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Nero at Daycare -- 06/05/14
It was another fun day at doggy daycare for Nero and his friends. The weather was a little cooler, so they didn't get out the pool. Which is just as well. I hate it when my car smells of wet dog!Check...
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Iowa's HIV Criminal Transmission Law Updated
(Rhoades & Branstad)I wrote last year about Iowa's criminal HIV transmission law. At the center of this law was an otherwise healthy HIV-positive man named Nick Rhoades whose medication compliance...
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Wisconsin Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down!
It's late Friday afternoon in 2014, which means another state just found it's gay marriage ban struck down. This week belongs to nearby Wisconsin!:A federal judge has ruled that Wisconsin's ban on...
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Indigo Girls in Iowa City!
Did I mention the Indigo Girls gave a free concert last night in Iowa City? Judging from Facebook, a good chunk of my friends made it to the concert.
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Jonathan & Barbara Ann Discuss "Afterlife With Archie" on Riverdale Podcast #118
Check out this week's Riverdale Podcast Episode 118. Jonathan and Barbara Ann (of [Alt] Archie) get together to gab about the first AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE story arc. I wasn't able to participate in that...
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"Archie: Riverdale Rescue": Summertime!
I began writing about the "Archie: Riverdale Rescue" iOS gaming app back in October 2013. Since then, the game has expanded to PC users. It's an oddly addictive game where you are tasked with the...
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Indiana Man "Protests" the Loss of his Driver's License by Walking Everywhere
Jim Sanders of Lafayette, IN, is protesting the loss of his driver's license by walking around his town while carrying an assault rifle.In other words, he refused to pay a fine for "several infractions...
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Support for Gay Marriage Up Slightly in Iowa
I'm not sure how I missed this one. Last month, Public Policy Polling polled a bunch of Iowa voters and found increased support for same-sex marriage. After five years of uneventful marriage equality...
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Could We See an "Alpha Flight" Movie?? Canadian Avengers Unite!
Do you remember back in 2011 when I wrote that Marvel Comics should release a movie featuring their Canadian super team, Alpha Flight? (Technically, I didn't. But I thought we needed a Manikin movie,...
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Nero at Daycare
We were traveling for much of the past week, which meant that Nero got to camp out at doggy daycare. Check out this handsome poodle!:
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Actor Jim Carrey to be Commencement Speaker at Fairfield's Maharishi...
(Originally written on 05/24/14): Actor Jim Carrey is the commencement speaker at the Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, IA, later today.I didn't realize this, but Carrey believes in and...
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O'Face Bar (of "Bar Rescue" Fame) Has Liquor License Suspended for 1 Week...
Iowa has a unique relationship with the Spike TV reality show Bar Rescue. Only one of our bars has been on the show so far and it ended up being the first and, so far, only bar that Jon Taffer walked...
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Gun Stats Since the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting -- #NotOneMore
This was posted on Facebook by the United Church of Christ:
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Iowa Supreme Court Overturn Man's "Criminal Transmission of HIV" Conviction
(Nick Rhoades & Gov. Terry Branstad)I wrote last year about Iowa's criminal HIV transmission law. At the center of this law was an otherwise healthy HIV-positive man named Nick Rhoades whose...
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Man Accused of Impersonating "Twilight" Actor to Attract Young Teens
I'm still wrapping my head around this story. A 33-year-old guy named David A. LaVera was arrested in Newton, IA, earlier this week and was charged with enticing a minor, carrying weapons, and failure...
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Nero and Ms. Lion Sporting their Summer Styles!
Nero and Ms. Lion were treated to spa days yesterday (i.e., they received haircuts and they got their toenails trimmed). I knew that Nero was going to get a pretty tight haircut, so I told them to...
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"Archie: Riverdale Rescue": Clay Walker!
I began writing about the "Archie: Riverdale Rescue" iOS gaming app back in October 2013. Since then, the game has expanded to PC users. It's an oddly addictive game where you are tasked with the...
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Christian Writer John MacArthur Advises Parents to Shun their Gay Kids
Last month, my blog was visited by a commenter who searched for information about Debby Boone and ended up proselytizing to me. You can read our exchange in the comments section of this post. One of...
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Happy Father's Day from President Obama! And from the United Church of Christ!
President Barack Obama released the following Father's Day 2014 proclamation back on Friday:Fatherhood is among the most difficult and rewarding jobs a man can have. It demands constant attention,...
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Free Showings of "Before Your Know It" -- LGBT Documentary on Aging...
It's Pride Month. A collection of local agencies called the Visibility Action Team have organized a free movie event tomorrow evening featuring "Before You Know It: A Documentary" by PJ Ravel:"Before...
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