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Catching Up With My Friends: Joseph Wilson Pleads Guilty to Online Child Sex...
I'm having one of those mornings. I woke and began wondering about one of my old friends who used to be quite involved with the Iowa City LGBT and arts scenes and who later (May 2012) got arrested...
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Kanye West Pauses Concert While Waiting for Disabled Audience Members to Dance
(Waving Prosthetic Leg)Kanye West stopped an Australian concert mid-performance Friday night because there were two people in the audience who refused to stand up and dance -- because they were...
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14-Year-Old Boy Faces 2 Years in Prison for Simulating Oral Sex Act with...
Have you heard about the 14-year-old boy from Everett, PA, who is facing two years in prison for posting pictures on Facebook of him simulating oral sex acts with a statue of Jesus?It's true. Back in...
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The Girls Bid Farewell to Riverdale in BETTY & VERONICA #272!
It took me a while, but I finally read BETTY & VERONICA #272. It's Part One of the "Farewell Riverdale" storyline, in which our title characters head off on a months-long foreign exchange student...
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Uncle Poodle is Engaged!
Uncle Poodle & AlanRemember back in July when we learned that Lee "Uncle Poodle" Thompson has a new boyfriend named Alan? Uncle Poodle promised at the time that there would be no gay weddings on...
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Chick-fil-A Co-Sponsoring Iowa Soul Festival this Weekend
I am totally out of it these days. I've never heard of Iowa Soul Festival and I certainly hadn't heard that they had asked Chick-fil-A to be one of their co-sponsors. But apparently it's a local...
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"Archie: Riverdale Rescue": Clay Walker! // Update on 09/18/14: Where's Clay??
(Originally written on 06/14/14): 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...
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Mama June & Sugar Bear from "Here Come Honey Boo Boo" Have Separated!!
I was heartbroken when I heard this bit of news coming from Mama June Shannon via TLC earlier today:Sugar Bear and I have decided to take some time apart to figure out some things in our relationship....
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Reminder: Mid Con Comic Show This Weekend! // Updated to Include Mid Con's...
I wrote last month about the Mid Con Comic Show. This is a brand new comic book convention that debuts later today and will continue all weekend (September 19-21, 2014) at the Clarion Highlander Hotel...
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Monkey Madness Comes to Riverdale in ARCHIE #659!
I just got finished reading one of the wildest issues of ARCHIE in quite some time! ARCHIE #659 is a crazy issue. It's premise is simple. Salem casts a spell on a lion with the intent of transforming...
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Mid Con Comic Show 2014 -- Initial Post-Con Reaction
I wrote earlier about the Mid Con Comic Show that debuted this weekend in Iowa City (here and here). A little over 250 people arrived for this local con, including me, Husband Mark, our youngest son,...
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Who's Captain Citrus?
Have you heard of Captain Citrus? He's a superhero, commissioned by "Florida's citrus industry" to promote and sell more orange juice.According to NPR, Captain Citrus has solar powers and he has cool,...
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Sen. Jack Hatch: Iowa Republicans Want to Get Rid of Iowa's Gay Marriages //...
State Senator Jack Hatch (D) is running for Iowa governor. He reminded Iowa's LGBT citizens and progressive allies earlier this week that elections have consequences:Iowa could face a divisive...
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Gay Couple's Wedding Heckled by Anonymous Jerk
A male couple named Oscar De Las Salas and Gary Jackson were getting married on a park in Coronado, CA. Unfortunately, their wedding was heckled from some jerk in a nearby condominium:Around sunset...
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Nero at Daycare -- 09/23/14
Nero strutted his stuff earlier today at doggy daycare. Check it out:
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Do Same-Sex Marriages Hurt Iowa?
Two of our local anti-abortion protesters got a letter published in the Press-Citizen earlier today. Their letter references the 72-year engagement between Vivian Boyak and Nonie Dubes of Davenport,...
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Jackson County Assessor Resigns following Shooting
Earlier this month, the community of Maquoketa, IA, was shaken up when Francis "Gus" Glaser (a former city manager for Maquoketa and current resident) caused a big stir at the Jackson County Board of...
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One Final Fight for the Equalizer in KEVIN KELLER #15!
The KEVIN KELLER comic book series was a trailblazer. Starring Archie Comics' first gay teen, this series featured Archie Comics'first same-sex crush, their first same-sex love triangle, their first...
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Iowa City in the Midst of Catalytic Converter Crime-Wave!
Apparently, stealing catalytic converters off of cars is the it-crime these days in Iowa City. Larger vehicles that are easy to crawl under are particularly susceptible. I was told that catalytic...
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Man Arrested in Iowa City & Charged with Stealing Several Catalytic Converters
Remember yesterday when I complained that somebody stole the catalytic converter off my vehicle? I received a call late yesterday from the Iowa City Police informing me that they found a guy with a...
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