Monthly Archives: January 2012

Twinkie Ressurection: Day Two, Bake-n-Wait

You would think Easy-Bake Oven is an ancient reference.  But Hasbro still features the oven on their web site with a frenetic video staring a bunch of tween girls that wouldn’t be caught dead using the device. Unfortunately, the oven … Continue reading

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Twinkie Resurrection: Day One, Serves One

According to Wired Magazine: Polysorbates are made by polymerizing ethylene oxide (a precursor to antifreeze) with a sugar alcohol derivative. The result can be a detergent, an emulsifier, or, in the case of polysorbate 60, a major ingredient in some … Continue reading

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The One With Verne and the Tardis

According to several commentators, the Tardis actually makes more of a VWROP-VWROP! sound. We stand corrected. Oh, and thanks for saving the universe, Verne.

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Twinkie Deathwatch: Day Six, Yodeling Spleens

According to someone over in the discussion thread at comics.com The Yodeling Spleens were a mid 80′s punk band from Burlington, Vermont. And as we all know, if it’s on the internet it must be true.

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Twinkie Deathwatch: Day Five, Survival of the Snackiest

Twinkies actually only have a shelf life of 25 days.* *Biblical days (one day equals 1 billion years).

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Twinkie Deathwatch: Day Four, Wait, What?

At the equator the earth spins at 1038 mph.  A sudden stop at that speed would send everything down to the bedrock continuing in motion at 1038 mph.   The only safe place would be at the North and South poles … Continue reading

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Twinkie Deathwatch: Day Three, Eau de Q-Tips

I heard this exchange between Ira Glass and Siri recently on This American Life that proves Siri has a pretty subversive sense of humor: Ira Glass Siri, where do you come from? Siri Software I, Siri, was designed by Apple … Continue reading

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Twinkie Deathwatch: Day Two, The Snack Cake Standard

My logic here is a bit off.  If you’re going to base your monetary system on something (which is a bad idea for a lot of reasons) it should be something relatively rare like gold or silver.   Twinkies are fairly … Continue reading

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Twinkie Deathwatch: Day One, Brain Freeze

Yes, this is two week old news, but this is as fast as we can get to print.  Which must seem ridiculous for those of you reading online. But Hedge is still primarily a print comic, so our deadline fidelity … Continue reading

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Frosty the Snow Pawn

Sometimes you hit it out of the park.  Sometimes you strike out. And sometimes you hit a lazy pop fly that gets caught in the sun and dropped by the shortstop with a Jagermeister hangover. You’re still on base.  Still … Continue reading

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