Enough About the Cake!: I Need to Vent about Anti-Gay Discrimination...
I was traveling quite a bit yesterday and ended up having to turn off the radio in disgust twice while different radio hosts discussed the Pope's support of Kim Davis, Kim Davis herself, and...
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Honey Boo Boo Releases New Music Video: "Movin Up!" // Dances the "Honey Boo...
Remember the "Honey Boo Boo Bop?" This was announced back in February when Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson and her family recorded her first song and music video. The song is called "Movin' Up" and the...
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Pope Francis: I Support Kim Davis' Refusal to Work // Update: Kim Davis &...
(Originally written on 09/29/15): Social conservatives who were fuming at Pope Francis this week for speaking out in favor of economic and environmental justice were tossed a bone when he seemingly...
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"Officer Involved Shooting" Today in Riverside, IA // Nobody Injured
While visiting Twitter late this afternoon, I noticed a series of tweets about a "large incident" at a Kum & Go in nearby Riverside, IA, involving lots of State Troopers and Washington County...
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Pope Francis: Don't Read Anything Into My Kim Davis Encounter; I Saw Lots of...
Kim Davis and her legal team at Liberty Counsel announced earlier this week that she received a special meeting with Pope Francis during his recent trip to the United States. She told us that they...
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Marvel Comics'"Damage Control" Coming to ABC?
ABC is considering a half-hour, single-camera superhero comedy featuring Marvel Comics'DAMAGE CONTROL comic book franchise:Marvel's Damage Control centers on the overworked and underpaid cleanup crew...
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Blount County, TN: Board of Commissions Petitions God to Protect Them From...
Do you live in Blount County, TN? It's near Knoxville and slightly smaller than my own county. The Blount County Board of Commissions plans to vote on a new resolution next Tuesday that's titled the...
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Veronica Lodge Arrives at Riverdale High // 8 Reasons to Love ARCHIE #3!
Archie Comics published ARCHIE #3 earlier this week. Last issue ended with Archie falling hard for Veronica Lodge -- and inadvertently destroying her new house in the process. Literally. It was dark,...
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"Survivors" 40th Anniversary: Episode 23 ("Parasites")
This is the twenty-third 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...
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Iowa City Arrested for Taking Phone Call During Kevin Hart Show
Comedian Kevin Hart was performing this weekend at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. A 22-year-old Iowa City woman was in the audience, but got in trouble for receiving a call on her cell phone:She...
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Coralville Ranked #2 in List of "10 Snobbiest Cities in Iowa"
A website called "RoadSnacks""analyzed over 150 cities in Iowa to identify the ones that probably think they're better than you" and then came up with a list of the 10 Snobbiest Cities in Iowa.Iowa...
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Ryan Buell of "Paranormal State" Returning to Television?
Ryan Buell -- formerly of "Paranormal State" -- posted the following message on Facebook earlier today:Most likely -- given that they are focusing on his "very loyal fanbase" --, this would be another...
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Jem Meets Teen Wolf (And Other Fun Features!!) in JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS...
I had a really fun time reading JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS OUTRAGEOUS ANNUAL #1 last night. The large-sized comic book seems to fall squarely between this issue and that.The Holograms return home from a...
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Pat Robertson: Demons Possess Children Through Horror Films
CBN's "The 700 Club" answered the question about whether or not demons can possess your kids through horror movies. The answer is YES! (Conveniently timed a few short weeks from Halloween!)It all...
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Jughead Is Back!! // Six Things to Enjoy about JUGHEAD #1!
Remember JUGHEAD #1? It just came out this week!! It's been years since Archie Comics' JUGHEAD comic book got canceled/went on an extended hiatus. We were promised a new series and eventually that...
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NYCC 2015 Announcement: Look for Squirrel Girl // Howard the Duck Crossover!!
You know that I'm a huge fan of Squirrel Girl if you've read this blog for long. So you can imagine that I'm pretty excited about news that Marvel Comics will be publishing a crossover story involving...
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Saying Goodbye to "Archie: Riverdale Rescue"
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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Who Is Tuffy Turtle?
I've written a few times recently about Charlton Neo, which is a resurrection of the classic Charlton Comics lines; as well as Pix-C Web Comics, which features public domain characters from Charlton...
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Donald Trump as MODOK!
The New York Comic Con just wrapped up and I found this great video. It seems that various comic book artists were tasked with remaking Donald Trump as different super-villains. Here is my favorite:...
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Pat Robertson: Don't Call Me a Cherry-Picker When I Don't Accuse Christian...
Pat Robertson was hopping mad during CBN's "The 700 Club" today when someone wrote into the program's Bring It On segment and challenged Christian churches for tolerating remarriages while railing...
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