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"Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" Announces 2018 Christmas Special on 12/14/18!
I wrote last night about the hints by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa that Jingles the Christmas Elf was going to get some loving by Archie Comics. I wondered if that meant that Jingles was going appear on...
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Orange City, Iowa: Anti-Gay Culture Warrior Charged with 5th Degree Criminal...
Remember when anti-gay culture warrior Paul Dorr checkout our four LGBTQ-themed children's books from the Orange County Public Library and then burned all of them while live-streaming on Facebook? He...
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Katherine MacGregor -- Mrs. Oleson from "Little House on the Prairie -- Dies...
I have been a longtime fan of NBC's "Little House on the Prairie" for most of my life. I grew up watching the program with my sisters and enjoyed reading Laura Ingalls Wilder's books as a child. I've...
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New SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH Series Coming to Archie Comics in March 2018
Archie Comics announced that it will be launching a new SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH comic book limited series, starting in March 2019. The five-issue series will feature writing by Kelly Thompson and...
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Marvel Comics Announces "Age of X-Man" Spin-Off Books
Marvel Comics is planning this AGE OF APOCALYPSEÂ comic book mini-series early next year, presumably featuring the return of Nate Grey as a messianic entity. It's spinning out of the current UNCANNY...
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Three Conversations About the LGBTQ Condemnation & Affirmation within the Church
I've been having one of those 24 hours. It started with some comments from another article on this blog. Keep in mind, that I appreciate it when people comment. Even the comments that I am writing...
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College Student Raises $100,000 from GoFundMe Campaign After Parents Disowned...
I learned the story of a college sophomore and Division I athlete named Emily Scheck who was recently disowned by her parents after they found out that she has a girlfriend. She was ultimately disowned...
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SCOOBY APOCALPYSE #31: Which Scooby Gang Member Is Pregnant??
I finally sat down and read SCOOBY APOCALYPSE #31. Most of the action focused on Daphne and Scrappy versus the newly undead Freddy Jones.But there was one brief scene that really got me excited! In...
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Remember the Great Turkey Drop Episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati"
One of my favorite childhood sitcoms was "WKRP in Cincinnati." It told the story of a young man named Randy Travis who took over as program manager for a failing radio station with dreams of turning it...
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No. Leeds Trinity University Did Not Ban the Use of Capital Letters For Fear...
There is a 49 second video circulating today from an episode of "Good Morning Britain." In it, co-host Piers Morgan goes on a rant after accusing a university journalism program of banning the use of...
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"Return to Amish" Returns to TLC with New Ex-Amish and New Ex-Mennonites Plus...
The latest season of TLC's "Return to Amish" made its debut last Sunday. I was busy watching "Doctor Who" and "The Walking Dead," so I totally missed it until this morning. This remains one of my...
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B.R.O.D.O.K. Stands Revealed and Jimmy Kimmel Makes a Cameo in WEST COAST...
I've continued to read Marvel Comics' WEST COAST AVENGERS series since it premiered last August. I continue to love the artwork and the team is an interesting mix of super-powered and non-powered...
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Linn County Mayors Challenge Each Other as Bell Ringers for the Salvation Army
I've written a few times in the past about the Salvation Army (chiefly here and here, but also here, here, and here). The LGBTQ communities have a difficult history with the Salvation Army. The Salvos...
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Coronation Street Follow Up: Free Sally! Plus, Can #KANA Survive Babies Rabies?
I caught up yesterday with this week's "Coronation Street" episodes. Two things grabbed my interest this week. First, there was the conviction of Sally Metcalfe. Several months ago, Weatherfield's...
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Grand Island, NE: Affirming UCC Church & Its Gay Pastor in the News
I was on Facebook tonight and stumbled across a post from the Iowa Conference of the United Church of Christ. They shared an article by NTV ABC about a relatively new pastor at a UCC church in Grand...
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David Twombley, Iowa Same-Sex Marriage Plaintiff, Has Died at Age 77
Larry Hoch & David TwombleyNearly ten years ago, Iowa's Supreme Court ruled favorably on the Varnum v. Brien case, which ruled Iowa' DOMA law to be unconstitutional and effectively brought marriage...
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Prosper, Minnesota: Viral Video Circulating of Horses Pulling Semi Up Icy Drive
Chances are that you have never been to Prosper, MN. It's this tiny unincorporated town in southeast Minnesota that's just north of the Iowa border. Roughly 20 people living there. I don't think there...
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Mystery Shooter Continues to Kill Domesticated Zebras (Plus One Pregnant...
Remember last year when somebody shot a domesticated zebra on a farm near Oelwein, IA? The poor creature received a single gunshot to the stomach before dying. Back then, the zebra's owner revealed...
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