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(Step)Moms Panel: Are there toasters in a toaster-shaped hotel?

The Uncle Walt's Insider (Step) Moms Panel answers your real questions with their own totally reliable advice. [Lawyer-mandated disclaimer: do NOT rely on this advice. Our panel of experts may or may not be actual stepmoms, but they are definitely evil.] "Dear (Step) Moms: I will be staying in the hotel that looks like a toaster - the name escapes me right now. Do the rooms there have toasters? Thanks.” - Diane M., Camden, NJ Ub: Hi Cami, and thanks for contacting the (Step) ...

He has to holler just to be heard, but with every word he drops knowledge. Photos by Steve Wise & Ken Lund [CC BY-SA 2.0] & Steve Jurvetson [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr, all jumbled up and remixed by Marty.

Lin-Manuel Miranda dedicates Disney’s Hall of Treasury Secretaries

The "Hamilton" star took a break from shooting "Mary Poppins Returns Again: the Cash-in." WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Tucked into a corner of Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park and Spa, between Africa and Pandora, is a new attraction: Disney's Hall of Treasury Secretaries. The new show features animatronics of every U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, from Alexander Hamilton all the way up to whoever holds that job today. Hamilton writer/composer/star/prop guy Lin-Manuel Miranda was on hand to dedicate the attraction. Manuel dazzled the ...

February 7, 2020 by Marty in Florida

(Step)Moms Panel: the best plant-based foods in Disney Parks

The Uncle Walt's Insider (Step) Moms Panel answers your real questions with their own totally reliable advice. [Lawyer-mandated disclaimer: do NOT rely on this advice. Our panel of experts may or may not be actual stepmoms, but they are definitely evil.] "Dear (Step) Moms: What are your favorite plant-based meal options found at the Disney Parks?" - Jordan W., Berkeley CA Baby Yoda: Marty: No, bone broth is not plant-based. Because, you know, bones. Walt: Hi Alfred, thanks for asking. I find that there are quite a ...

February 6, 2020 by Marty in step-planDisney

Leaked photo of Disneyland Escanaba construction, probably. Photo by spejder.dk. Inset photo by Adirondack Explorer.

UPDATE: Disneyland Escanaba construction underway!

We're bumping our regular (Step)Moms Panel discussion for this breaking news! ESCANABA, MI -- Yoopers across the globe are celebrating, because they will soon have a Disney park in their own backyard. That's an expression, by the way. The park won't be literally in anyone's backyard. That would cause a lot of problems, and the park would have to be really small. Unless they found someone with a gigantic backyard. ... What were we writing about again? Oh, yeah. Silencing the doubters While some ...

February 5, 2020 by Marty in World

Mug shot of Joe Rohde's Earring. Photo by alchetron.com [CC BY-SA 3.0].

BREAKING: Joe Rohde’s Earring takes Iowa caucuses

Voters want a candidate that can win and look stylish doing so. DES MOINES, IA -- Having announced its candidacy for president just one week ago yesterday, Joe Rohde's Earring is certainly making a splash in the 2020 Presidential Election. Uncle Walt's Insider can announce that, with all precincts reporting, Joe Rohde's Earring has won the Iowa Democratic Caucuses with 53% of the vote. We will continue to follow the campaign. Also, you can follow Joe Rohde's Earring on Twitter at @realjoesearring. UPDATE 10:34am: ...

February 4, 2020 by Marty in Other