Shelter House Identifies Location for the Temporary Homeless Shelter in Iowa...
Over the past four winters, Iowa City's Shelter House has operated a temporary homeless shelter that was capable of housing 30 people per night during the winter months. These temporary shelters were...
View ArticleMy Thoughts on "The Conners "
It's been a few days and I still haven't written about the premier of "The Conners" on ABC. This is the Roseanne-less spin-off of "Roseanne." It's not that I didn't like the show. I've just been busy....
View ArticleNetflix Cancels "Iron Fist" and "Luke Cage"
I finally finished watching the second season of "Iron Fist" on Netflix. It's not that it was a bad series. It was actually very good. In fact, it was a great improvement on the first season. It's just...
View ArticleNebraska's New Hook for Attracting Tourists: "Honestly, It's Not For Everyone"
I think I've mentioned before that I'm originally from Nebraska. I was born there. I was bullied there relentlessly as a child. My family moved away. And I've only returned a handful of times since...
View ArticleOrange City, Iowa: Sioux County Conservatives Obsess Over OC Pride //...
The second OC Pride wrapped up yesterday. I wasn't able to attend this event -- though I would have like to be there. But it's way across the state and I had to work. But my online friends kept me...
View ArticleAthens, TN: Christian Community Freaking Out over Upcoming Druidic Samhain...
Archdruid Angela Wilson -- Not opening a portal to hellOne of my Pagan friends pointed out that there is a Druidic "nonevent" scheduled for this weekend in Athens, TN -- and the locals are freaking out...
View ArticleOrange City Public Library Responds to Complaint about Book with LGBTQ...
The Orange City Public Library Board met Tuesday following news that a conservative culture warrior had checked out and burned several library books. Paul Dorr of Rescue the Perishing had reviewed the...
View ArticleMy Morning at the 2018 Iowa City Metaphysical Expo
I was busy all afternoon at work, so I didn't get to spend as much time at Iowa City Metaphysical Expo as I would have liked.I was walking between the two buildings this morning (from the lecture hall...
View ArticleJon's Blog Daily Meme: I'm a Social Worker, Not a Psychic...
In honor of the 2018 Iowa City Metaphysical Expo...
View ArticleOrange City Public Library Still Hasn't Pressed Charges Against Anti-Gay...
Remember when culture warrior Paul Dorr checked out four LGBTQ-themed children's books from the Orange City Public Library and then he burned all of them while live-streaming on Facebook? That happened...
View ArticleAnti-Gay Culture Warrior Disrupts Drag Queen Story Hour at California Bookstore
There's a story circulating today about one of those drag queen story time events. This one didn't happen at a public library. Instead, it happened at a bookstore called Cellar Door in Riverside, CA....
View ArticleA New Jamie Madrox Takes Charge as MULTIPLE MAN Wraps Up!
Marvel Comics' MULTIPLE MAN series wrapped up this week. It was a fun ride -- and comically creative way to resurrect Jamie Madrox following 2016's DEATH OF X comic book.At the beginning of MULTIPLE...
View Article"It's Okay To Be White" Flyers Littered in Iowa City
(source)There were reports in Iowa City earlier this week of people finding racist flyers on their car windshields. The Iowa City Police sent out a press report to the community with the following...
View ArticleKate & Rana Propose to Each Other on "Coronation Street"
Tonight's "Coronation Street" was fun. There were several crisscrossing stories, as is typical (including momentum at last towards Peter opening his snooker hall). The real excitement tonight centered...
View ArticleChristian Student Who'd Been Expelled from University of Social Work Program...
Remember Felix Ngole, the Christian who was expelled from a masters of social work academic program at Sheffield University? He had gotten into an online debate on Facebook defending Kim Davis, the...
View ArticleAnti-Gay Culture Warrior Kim Davis Loses Her Re-Election Bid
Speaking of Kim Davis, she was up for re-election in Rowan county tonight.In case you don't remember, Kim Davis became national news back in 2015 when she took a stand against same-sex marriage. Keep...
View ArticleI've Got a Theory about Cyclops' Murder in EXTERMINATION #4
So I was right about Young Cable forcibly recruiting Mimic to become a wing-donor for Angel prior to sending him back to his proper place within the timeline. In last week's EXTERMINATION #4, Young...
View ArticleDutchman Suing to Legally Reduce his Age by 20 Years
There is a story circulating today involving a 69-year-old Dutchman named Emile Ratelband who is suing to legally change the date of his birth. Not because there was an error with his birth...
View ArticleArchie Comics to Announce "Big News" Involving Jingles the Christmas Elf! //...
(Originally written on 11/11/18): I was on Twitter this evening when I stumbled across this tweet from Archie Comics' Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. It was posted earlier this afternoon.It features Archie and...
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