Pope Joan
More on Pope Joan [http://newsbusters.org/node/3386].
Eric Scheske
Treating the Stupid with Respect
Received the following email from a remarkably well-read friend. His comment in
the second paragraph is accurate and apt:
> Tune in Thursday, December 29, 2005 at 10PM Eastern to see Diane Sawyer of ABC
News interview Donna Woolfolk Cross, author of Pope Joan, about the book, her
research
But Could You Throw Them?
> The ancient Egyptians respected dwarfs, and did not see them as having a
physical handicap, according to a study by US researchers.
> A team from Georgetown University Hospital looked at biological remains and
artistic evidence of dwarfism in ancient Egypt.
> Ancient Egyptians worshipped dwarf gods, and many
Brokeback Buzz
> Who's afraid of a couple of gay cowboys? Not moviegoers, who helped "Brokeback
Mountain" post the highest per-screen average over the film-flush holiday
weekend.
Link [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051229/ap_on_en_mo/film_brokeback_mountain].
That's the
Internet Tastes
> Internet users share many common interests, but men are heavier consumers of
news, stocks, sports and pornography while more women look for health and
religious guidance, a broad survey of U.S. Web usage has found.
Link
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051229/wr_nm/internet_gender_dc;
Text Messaging
WaPo runs a piece this morning about the popularity of text messaging
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/28/AR2005122801430.html]
. Excerpts:
> A text message sent via mobile phone is usually confined to 160 characters or
less and takes several seconds to send. To accommodate
Parents Matter, Exhibit 1,245,990
> Teens who have a secure relationship with their parents show faster development
of coping skills than their peers with insecure parental ties, a new study shows
[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10616716].
Tell that to the EU
> Man is the masterpiece of God's creation, and when a chld is conceived, "God
already sees the future of that still-unformed embryo," Pope Benedict XVI said
at his public audience on December 28.
> God recognizes a human being even when the unborn child
Wafer Snacks
For an extra $10 a bag, an Anglican gay bishop will try to consecrate them for
you:
> Unconsecrated communion wafers are growing in popularity as a snack food
throughout Quebec, alongside potato chips and popcorn on supermarket shelves.
Link [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051227-010551-
Cutting One's Phone Bills
A novel way of establishing one's patriarchal authority:
> Marlon Brando Gill may have taken AT&T's "reach out and touch someone" slogan
too far, according to officials. Police have charged the Missouri man with
felony assault, suspecting that Gill crammed a cell