Dynamite Entertainment announces their upcoming "Grumpy Cat" comic

Since the Fall of 2012 we just haven't been able to get enough of Tader Sauce aka “Grumpy Cat”. We fill up our Facebook feeds with her Internet memes, buy her t-shirts and other products and share her videos. Maybe it is that permanent scowl or that her memes say many of the things we would like to say. Whichever the reason we had a lovefest with the little dwarf cat. We fill up our Facebook feeds with her Internet memes, buy her t-shirts and other products and share her videos.

Soon we will have one more way to get our fix of the lovable curmudgeon. This Fall Dynamite Entertainment will begin running both a comic strip and cookbook of “Grumpy Cat” and her older brother Pokey. The comic that will be called “The misadventures of Grumpy Cat and Pokey” will be available as an online comic, a comicbook to be sold in specialty markets and as a graphic novel that will be sold at several bookstores.

"One of the most important responsibilities for today's comic publishers is creating content that will attract fresh new audiences to experience the wonders of the medium, and Grumpy Cat is the perfect combination of unbearable cuteness, instant fan appeal, and established multimedia presence to make just such a thing happen," Keith Davidsen, marketing manager of Dynamite Entertainment, said in a statement.

Outside of her Internet fame “Grumpy Cat” has become a television and movie diva. She has made appearances on Today, Good Morning America, the CBS Evening news, VH1's Big Morning Buzz, Anderson live, American Idol, the Bachelorette, The Soup and WWE's Monday Night Raw. She also made a Honeynut Cheerios commercial where the animated bee tries to talk her into liking the cereal.

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5 things you didn't know about Angie Martinez

For nearly 3 decades Angie Martinez has been a radio talk show host, actress and hip-hop artist. Among the celebrates she has interviewed are such icons as Tupac, Kanye West and Mariah Carey. Her acting career has seen her star with Rosie Perez, Queen Latifah and Lucie Arnaz.

Outside of all the fame there is much about Ms. Martinez’s life. The following are just 5 of those facts:

Cookbook

In late 2014 Ms. Martinez joined forces with Chef Angelo Sosa to write “Healthy Latin Eating: our family recipes remixed”. The cookbook was released in January of this year and features traditional Latin cuisine and gives it a healthy twist. For Ms. Martinez it was a labor of love and Chef Sosa uses his impressive culinary knowledge to give substitutions to reduce the fat and carbohydrates while still giving us those rich flavors we all love about Latin food.

Marathon woman

Ms. Martinez ran the 2014 New York marathon where she raise over $40,000 for C.C. Sabathia's pitCCh in foundation. The charity helps inner city youths by providing baseball clinics, giving school supplies with their backpack program and act as a secret Santa.

American Idol

In 2002 Ms. Martinez was called on to be a judge on the talent show “American Idol”. She thought that it was cruel to be expected to crush the dreams of the contestants. So, she left after just two episodes of the audition phase of the show.

“Some girl burst into tears when Angie rejected her at the auditions, and Angie quit,” Martinez’s manager explained. “She just couldn’t crush the contestants’ dreams.”

Inspired by her mom

When Ms. Martinez was in her early teens he mother, Shirley Maldonado, worked as a program director and would often take Angie to work with her. Angie would pay attention and learn the day-to-day operations. A couple of years later, at age 16, when her mom would send her to Miami to stay with relatives she took what she learned and interned at a radio station.

Abandoned by father

The 1980's were a rough time for both Angie Martinez and her mother. When Angie was only 10 her father left the family. In an interview with the Houston Chronicle Ms. Martinez looked back on those years and commented, “I think that has made a lot of aspects of my life a little more difficult than they needed to be, but I’m doing all right.”

The Mariners put on a homerun derby for their 4th win in a row

Last night the Seattle Mariners kicked off a 2-game inter-league series against the San Diego Padres. They welcomed the Padres be given them one of the most impressive offensive displays to be seen in Safeco Field history. By the end 6 baseballs had left the field of play as Nelson Cruz, Logan Morrison, Kyle Seager, Mike Zunino and Justin Ruggiano flexed their muscles.

Just as they have for most of the season the starting pitcher struggled in the game. This time it was James Paxton that had a rough time as he was in several jams throughout his time in the game. He did manage to get through 6 inning while giving up 3 runs. Luckily for him the Mariners had scored 7 runs by then so that Mr. Paxton had the lead and was eligible to get the win.

The bullpen has had their struggles at times this season but last not was not one of those times. They kept the Padres to just the 3 runs as the Mariners tacked on 4 more runs to beat the Padres 11-4. The win was the Mariners the 4^th in a row.

