"Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" Season 2 Begins Tonight // Plus Honey Boo Boo's...
I learned earlier today that June "Mama" Shannon of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo hasn't been splurging with the money earned from the family's TLC program. Instead of wasting the money so that nothing is...
View ArticleMexican Restaurant Boasts "How To Catch An Illegal Immigrant" Employee T-Shirt
A South Carolina-based Mexican restaurant called Taco Cid is currently under fire for having its employees wears "How To Catch An Illegal Immigrant" shirts -- complete with an image of a wooden trap...
View ArticleNoah St. John's "The Last Mile"
This video has been making the rounds today. It's the NPR Snap Judgment Performance of the Year. Enjoy!:
View ArticleIowa City Motorist Arrested for Hitting Bicyclist
I read a coupledifferent news articles today about an Iowa City man who was arrested yesterday and charged with allegedly and purposely turned his car into the path of a bicyclist:According to Iowa...
View ArticleIowa Robocaller Annoying People in Illinois
I ran across this blog post today about a familiar scenario -- but with a little bit of a twist to this Iowa blogger. Check it out:I was at work this morning when I got a call from Iowa. (515)...
View ArticleInitial Thoughts on "Honey Boo Boo" Season 2
Somehow over the past month or so, I managed to really build up Honey Boo Boo, her family, and her reality TV program to my work supervisor and the various members of my team -- only one of whom had...
View ArticleNero at Daycare -- 01/10/13
Nero was itching to get out of the house and among his four-legged friends this morning when it was time for doggy daycare. Once again, it was a satisfying time for roughhousing and jumping and barking...
View ArticleKansas Forces Sperm Donor to Pay Child Support // NOM Adviser Recommends...
Early this month, a story out of Topeka, KS, was making the rounds. It's a long complicated story about a lesbian couple who fell in love, sought a sperm donor via an advertisement on Craigslist,...
View ArticlePoodle-Mix Mistaken for Lion in Virginia // Prompts Numerous 911 Calls!!
Daniel Painter of Norfolk, VA, is a fan of Old Dominion University so much that he decided to have his Labrador/poodle mix -- Charles the Monarch -- groomed to look like the college's lion mascot. And...
View ArticleGay Marriage Won't Force the Resurrected Christ to Marry Another Man
Linda Harvey is the founder of Mission: America, a Columbus, OH-based Christian group that follows and talks about cultural trends from from crazy religious perspective via its website. Harvey herself...
View ArticleNew Crusaders Takes Off With Issue #5
I have been interested in NEW CRUSADERS for several months, but for a variety of reasons haven't yet written anything about this title on my blog. The New Crusaders are the children of the Mighty...
View ArticleDeaf Man Stabbed // Suspect Allegedly Thought Victim was Making Gang Signs
(Robert Jarell Neal)A 22-year-old from Burlington, NC, has been arrested and charged with felony assault on a handicapped person and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious...
View ArticleMarvel Comics Does Chick-Fil-A Parody in "Cable & X-Force" #3
Remember 2012 when the Chick-Fil-A fast-food chain became synonymous for anti-gay bigotry because the company's president Dan Cathy and the corporation's charitable wing kept giving money to...
View ArticleCoralville Man Threatens Roommate with Steak Knives
52-year-old Mark Anthony Stewart of nearby Coralville, IA, found himself arrested last night after a physical fight between him and one of his roommates grew potentially more dangerous after Stewart...
View ArticleUncle Poodle: "My (HIV) Test Results Came Back Positive"
News is spreading today that Honey Boo Boo's Uncle Poodle, Lee Thompson, came out as being HIV-positive, according to Fenuxe.I'd read last year that he'd moved closer to rural Milledgeville, GA, with...
View ArticleNRA Questions Need for Armed Security for President, Vice-President, Their...
The National Rifle Association put out the following advertisement yesterday:The video asks:Are the president’s kids more important than yours? Then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in...
View ArticleMars Hill Church Moves to Seattle Gayborhood // Ministers of People With AIDS...
Seattle's Mars Hill Church is a popular mega-church that is renowned for being hip and cool. It has stoked controversy in the past for its beliefs that women will be submissive to their husbands and...
View ArticleNero at Daycare -- 01/17/13
Nero had another lovely day at doggy daycare today. Lots of romping and playing with his friends, which means that he has been napping all evening. Very cool. Check it out:
View ArticleOh My Godyssey!
Just last night, Husband Mark and I watched the first few minutes of a "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" on some cable channel. I jokingly mused that it would be cool if someone came up with "Jesus:...
View ArticleMan Threatens to "Shoot Everyone" at Marion, IA, Library
What's up with too many folks these days deciding to settle personality disputes with gunfire? Earlier this week, police were called to the Marion Public Library in Marion, IA, after an upset patron...
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