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Wolverine Loves Hercules
Bloggers have been writing about the romance between Wolverine and Hercules over in Marvel Comics' X-Treme X-Men book recently. It's a team book about a group of alternate reality heroes led by Dazzler...
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18 GOP Senate Republicans Sponsor Resolution to Constitutionally Ban Iowa's...
18 Senate Republicans sponsored a resolution to initiate a statewide vote to constitutionally eliminate the marriages of Iowa's gay and lesbian families. The lead sponsor is Sen. Dennis Guth of Klemme,...
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X-Men's Northstar is an Illegal Immigrant
Back in November, I noted that ASTONISHING X-MEN's Northstar and his new husband Kyle Jindu-Beaubier were facing a new personal foe: U.S. Immigration officials. At the time, it didn't make a lot of...
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Perez Hilton is a Dad!
I learned earlier today that online gossip blogger Perez Hilton is a father. Here is the announcement from his website:Dear Friends, I want you to hear this directly from me, right here. I am ready to...
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My Son in Art
My son D'Angelo received a short letter from his birth dad with this really nice picture. Check it out:
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Gay Marriage Updates Across the Nation -- 03/01/13
I've done a variety of marriage equality updates this year (here, here, here, and here). The U.S. Supreme Court is getting ready to review the Prop 8 case, of course; but I thought I would summarize a...
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Phil Jimenez Does Archie Comics
Earlier this week, Comic Vine revealed some variant covers for a few different upcoming Archie Comics titles including this sweet variant of LIFE WITH ARCHIE #30 by Phil Jimenez. Jimenez is one of my...
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Two Iowa Falls School Bus Drivers Fired for Drag Racing -- With Children!!
Here's an interesting story coming out of Iowa Falls, IA. There was a field trip back on Valentine's Day involving a bunch of elementary school students. As far as I can tell, the field trip was...
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HIV Positive Baby Cured?
Check out this exciting news which appears to involve the first HIV-positive child to be cured of AIDS. It offers hope for other newborn babies who are born with HIV for an AIDS-free life. This news...
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Nero at Daycare -- 03/04/13
Nero had a blast today at doggy daycare. He's looking a bit shaggy in these pics, but is scheduled to get a bath and a trim tomorrow afternoon, so should be looking pretty tight when he returns later...
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"Archie Meets Glee" Begins Tomorrow!!
Way back in July 2012, we learned that Archie and the Riverdale Gang would be meeting the kids from "Glee" in a 4-issue comic book cross-over. I'm still curious about the details, but it begins in...
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Iowa House Republicans Sponsor Bill to Constitutionally Invalidate the...
It has been nearly four years since the Iowa Supreme Court struck down the state's unconstitutional DOMA law and paved the way for equal rights and responsibilities for its gay and lesbian citizens....
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Coming in Late 2013: "Afterlife With Archie"!!!
Back in June 2012, I shared a really neat variant cover to LIFE WITH ARCHIE #23, which was nicknamed "Afterlife With Archie." It was a cool visual concept and pun and I thought that was the end of it....
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Iowa House Republicans Attempting Yet Another Anti-Gay Marriage Bill: HF 444
(Originally written on 03/06/13): I wrote yesterday about House Joint Resolution 11, which is yet another effort by Iowa House Republicans to constitutionally ban same-sex marriages in Iowa....
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"Alert: This is a test. Bryan is gay." That was the emergency alert issued by the city government in Washington, PA, according to the Jimmy Kimmel Live program. It's quite humorous and worth a peek:I...
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Judge Rules in Favor of Transgender Woman Following Bathroom Dispute with...
(Jones)Administrative Law Judge Heather Palmer ruled that a now-retired county deputy discriminated against an Iowa City trans woman named Jodie Jones. In November 2011, Johnson County Sheriff's deputy...
View ArticleHusband Confronts Anti-Abortion Activists Who'd Heckled His Wife Prior to...
Check out this vid. In it, a man confronts two anti-abortion protesters:Here is the YouTube explanation behind this confrontation:"Confronting Life" Aaron Gouveia and his wife were already having the...
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Gay Marriage Updates Across the Nation -- 03/10/13
I've done a variety of marriage equality updates this year (here, here, here, here, here). I thought I would continue the trend to summarize a few other same-sex marriage developments across the...
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Shooting at Holiday Lodge Mobile Home Court in North Liberty, IA
(source)(Originally written on 03/10/13: Things are actively breaking in this case, but local news media is reporting on a shooting linked to a domestic dispute at the Holiday Lodge Mobile Home Court...
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"Archie Meets Glee" Part 1
It took me a bit of time and effort, but I finally tracked down ARCHIE #641 -- AKA "Archie Meets Glee Part 1". The premise is pretty simple. Riverdale's resident genius Dilton builds a machine the...
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