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We're No Luddites TWE now has an RSS feed (see the XML box below, on the right side). An RSS feed is basically a form of technology that checks sites for changes. If we post a change to TWE, the RSS feed will tell you about it. Many

Modesty in Fashion? We saw this at the Mommentary blog site [http://mommentary.blogspot.com/]. After years of twisting our necks while driving down the road or twisting our brains in resistance to the neck twisting, we'd love to see some modesty return to fashion. We're

Tinsel Chimps It's common knowledge that monkeys engage in sodomy. It used to be one of the gay quarter's favorite arguments: "It's so natural, monkeys do it!" They also hit each other over the head with rocks, but no matter. Assuming chimps

Black Oil on White Snow We've never hugged a tree, cried for a seal, or taunted a lumberjack, but we've had misgivings about the renewed plunder of nature in the name of material wealth and the American “way of life.” Mostly, we dislike the de-greening of

Married Priests A Catholic bishop wants the Church to consider ordaining married men. This, according to ABC News: LINK [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1329648.htm] We don't mind such discussion, but it won't be long (six minutes?) until someone who doesn'

She's Here! Therese Elizabeth Scheske, 8 lbs, 8 oz. Born: 4:05 a.m. EST, 3/23/04. We'll call her "Tess," but she's named after St. Therese of Lisieux.

Wednesday Features Post Issue XVI "The waiting is the hardest part." Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were right. This Baby Number 7 just doesn't want to come out. Last Tuesday, the doctor told Mrs. Scheske that she wouldn't make it through the week. That

More NBC Readers of TWE might remember this earlier post: “A recent study says that NBC is by far the worst network when it comes to treating religion negatively. From September 2003 to September 2004, it had 9.5 negative treatments of religion for every positive one. Of the other

The Cell Phone Virus The technology goes faster and faster and the scams mount higher and higher. LINK [http://www.slate.com/id/2115118/] How do you become Amish? "Several security officials told me that a scam artist could write a worm that invades your phone, waits patiently until

American Idol News The federal 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that a judge's dismissal of Harry Keane's claim that he invented American Idol was proper. The judge ruled in 2003 that Keane shopped his idea for the show around so broadly -