In the middle of the 4-game win streak Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez hit another milestone in his stellar career. He showed why he is called “the king” as he became the 4^th youngest pitcher to reach 2,000 strikeouts.  

Mom uses cell phone to find cancer in son

In today's mobile society a cellular phone has become a necessity. We use them to stay in touch with friends & family, connecting to social networks, taking pictures & videos and much more on our daily commutes. As one Illinois mom can attest we can add diagnosing cancer to the reasons we need our cellular phones.

“I did not want to take the picture because I had this dreaded feeling in the pit of my stomach,” Julie Fitzgerald told CNN. “I took the picture, and boom: His whole pupil was just white— and that’s when I knew.”

In the picture one her son's pupils showed up as white showing some forming of anomaly. Once they saw the result her and her husband took their son, Avery, to the doctor. The doctor confirmed their worst nightmare when he told them that indeed Avery had a rare eye cancer called retinoblastoma. The cancer had grown to the point there were tumors in 75% of his eye. The only option was to have the eye removed before the cancer spread to his brain.

"He took one look and said there are multiple, multiple tumors," Julie says.

Having no other choice the parents opted to have the surgery that take one of their son's eyes. Once he is fully recovered he will have a prosthetic eye put in his now empty socket.

Patrick Fitzgerald offered some simple advice for other fathers regarding their children’s health: “Trust your gut,” he told CNN. “Trust a momma’s gut … and don’t wait. Don’t wait to see if it improves.”

The doctors still have more test to run on Avery to find out if he is at risk of the cancer re-assert itself.

Mrs. Fitzgerald is not the first mother to use her cellular phone as a diagnostic tool. A woman in Arizona discovered a similar anomaly when she took a picture of her infant. The diagnosis in that case was also retinoblastoma.

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5 of the most influential moms in Seattle

One of the biggest influences in our lies as we grow up is our mothers. They teach us manners, financial responsibility, how-to care for others and our work ethic among many of the other things that make us the person we grow up to be. So, when a mother goes into business or politics it is only nature that they will be a big influence in the area where they work.

Julie Larsen-Green

Being a wife, mother of 2 and running a household is impressive on its own but it wasn't enough for Julie Larsen-Green. For the last 22 years Ms. Larsen-Green has been a major influence on the way we use our computers and play video games. As one of the top executives and engineers at the Redmond-based company Ms. Larsen-Green has a hand in the development of Windows operating systems, the Xbox gaming system, Internet explorer and many of the quite a lot of the software we use everyday.

Ms. Larsen-Green was considered as one of the candidates when they were searching for someone to take over the CEO position at Microsoft. This year Ms. Larsen-Green was awarded the women of vision award.

Suzan Delbane

Suzan Delbane has been one of the biggest influential people in the greater Seattle area for almost 3 decades. As an executive at Microsoft in the 1990's she hand a hand in many of the early version of Windows and Internet explorer. After leaving Microsoft she went on to found her own co1980mpany that was bought out by Amazon. She returned to Microsoft in 2004 where she was a VP until 2008. Since leaving Microsoft for the second time she has been a mover-and-shaker as a Washington State Representative in district 1.

Jean Thompson

If you live in the Seattle area and love chocolate then Jean Thompson is definitely one of the big influences in your life. In the late 1980's and early 1990's Ms. Thompson was a big influence as a communication manager at Microsoft. After leaving Microsoft she took 11 years off from the business world to raise a family. She has since made a big splash in the Seattle area with her company Seattle Chocolates.

Elise Worthy

In May of 2113 Ms. Worthy co-founded and is the technical director of ADA Developers Academy. The main focus of the academy is to get more women into software development. Her influence on the Seattle area doesn't end there as she is also the CEO of Brandworthy company.

Adriana Neagu

Like many of our influential mothers, Ms. Neagu worked at Microsoft. After leaving Microsoft in 2005 she went on to co-found Formotus, Inc. where she was the CTO. In 2009 her title changed when she became the company's President and CEO.

5 things you didn't know about Yanni

In the late 1980's a self taught musician from Greece burst onto the scene to become one of the world most recognizable pianist/composers. His career since that start has included being the composer on over a dozen movies and television shows, several soundtrack, albums and even being an executive producer. Beyond the music there are several things that most people don't know about the man. The following are just five of those little known facts.

Swimming record

In the 1960's as a youth Yanni was a member of the Greece National swim team. At one of the meets in 1969 he set a new National record for the 50-meter freestyle. He was 14 years-old at the time of the record breaking performance.

