Tell Mike to lay off of C.H.O.P.S., he's having a hard time with all the radiation sickness, it's interfering with all the terrorism he's trying to commit (this is a children's book)
2025-03-03 14:21:16 +0000 UTC View PostIf I told you, and you believed it, "You can only eat Cheetos for the rest of your life," you'd probably react, like, "Hmm, well, that's bad. But, hey, life throws you a lot of curves. I'll take supplements, work out as I need and deal with it as it comes. Stock up on napkins and what could go wrong?" That's a great attitude, and good on you.
But if I told you, and you believed it, "You can only eat pretzels for the the rest of your life," you would rightly scream at the heav...
Alright, let's see your best Muggles memes! Comment with a link to your image, then come back and like other peoples posts to vote for them. We've got two signed copies of the book for a judges' favorite and the audience pick!
2025-02-25 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This is our last reading of The Legend of Rah & the Muggles, so obviously, the following things will be resolved, wrapped up, made clear, etc.
The golden key
The box in the cave
Rah and Zyn's parents
Sir Geoffrey
The Worry Stone
The letter from their mother
How many Manchineet trees are there and should they destroy them?
Can eating grass alone sustain a(n admittedly mutated) human being for seven years?
So, yeah: all wrapped up. We...
2025-02-20 19:56:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Are two heads better than one? When one of the heads is Bob Fingerman? Listen and find out!
If you visit our home please be aware that our guest powder room (I'm very demure; I assume everyone who goes in there is just powdering his or her nose) there is only one source of reading material.
(You can use the phone to call our Help Line but please note that it is currently out of service.) - mjn
*How is this book a part of both the "Vicki Barr Flight Stewardess Series" and "The Cherry Ames Nurse Stories"?! [EDIT: OK, I admit, I cut it off in the photo: they're h...
Let's start by confessing that, yes; The Legend of Rah & the Muggles is obviously a children's book. I mean, the nuclear holocaust on page one. The small, deformed, hairless creatures getting dragged away by terrifying rodents. Giant horse ants. Fruit worms. This is kid stuff.
Still! That does not deter Mike nor Conor from doing their sacred duty to talk at length about Uncle Fred, a character mentioned once in a poem!
For next time: finish the damn book...
2025-02-07 19:40:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Mike is joined by his college roommate Chris Busse, who I think we'd call a near-expert on Encyclopedia Brown. Can he help Mike? Listen and find out.
[Note: because Chris was in Mike's studio they were using a new, untested rig and frankly the audio isn't ideal. Quite listenable but not ideal. Thank you for your patience.]
Strange, hairless beings. Weird animals. Aquatic creatures. Caretakers caked with their own filth. And these are just the people making this podcast.
Now throw in, by far, the oddest musical score ever conceived by the human mind, and you have the first episode of The Legend of Rah and the Muggles (formerly "Rah." Before the lawsuits....)
ASSIGNMENT: Read thru Chapter 8
Get the book if still available here<...
2025-01-23 20:12:57 +0000 UTC View Post
After his flawless showing with the Harry Potter movies, Mike takes on the Star Wars films. Naturally, he nails it.
If - big if - Mike made any errors at all, please write in and correct him. Thank you.
2025-01-16 17:12:16 +0000 UTC View Post
We haven't read a word of our newest book yet, but the backstory is already fascinating, combining Sussie-esque subterfuge with Titus Uno courtroom drama. No, there's no Real or FanFic here, but rest assured, Mike is still tested and comes up short.
ASSIGNMENT: Read the first four chapters (stop before Chapter 5)
Buy the book here (click 'Other Used, New, Collectible', it's also available used fr...
2025-01-09 17:40:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to all you jackals for a great 2024 and looking forward to whatever we encounter together in 2025. Until then: sauerkraut and pork
2025-01-01 05:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostMaybe I should have realized I'd become a comedy writer, but when I was a kid there was a schoolyard parody set to the tune of the Colonel Bogey March (even then, WAY before our time) that went like this:
Comet / will make your teeth turn green
Comet / it tastes like Vaseline*
Comet / will make you vomit
So buy some Comet / and vomit / today
As an eight year-old, I had some problems w...
2024-12-22 00:20:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahhh, coziness. Licorice. The sound of ice cream being slopped down while kidnap victims await their fate. Long arms being deftly handled by possibly-retired FBI agents. Birdhouses being made in old, decrepit shoe stores. English paper piecing being done in front of gasping crowds. Reincarnated cat-husbands sneering at your life choice - OH, OH! And gangland murder!!
