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Gallup: 780,000 Americans Are Gay-Married; 1,200,000 Are Civilly Unionized
Gallup did a phone survey to see how many Americans are gay married and came up with this:Approximately 0.3% of adults in the U.S. are married to a same-sex spouse, and another 0.5% identify as being...
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The Freak Magnet Returns in THE FOX: FOX HUNT #1!
THE FOX: FOX HUNT #1 was published a couple weeks ago. This is a sequel series to the first mini-series featuring THE FOX. This is the second in Archie Comics' new Dark Circle line of comic books. It...
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Robert Oscar Lopez: Same-Sex Marriage May Lead to Financial Reparations for...
Robert Oscar Lopez is a bisexual man who opposes same-sex parenting. His parents split when he was young and he was raised principally by his mother. They spent most weekends growing up with his...
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CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA #2: Is Ann-Margret a Witch??
I have been struggling to write about Archie Comics' CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA #2. It's terribly good, but it's also terribly dense. Dense with goodness, but dense enough that it's difficult to...
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"Survivors" 40th Anniversary: Episode 5 ("Gone to the Angels")
This is the fifth in a series of blog posts dedicated to the 40th anniversary of BBC's "Survivors" television series. Survivors followed a core group of characters who managed to survived a devastating...
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Noreen Gosch Makes Appearance at Iowa City Showing of "Who Took Johnny"
Figuring that "Avengers: Age of Ultron" would be around for a while, I instead took Husband Mark to FilmScene to watch "Who Took Johnny," a documentary about the 1982 kidnapping of 12-year-old Johnny...
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New HIV Infections Dropped by 19% in Iowa in 2014
The Des Moines Register reported today that cases of new HIV infections dropped by 19% last year in the state of Iowa. In total, 99 Iowans were diagnosed with the disease last year, which was down from...
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JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS #1-2: Outrageous!
I went to Free Comic Book Day at my local comic book shop this past weekend and picked up a couple freebee comics. While there, I decided to check out a childhood favorite of mine: IDW's new JEM &...
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Archie Wants to Win a Pizza Party for his Friends in ARCHIE'S FUNHOUSE COMICS...
ARCHIE'S FUNHOUSE COMICS DOUBLE DIGEST #14 features a lot of great classic stories featuring Archie, Reggie, Betty and the rest of the Riverdale Gang. Plus, there's this one reprint story towards the...
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Dodgers Stadium Kiss Cam Captures Gay Couple!
You know about Kiss Cams, right? That's when sports watchers are randomly spotlighted by a stadium during a lull in the game. Couples are encouraged to smooch for the others. It can be sweet. I can be...
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Rocket Raccoon & the Pet Avengers Battle Vulture Von Doom & the Pets of Evil...
Earlier today, Marvel Comics published the Pet Avengers' first adventure in roughly four years. The Pet Avengers are the greatest super-hero team that I never knew I needed. They are a team of...
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The Ghost Fox Makes his Debut -- Just as the Fox Hunt Begins!
THE FOX: FOX HUNT #2 was published this week. It's easily my favorite comic book featuring Paul Patton, Jr. (AKA the Fox). Patton is a former superhero who cannot get the Fates to understand that he is...
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X-Men in Space?
There were rumors a year and a half ago that Marvel Comics was going to elevate the collective profile of their Inhumans characters. It goes way back to Fox Studios owning the movie rights to the X-Men...
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Iowa City Man Accused of Streaking through Kirkwood Community College Campus
An Iowa City man was arrested early this morning after local police accused him of streaking through Kirkwood Community College:According to Iowa City police criminal complaints, officers were called...
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Thoughts on "Avengers: Age of Ultron"
I took Husband Mark and the boys to watch "Avengers: Age of Ultron" earlier today. This is the latest in a string of interconnected movies featuring Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and the rest of the...
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Classic Jon's Blog: Mother's Day When You Have No Mother
Five years ago, I wrote this blog article about D'Angelo, his first post-TPR Mother's Day, and why we tend to keep to ourselves on this day. I thought I'd re-post it today for Mother's Day...
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"Survivors" 40th Anniversary: Episode 6 ("Garland's War")
This is the sixth in a series of blog posts dedicated to the 40th anniversary of BBC's "Survivors" television series. Survivors followed a core group of characters who managed to survived a devastating...
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Archie Comics Launches #NewRiverdale: $350,000 Kickstarter Campaign
Archie Comics launched a $350,000 Kickstarter campaign earlier today. The goal is to use the money to seed three new comic book titles for six issues each. These titles are...BETTY & VERONICA #1:...
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I need to vent...I received a call from one of my clients today. She is a disabled woman who has no income. She cannot maintain employment due to the nature of her disability. But she has been...
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Ghost Hunters Investigating Abbe Center Residential Center in Marion, IA
Iowa's residential care facilities keep getting closed. I could go on and on about the need for residential services for the state's most severely mentally ill residents, but that just gets me steamed....
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