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Virtually Righteous?

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I'm not sure I'm sold on the tastefulness, appropriateness, or usefulness of this service, but I'm certain that the party crashers were out of line. Don't atheists, pagans, and satanists have better things to do with their time?

Virtual Devils Curse Internet Church
Wed May 19,10:05 AM ET
By Jason Hopps

"LONDON (Reuters) – The world's first Internet church has fallen victim to a plague of virtual demons, some of whom have been logging on as Satan and unleashing strings of expletives during sermons."

Jacked-in Music

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The Gibson
Digital Guitar

“Seventy years after the debut of the modern electric guitar, Gibson Guitar breaks
through to the next generation with the first truly digital guitar.”

The debate will no longer be about plugged versus unplugged. Now it’s going to be
jacked-in (wired, electronic, whatever) versus unjacked. This thing is definitely
drool material. I’m a computer geek who’s trying to learn bass. This device appeals
to both of those aspects of my personality. Just when the world thought no more
innovation was possible with guitars…

Stairway(s) to Heaven

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Pittsburgh is usually known for its bridges, the number of which is only second
to Venice. This fellow has discovered that da ‘Burgh has some pretty spiffy steps,
too.

Boston
native steps all over Pittsburgh, mapping stairs as he goes
Wednesday, October 27, 1999
By Diana Nelson Jones, Post-Gazette Staff Writer

“About 15 people on Wickliff Street in Stanton Heights can honestly say they live
between 56th Street and 56th Street. Both are marked with street signs. One is paved
and accommodates cars. The other is a plunge of steps. They lead down to Butler
Street in Lawrenceville.”

Historic
steps a tourist draw?
Author sees potential in Pittsburgh’s stairways
Thursday, April 22, 2004 Posted: 1:55 PM EDT (1755 GMT)

“PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) — Bob Regan is out to save part of Pittsburgh’s history
one step at a time.”

Inappropriate for Children

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Mom
Protests Middle School’s Orlando Outing During ‘Gay’ Pride Week
By Jim Brown and Jenni Parker
April 30, 2004

“(AgapePress) – A Florida parent is outraged that her son’s public school has
planned its sixth- and seventh-grade trip to Orlando during the city’s “Gay
Days Celebration.””

The fact that numerous gay couples will be walking around Disney World while children
are visiting wouldn’t be a problem if they behaved appropriately. However not only
is their behavior indecent by general societal standards, but it is particularly
unbefitting a children’s theme park.

StopGayDays.com

Envirofiction

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NASA
battles buzz from disaster movie
April 28, 2004
By Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times News Service
Published April 28, 2004

“‘Urgent: HQ Direction,’ began a message e-mailed on April 1 to dozens
of scientists and officials at the Goddard Space Flight Center of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration in Greenbelt, Md.

Great…now all the environuts will be foaming at the mouth. I’m all about protecting
the environment, but I don’t think things are nearly as bad as they have been made
out to be (check out The
Skeptical Environmentalist)