Nearing the End of September with Bits of News

I started September with one of my articles that combines links and pieces of interesting news. I have some more stuff that maybe doesn't warrant a whole article, but deserves a mention. How about we do something for the first time ever in nearly 15 years of blogging and have a second news & links post in the same month--one to start it and one to end it? It's my website and my rules, so let's do it!

EA is a publicly traded company, but thanks to 55 billion dollars, it will now be going private. Various entities, including Saudi Arabia and a Jared Kusher (Trump's son-in-law) private equity group, are going to buy out everyone's shares. It is the largest-ever private equity buyout, and people have mixed feelings about very questionable folks buying EA--Saudi Arabia especially has been eager to try and clean-up its bad image relating to human rights via, "Sportswashing," and now this.

It is National Coffee Day. Coffee is arguably my favorite drink, and a number of stores still have promos to celebrate if you hurry.

Diamond Comics continues to be a zombie of a company as moments here and there of legal filings keep the shambling corpse occasionally jolting. Image Comics seems to have decided that settling is easier than this unending legal debacle and has reached some semblance of an agreement with Diamond.

A new, "Simpsons," movie is coming, like, a second one--due in 2027. The last, "Simpsons," flick was in 2007, believe it or not, so 20 years later, we get a film sequel to a television show that has been going since about 1989 (not counting the 1987 shorts). It is wild the program has been on the air that long and managed to be either amazing or at least decent.

Bleeding Cool sometimes spreads dumb gossip and sometimes has surprisingly juicy news scoops. If you can wade through the unending barrage of ads on the site, one of the latest articles admits it is gossip, but I want it to be true--a new Superman and Spider-Man crossover for 2026. That would be so fun!

Finally, Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco just got married, proving that no matter how weird a guy you are, if you're emotionally open, caring, and kind, you will find love--so shut up, all you internet incels who claim, "Getting," a woman is impossible. Oh, and being funny helps!