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.
Last week, as I’m sure you well know, the CEO of Chick-Fil-A, Dan Cathy, came out against gay marriage. Of course, that led to lots of backlash… and lots of Photoshop jobs like this: So they should be losing some business. (Not mine, seeing as I never went there.) Maybe this is my most controversial thing I will ever say on this site, but I think Chick-Fil-A is entirely overrated, and no matter how many of my Southern friends tell me differently, I… Read more
So there are two things right in front of my apartment building in Chicago that make me sigh/chuckle. The most prominent of the two is this sign: It is literally directly across from my bedroom window. (Do you think they know that my boyfriend and I are living there together in sin?!) Yes, it’s kind of a total bummer, but there is one thing I am eternally grateful for: If you look closely, you can see a couple holes on each… Read more
Irish comedian David O’Doherty recently had a stand up special on Comedy Central. Being quite the fan of the D.O.D., I tuned in and was delighted by his thoughts on God: Jokes.comDavid O’Doherty – Irish Historycomedians.comedycentral.comJokesJoke of the DayFunny Jokes God used to be huge where I come from. Like bigger than MySpace or R.Kelly. Not so much anymore. I think, to be honest, whatever people used to get from the Lord, I just get the same thing now from… Read more
Back in February, the conservative group One Million Moms (Facebook membership: 48,488), famously called for a boycott of JC Penney’s for choosing Worlds-Most-Likable-Person Ellen DeGeneres as their spokeswoman. Why? Because she is a scary, icky lesbian, of course! Of course, their plan totally backfired in their bigoted faces. Since then, they have also leveled their teeny, tiny sword of influence at Oreos (*yawn*) and now they have found something new to annoy us with! This fall, NBC is debuting a new show called “The… Read more
A couple weeks ago, I told you about an awesome project from TheGoodAtheist.net called Bible Stories. For those of you who don’t follow my articles as compulsively as my mom does (although let’s all be honest, she doesn’t read my articles either. Mom, if you’re reading this right now, I owe you a dirty martini), let me refresh your memory! Blogger and podcaster Jacob Fortin is translating the Bible into something more, let’s say, reader friendly. Here’s hoping there are fewer begats than the… Read more
