Jessica Bluemke grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and graduated from Ball State University in 2008 with a BA in Literature. She currently works as a writer and resides on the North side of Chicago.
When I was younger, I really liked the T.V. show The Monkees. Yes, it was 1995, so I was a bit behind the times, but that show is awesome and transcends time and space. Anyway there was one silly episode called “Monkees Mind Their Manor.” Davy Jones gets called back to England to inherit some mansion but here’s the twist: He has to stay in the manor for 5 years! Hilarity ensues! That old “you get the inheritance if you do this really silly… Read more
The Republican National Committee has just released a new commercial accusing President Obama of being a big meanie-pants to religious people: So after the regular rhetoric of “Obama doesn’t share your values” — Side note: Am I the only one frustrated with the Religious Right’s hijacking of the word “values”? It infuriates me — they go into this little ditty: The latest ad then cuts to Romney praising Pope John Paul II, who helped end officially atheist communism in Poland. “[I]n 1979, a son… Read more
You may have heard stories of the neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY that has a large population of Hasidic Jews. Pictures of signs like this have surfaced: Or, more famously, there was this picture of the White House Situation Room as Osama bin Laden was being taken out: Apparently Hillary Clinton’s pantsuit was a little too revealing that day… Also you could see her wrist, so it’s understandable why they removed her along with Audrey Thomason (The Director of Counterterrorism? What… Read more
This may be the weirdest protest attempt I have seen in some time. Michael Leisner decided to burn a box of Honey Nut Cheerios in protest of General Mills’ pro-gay marriage stance. You should just watch the video (embedding disabled) to see how that worked out for him. One out of every eight boxes of cereal in the country are Cheerios. This is really the treat now for the homosexuals! And this is our protest of General Mills advocating same sex marriages…. Read more
Guys. I have the Olympic Fever. I love the Olympics, and am thrilled that this is the first Olympics where every participating country is sending at least one female athlete! Notably, Saudi Arabia has sent two women: Sarah Attar, a 19-year old woman who has spent much of her life living and training in San Diego, CA (her father is Saudi and she has dual citizenship in Saudi Arabia and the U.S.), will be running the 800 meter race. From what I… Read more
