 113
Made it through issue 113 at the laundromat last night! At first I thought that maybe the squalor of the place was the key. Really,

10 Things That Need to Be Said About Government Shutdown
Good Evening. I wanted to take a break from talking about pee-pees and wee-wees to talk about something that means a lot to me: Our

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 150
We are all lesbians, turns out. SECRET lesbians.

Welcome to the Digital Renaissance Fair
Sadly, I did not make it to the Renaissance Fair this year. I missed a lot. So what I decided to do is create my

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 149
Golf, girl pants, and why I will probably die of a face infection.

All That She Wants, Is Some More Snowman, Hey-ey-ey
Howdy, I had a couple of questions, a couple things to add, and just some general sunshine-y shit to throw in here. Bidness First: Some

Pete Paints the Population Sign in the Old West
“Pete, we’ve had a murder in town, I’m afraid.” “Crap. Are you kidding me? Didn’t we just have a murder?” “‘Bout two weeks ago, I

How Many Tags and Sticker Will Be On Your New Suit?
Cracked the code and created this helpful equation. Let’s assume that N represents the number of stickers and tags that you pull off the suit
Amazing Spider-Man Work Continues
As many of you know, I’ve made it a life goal to read all 700 issues of Amazing-Spider Man. For those of you who didn’t

Cracker Hierarchy
Ritz Crackers Delicious, golden-brown, each individual cracker is like stepping into a fancy hotel room. It’s familiar, prefectly-appointed, yet feels just a little bit like

Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 148 FIXED
Sorry about that. Here’s the real one for real.
A Favorite Gross Gym Story
Yesterday’s post sparked a memory. Many years ago I used to go to a much fancier gym. What made it fancier was mostly that they

Ways They Could Make Shower Setups Worse
A few weeks ago the gym I visit was closed in order to clean the pools and do some other shit. Which should be comforting

Karate Class: Expectations V. Reality
Expectation: Breaking a board in half with a karate chop. Reality: Sitting on the floor and listening to how it’s important to not karate people.


And Now This
Friends of this web site will remember a radio show a couple weeks back where I spoke about a Starbucks incident. In Brief: Men’s room

Keurig
We got one of these at my work. Don’t get me wrong, I’m into it. Anything that feeds coffee into my body is a plus.

Sometimes You Have To
A lot of people ask me about the tips for peeing in the car. Because I do it a lot, and usually I only get

I Watch Birds Now
Day 1: It’s a great day for watching birds. I assume. Is there such thing as a bad day for watching birds? Well. Maybe a