Archie Comics to Publish New DICK TRACY Comic Book Series in 2018 // UPDATED:...
(Originally written on 12/12/17): Here is the comic book news that I didn't expect to read today: Archie Comics plans to publish a DICK TRACY ongoing comic book series starting in April 2018. DICK...
View ArticleDubuque, IA: Racist Heckler Disrupts MLK Birthday Celebration: "I'm Really...
The Dubuque Multicultural Family Center hosted its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration this past Monday in Dubuque, IA. Just over 400 people attended the event -- including one racist...
View ArticleKitty Pryde Proposes to Colossus in X-MEN GOLD #20
There was a snowstorm this weekend. Because of that, I still haven't gotten my comic books from my local comic book store. Here is one major development that I still haven't read firsthand because of...
View ArticleChristian Group Sues University of Iowa Over Its Inability to Reject Gay...
(Originally written on 12/14/17): An organization called Business Leaders in Christ (or BLinC) has filed a lawsuit against the University of Iowa, claiming that the university violated their religious...
View ArticleGay Christian Network Rebrands With New Organizational Name: Q Christian...
(Originally written on 01/18/18): The Gay Christian Network began hinting roughly two years ago that they wanted a more inclusive organizational name. Then last year during the annual GCN Conference,...
View ArticleMarvel Comics' Jubilee Cured of Being a Vampire!!
I've been a fan of Marvel Comics'GENERATION X comic book. It features former Generation X team members Jubilee, Chamber, and Husk as they teach Xavier School's less impressive students: Bling!, Quentin...
View ArticleMan Tries Trolling Iowa City Women's March with Pro-White Stickers & Pepe the...
Iowa City's Wetherby Park areas was blanketed with racist leaflets earlier this month. Yesterday morning when many others were attending Iowa City's Women's March on the pedestrian mall, a guy wearing...
View ArticleRemembering the Gay Wedding Episode on "Rev"
I've been watching episodes of "Rev" on Britbox lately. the program tells the story of Rev. Adam Smallbone. He and his wife Alex recently moved from a rural parish to a dreary inner-city C of E church...
View ArticleCheck Out Love Works: University of Iowa's LGBT-Inclusive Faith-Based Campus...
We've been following the story about Business Leaders in Christ (or BLinC) and their lawsuit against the University of Iowa, claiming that the university violated their religious liberties back in...
View ArticleBeing a Social Worker Mean...
Humor me... Sometimes I have too much free time. Or I get inspired and need to get it out of my system. I visit the "Social Work Tutor" Facebook page and other social work pages frequently and I see...
View ArticleIowa State Patrol Arrests Drunk Driver Going 106 MPH
The Iowa State Patrol posted an update on Facebook yesterday. They shared that someone accused of drunk driving got pulled over doing 106 miles per hour near Des Moines:Recently a State Trooper checked...
View ArticleFormer Child Actor Nicole Eggert Claims Scott Baio Sexually Abused Her...
Remember last month when former child actor Alexander Polinsky began publicly reaching out to former boss and co-star Scott Baio on Twitter about abuse towards him and other child actors on the set of...
View Article"Coronation Street" Introduces Villain in New Male-on-Male Rape Story Arc
A new villain was introduced to "Coronation Street" this past Friday. A new character named Josh Tucker (played by actor Ryan Clayton) arrived on the cobbles this week to take on an open auto mechanic...
View Article"Glee" Actor Mark Salling Dead from Apparent Suicide
Back in December 2015, Mark Salling (the actor best known for playing bad boy character Noah "Puck" Puckerman on "Glee") was arrested on suspicion of possessing scores of child pornography pictures and...
View ArticleThings Are Finally Getting Interesting as Kate & Rana's Sapphic Secret is...
One of the things that I enjoy about "Coronation Street" is that it has a lot of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people in it. There's Billy, Todd, and their doomed same-sex family. There's this great camp...
View ArticleLoving Netflix's "One Day at a Time" Series!
I learned of Netflix's "One Day at a Time" series when it first debuted in January 2017. It grabbed my attention so I put it on "My List" -- and then promptly forgot about it. The program's second...
View ArticleIowa City: Ped Mall Shooter Plans to Use "Stand Your Ground" Defense //...
(Originally written on 09/19/17): Iowa passed its own "stand your ground" law during the past legislative session. It states that law-abiding people do not have to retreat before using deadly force to...
View ArticleNetflix's "One Day at a Time" Cast Does a Great Parody of the Original...
I blogged over the weekend about my recent binge of Netflix's "One Day at a Time" series. "One Day at a Time" is a modern remake of the classic 1970s sitcom, except that this modern version features a...
View ArticleArchie Comics to Launch New All-Ages BETTY & VERONICA FRIENDS FOREVER Comic...
Archie Comics announced earlier today that it will be launching a new ongoing comic book in May 2018 featuring the "Classic Archie" artwork and all-ages stories. The new comic book is titled BETTY...
View ArticleCollege Student Flushes Emotional Support Hamster Down Toilet After Being...
There is this horrible story circulating right now involving a 21-year-old college student, Spirit Airlines, an emotional support hamster named Pebbles, and a toilet. A young woman named Belen...
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