So our Jersey Boy is a "bear"?

I can't top Steven Hart's post at BlueJersey and cross-posted at Opinion Mill:

In today's news from the socio-cultural front, New Jersey-bred auteur Kevin Smith is slated to become a magazine-cover sex symbol.
The creator of Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Jersey Girl is going to be featured on the cover of A Bear's Life, a magazine for broad-beamed hirsute fellas and the men who dig them. As Smith explains:

Within that community there are bears - guys who look like me - and dudes who are really into them, who are called cubs. And, apparently, I'm the focus of a lot of admiration in this community. I'd be considered something of a coup, a score for a cub - the ultimate bear to get.
And they called and said, "Do you want to be on the cover of a magazine?" I was like, "Are you telling me there's someone out there who sexualizes me? I'll be on that magazine, totally."

More at Queerty.com.

Welcome back, Kevin Smith

Steve Hart writing at the Opinion Mill blog notes filmmaker Kevin Smith's newest work is a horror movie about our blue state turning red.

Rotten Tomatoes blog has the whole skinny on it.

BTW, the Buddy Christ picture we used a few days ago is from Dogma, our personal favorite Kevin Smith film, so far, and we hope he doesn't mind we borrowed it to illustrate the naked chocolate Jesus story.

NJ blog roundup

The Opinion Mill on Friday took on the shock jocks at 101.5 -- and I think Opinion Mill won this round. This type of "gay Polack" stuff won't stop until the public reacts. "Potty Brains" is a must read.

A little headier but also in a Friday post, NJ Law Blog explained a ruling that gives condo owners' associations priority over towns on surplus from liens.

Over at Bayshore Journalista, on Thursday delightful writer Jackie Corley tackled the hot pay-to-play and election reform issues: "I'll be diving into the reports of Monmouth's ruling Republican Party and publishing what I find. Do contractors still contribute in spite of pay-to-play regulations? Are PACs and municipal organizations being used by the county GOP to navigate around pay-to-play regulations?" Good graphic linked there, too.

Da Truth Squad, a brand new Manalapan-based blogger focused on MonCo Republicans (some may know daTruth as a needling fixture in some forums), rants about the county Republican Politboro's new candidate "application." Chairman Adam Puharic's new candidate contract pretty much ensures the GOP primary will be a sham because no one can challenge his chosen proteges. How long can "Pu-Pu" hold on to this job with so much dissent, including from fellow Republican Freeholder Anna Little, a legal eagle who has pointed out this contract may be just a wee bit, um, unconstitutional?

Over at City Belt, Jon Shure had a guest column Tuesday suggesting we should "throw off 'home rule,' share resources, and govern smartly if we want a future."

Monmouth RastaMan reported Friday that Democratic insiders are predicting Amod Choudhary of Colts Neck, an engineer-turned-lawyer who serves on the school board, will challenge Republican Claire French for the county clerk seat she has held for many terms.

Also on the political front, Center of NJ Life Monday wrote a roundup of the "fighting 12th" (isn't that an understatement?) state legislative district from Oceanport to Hightstown for Blue Jersey blog.