Yes, we reluctantly bid ahoy to The Quilting Cruise, to Miranda Downing née Hathaway, and yet somehow Mike ...
2024-12-19 20:31:16 +0000 UTC View Post
LOTS of great memes at sea this time. It was hard to pick a judge's favorite, but CONGRATS to Jacob & Cameron for winning, please email 372pages@gmail.com for your prize
Check out the entire gallery here
2024-12-18 18:57:29 +0000 UTC View Post
We're back in Idaville where Encylopedia has to track down a Lil' Stinker who has been... poisoning local pets?? What the hell Sobol?!
Joining us for this episode is Sean Thomason whose work you have hopefully enjoyed at RiffTrax and the Ringheads Podcast. Sean is a newbie to Idaville but has some strong preconceived notions about Encyclopedia!
Follow him on 2024-12-13 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time to share your favorite cozy cruise memes! Drop a link to the image file in the comments, then come back and vote for your favorites by liking them. The one with the most votes, as well as the judges' favorite, wins a prize, which this time includes one of these AMAZING friendship bracelets made by World's Greatest Jackal Janelle!
Quit laundering money for a few minutes and post a damn meme!
2024-12-11 19:52:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Redwork is finally explained. As are blackwork, bluework and greenwork. Also (drool alert!) cruise ship food is repeatedly mentioned. I've also heard that The Captain's Dinner happens.
And for those of you champing at the bit, YES, Conor recruits the fine men and women who do their great work on the Dark Web.
Plus, there's Mail and Dumb Sentences!
Gallery of images discussed in the episode including many beautiful quilts from our listeners: 2024-12-05 19:30:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Mike and Conor are joined by Scott Beckett in an attempt to match wits with Idaville's best and most reasonably-priced private detectives.
Mike and Conor are back in the CozQuiltPlasVerse (still haven't fully shaken the last book...) You know what that means: Longarms are mastered by devastatingly handsome ex-law enforcement agents. Jeopardy is watched while things happen. Character names fly at you like fake snowflakes on the set of Hot Frosty.
Plus, Mike and Conor go head-to-head in Real or FanFic, we read some mail and we go through the Dumb Sentences of the Week.
Assignment 2024-11-20 19:46:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Mike gets some help from The Comics Curmudgeon, Josh Fruhlinger, with a mystery involving a peculiar hobby.
Check out Josh's daily blogging of the funny papers over at joshreads.com and read his novel The Enthusiast!
2024-11-14 14:00:14 +0000 UTC
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It's cozy season people!
Get the book here (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/4fzHWa1 or https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-quilting-cruise-miranda-hathaway-adventure-9-mary-devlin-lynch/15570101?ean=9798665350622
Jonathan's song: 2024-11-07 17:44:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Shockingly, there are exactly zero nude skin divers in this episode, which prove to be more of a challenge to Mike.
New book announcement coming next week!
NO GUEST this time, so let's see how Mike does. Can he best Idaville's biggest brain?
This episode's illustration:
Weeks ago, Conor made an impulsive and shortsighted promise to track down and play the TekWar CDRom game from 1995. So here is a video of him doing exactly that while Mike gets to observe. THRILL as they attempt to calibrate DOSBox settings in real time! STRAIN to hear what they're saying over the blown out Sound Blaster sound effects! WONDER why anyone would be playing this when they could be playing Donkey Kong Country 2 instead!
2024-10-17 17:53:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Our own beloved Mad Dog turned a milestone birthday this year, which your co-host here may have just learned about from a Seinfeld Meme Group on Facebook. I think we can all agree that the world is a better place with his humor and perspective and sheer delight at fictional teenage archaeologists getting slapped. So let's wish him a happy birthday below!
2024-10-12 00:01:26 +0000 UTC View Post
As always, many great memes and more creativity expended than the authors managed. Congrats to our winners, Claire and Harris! Check out the whole gallery here
Winners, please send us an email so we can get you a prize!
2024-10-11 14:02:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally, the most pressing questions are answered: who is Mrs. Juneanne Stackpoole? Will Anselmo be as big a character as we always assumed? What's the latest from the Thelwell Brokerage Services?!
Oh, also, though it doesn't matter or count in the least, the Real of FanFic, Mike v. Conor is tallied.
Plus some listener mail and Dumb Sentences of the Week.
2024-10-10 18:37:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Conor challenges Mike again with another E. Brown case: but there's a twist! Mike get's an assist from David Roth, writer and podcaster, you can find him at Defector or get his podcast It's Christmastown at podcast places.
2024-10-02 16:46:34 +0000 UTC View Post