And there once again came a time when attempts to bend over backwards for new ways to say “gays are icky” and mask it as intellectual debate turned into this, from an interview with Cardinal Francis George: We didn’t invent marriage. The church didn’t invent marriage. The state didn’t invent marriage. Nature gives us marriage. …
I’m doing research on The Americans with Disabilities Act and similar legislation as it pertains to prison inmates, since it relates to a recent epiphany I had about a character in a story. I think I’ve found what I was looking for in that regard, but while I was looking, I stumbled across a Department …
Epiphanies are a lovely thing, most of the time. They’re a ridiculous gift from the ether when you’re stuck on a story. Even when you aren’t, they’ll have a tendency to open up a story in a way you hadn’t previously conceived. Don’t depend on them, of course. If your sole method of construction is …
Maybe an Epiphany in the Well Metaphor Would Work Better… Read More »
I’ve been following Mike Sterling since … I think we’d call it “back in the day.” Always a worthwhile, humorous mix of insight on comics and comics retailing. Always a must-read, even when the jokes are at the expense of one of my favorites. As in a recent post on the current back issue market: …
I’ve been watching White Collar off and on via the Netflix for a while (I just finished season 2). And, while there’s some Scooby Doo going on with the longer-running conspiracy plots, I’m more than happy to put up with that because there really are what seem like unique and nuanced relationships at play within …
(cover of Power Pack #11. Pencils June Brigman, inks Bob Wiacek, colors Christie Scheele) If Marvel’s super-hero universe is the vehicle with which Simonson explores the many pitfalls and dangers of the adult world, the choice in and of itself comments on Marvel at the time. Power Pack’s battle is not only to maintain their …
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So, I was on weather.com, as one tends to be when there’s a crazy thunderstorm outside and is looking for any warnings, and I notice a link to an article with the subtitle Is the Atlantic Hurricane Season Underwhelming?. Allow me to offer this paraphrase: There haven’t been any hurricanes this season, but historically there …
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For everyone who has ever thought “why would you name your child that?” comes a judge who apparently thinks it’s her job to fix all that. Well, if the name you chose happens to be one that conflicts with her personal, religious views. A couple who came to family court over a dispute about their …
Honestly, the amount I actually know about the modeling industry is probably just a rough cobbling together of episodes of Project Runway, Zoolander, and that episode of The New Girl where Jess gets her heel caught in the rotating car platform. But via a video on Upworthy, I just stumbled across The Model Alliance. Take …
It doesn’t come as a surprise that people still say hateful things, or have inexplicably strong reactions to what people who aren’t them might do in their own bedrooms, so at first I just rolled my eyes when San Antonio councilwoman Elisa Chan and members of her staff showed up in a recording doing just …
That amendment. I do not think it means what you think it means Read More »
