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#256: Tomorrow is an Ice Day

Grandpa is just "Pee Pad" now,

March 13th, 2025 · 88 minutes

Follow-up brings updates on "all balls" plus a novel inversion to "Secret Weird Things People Do."

Main topic this week is cooking alone.

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Follow-up brings updates on "all balls" plus a novel inversion to "Secret Weird Things People Do."

This week's main topic is cooking alone.

In this month’s member bonus episode, your hosts consider Dune: Prophecy, including some critical spycraft problems.

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(Recorded Tuesday, March 4, 2025)


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Rule 34 - Wikipedia
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Desmond Hume from Lost
Jane Krakowski - Wikipedia
Frame Game
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Greeble (or Greebly) - Wikipedia
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The first video game song that comes into Merlin's head is Pac-Man (not Donkey Kong)

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