Coming to America

In 1972 at the age of 18, Yanni left his home in Kalamata, Greece to come to America. Once in the United States he enrolled at the University of Minnesota to study psychology. In 1976 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and started ona PhD. In 1978 he dropped out short of getting his PhD when he came to the realization that doing this day-in and day-out was not for him. As he put it years later in an interview with people he said, "to have a Ph.D. at 24 and go into practice and have children and do the same thing over and over again–it would drive me crazy."

Self taught

As a youth fell in love with the music he would hear on the radio and at movies. When he was offer piano lesson to help him recreate the music he refused to take them. Instead when he would get home he would try to recreate the music on the piano working for hours to get it just right. Before long he was able to master the instrument.

Linda Evans

When Yanni was just a few years into his solo career in 1989 he meet Linda Evans. The two started a whirlwind romance that would last for almost a decade. The romance fizzled out in 1998 when Yanni's career sky rocketed and Linda Evans went into semi-retirement.

Daughter

Until recently Yanni has kept it a secret that he had a daughter that was born in the early 1980's. The reason or keeping her a secret was that he wanted keep his little girl out of the spotlight. She was able to live out of the limelight where she grew up and went to her dad's alma mater. Once she graduated she went to work for her dad's marketing company. She still works there running all of the company's social media marketing campaigns.

The Mariners get swept in Houston

For the first three games in Houston the store has been homeruns and errors. Unfortunately the Mariners have been on the short end of both committing more errors and having only solo homeruns. Today they try to salvage the fourth and final game of the series.

Hernandez takes the mound for the Houston Astros to start the game to face Austin Jackson who grounds out. Seth Smith steps up to the plate and he singles. That brings up Robinson Cano and he flies out. Nelson Cruz Robertowill try to keep the inning going and he grounds out to end the top of the inning. J.A.Happ takes to the mound for the Mariners. Jose Altuve will be the first Astro up to the plate and he grounds out. Marwin Gonzalez is the next man up and he singles. That brings George Springer to the plate and he walks. With two on and one out Evan Gattis comes to the plate and he hits a 3-run homer. Chris Carter is up at the plate and he walks. Colby Rasmus steps up to the plate and he out. Jake Marisnick will try to keep the inning going and he singles. Jason Castro is up to the plate and he grounds out to Kyle Seager to end the 1^st inning. 3-0 Astros.

Kyle seager will start the 2^nd inning with a ground ball to Marwin Gonzalez for an out. Logan Morrison is next to the plate and he flies out to George Springer. Mike Zunino will try to keep the inning going and he grounds out to Marwin Gonzalez to end the top of the inning. Jonathan Villar will start the bottom of the inning with a strike out. Back to the top of the order for Jose Altuve and he grounds out to Robinson Cano. Marwin Gonzalez will try to keep the inning going and he flies out to Seth Smith to end the 2^nd inning.

Dustin Ackley will start the 3^rd inning with a doubles. Brad Miller steps up to the plate and he triples as Ackley scores. Back to the top of the order for Austin Jackson and he grounds out to Chris Carter. Austin Jackson comes out of the game with an ankle injury and Justin Ruggiano goes in to run. Seth Smith is at the plate and he flies out to George Springer as Brad Miller is thrown out at the plate to end the top of the inning. Justin Ruggiano takes over in center field. George Springer to start the bottom of the inning with a double. Evan Gattis comes to the plate and he hits a ground ball to Logan Morrison and they tag Springer out. Chris Carter is up and he hits a homerun. Rasmus comes up to the plate and strikes out. Jake Marisnick comes up and he grounds out to JA Happ to end the 3^rd. 5-1 Astros.

Robinson Cano to start the 4^th inning with a fly ball to Jake Marisnick. Nelson Cruz is he next man to the plate and he singles. Kyle Seager steps up to the plate and he hits a ground ball to Jose Altuve who starts a double play to end the top of the inning. Jason Castro will start the bottom of the inning with a doubles. Jonathan Villar is next to the plate and he grounds out to Robinson Cano. Back to the top of the order for Jose Altuve and he is intentionally walked. Marwin Gonzalez steps up to the plate and he singles and Castro Scores as Altuve is tagged out. George Springer is at the plate and he grounds out to Logan Morrison to end the inning. 6-1 Astros.

Logan Morrison starts the 5^th inning with a walk. Mike Zunino is up at the plate and he pops out to Jose Altuve. Dustin Ackley steps up to the plate and he pops out to Jonathan Villar. Brad Miller will try to keep the inning going and he flies out to Jake Marisnick to end the inning. Evan Gattis will start the bottom of the inning with a fly ball to Seth Smith for an out. Chris Carter is next to the plate and he strikes out. That brings Colby Rasmus to the plate and he strikes out to end the 5^th inning.

Justin Ruggiano will start the 6^th inning with a ground ball to Jonathan Villar for an out. Seth Smith is the next man to the plate and he triples and comes home on an error. That brings Robinson Cano to the plate and he walks. Nelson Cruz comes to the plate, Cano is thrown out stealing second, and he strikes out to end the top of the inning. Jake Marisnick will start the bottom of the inning and he pop up to Robinson Cano. Jason Castro comes up to the plate and he strikes out. That brings Jonathan Villar to the plate and he grounds out to Brad Miller to end the 6^th. 6-2 Astros.

Kyle Seager will start the 7^th inning and he singles. Logan Morrison steps up to the plate and he singles. Mike Zunino steps up to the plate and he doubles as Seager scores. Tony Sipp takes over the pitching duties for the astros. With two on and no outs Rickie Weeks, hitting for Dustin Ackley, walks to the batter's box and he singles in Zunino and Morrison. Brad Miller comes up to the plate and he flies out to Jake Marisnick. Back to the top of the order for Justin Ruggiano, Weeks scores on a steal and an over throw, and he strikes out. Seth Smith will try to keep the inning going and he doubles. Robinson Cano comes to the plate and he strikes out to end the top of a wild inning. Carson Smith takes over the pitching duties for the Mariners. Jose Altuve will start the home half of the inning and he strikes out. Marwin Gonzalez comes to the plate and he strikes out. That brings George Springer to the plate and he grounds out to the pitcher to end the 7^th inning. Game tied at 6.

Pat Neshek will take over the pitching duties for the Astros. Nelson Cruz will srart the 8^th inning and he strikes out. Kyle Seager steps up to the plate and he strikes out. That brings Logan Morrison to the plate and he flies out to Jake Marisnick to end the top of the inning. Evan Gattis will start the home half of the inning as he hits a homerun. Chris Carter is up at the plate and he strikes out. Charlie Furbush takes over the pitching duties for the Mariners. Colby Rasmus comes to the plate and he walks. Jake Marisnick comes to the plate and he flies out to Seth Smith. Jason Castro will try to keep the inning going but colby Rasmus is tagged out trying to steal to end the 8^th inning. 7-6 Astros.

Luke Gregerson will takke over the pitching duties for the Astros. Mike Zunino will start the 0^th inning with a strikes out. Rickie Weeks steps up to the plate and he walks. Brad Miller comes up to the plate, with Willie Bloomquist on as a pinch runner, and he hits a ground ball to Altuve who starts a double play to end the game. 7-6 Astros.

Best authentic Mexican restaurants for Cinco De Mayo in Seattle

Break out the pinatas and Tequila because in just a few days we celebrate Cinco De Mayo (May 5). It is the day we show pride for our neighbors to the south by throwing parties and going out for margaritas, Tequila sunrises and some great Mexican cuisine.

It was on that day 152 years ago that against overwhelming odds the state of Puebla in Mexico defeated superior French forces. Turning back the invading army that would overrun Mexico 2 years later in 1864.

The follow are some of the fine place in and around Seattle to go and show your pride by indulging in some fine Mexican cuisine.

Agave Cocina

Agave Cocina has two locations where you can surround yourself in the everything Mexican. At either one of their restaurants you can dine on such south-of-the-border favorites as quesadillas, fajitas and chimichangas while sipping on margaritas, mojitos or a dos XX. The Seattle restaurant is located at 100 Republican Street and the Issaquah one is at 1048 NE Park Drive.

Mexico Cantina Y Cocina

Nestled on the 4^th floor of the Pacific Place building located at 600 Pine street in downtown Seattle is the Mexico Cantina Y Cocina restaurant. There you show your Mexico pride while sipping on one of their large selection of margaritas while dining on some of your favorite Mexican dishes.

Barrio

Located at 1420 12^th avenue in the heart Seattle is Barrio. There they offer dinning areas for groups of all sizes making it the perfect place to throw your Cinco De Mayo parties while dining on some great Mexican cuisine. As you sink your teeth into your favorite foods you can sip on margaritas and other tequila quaffs or try one of their non-alcoholic imbibes such as ginger beer or blood orange juice.

Little Water Cantina

In the Eastlake neighborhood of Seattle just off the shores of Lake Union sits the Little Water Cantina. While there show your Mexican spirit while dining on guacamole & chips, empanadas, tostadas and some of your other Mexican favorites all while sipping on one of their fine margaritas.