﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Ric Hoogestraat news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more Ric Hoogestraat stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/9027/ric-hoogestraat.html</link><image><url>http://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gif</url><title>Ric Hoogestraat news stories on Newser</title><link>http://www.newser.com/</link></image><copyright>2012 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 11:27:53 CDT</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/5652/man-treats-virtual-wife-better-than-real-one.html</guid><title>Man Treats Virtual Wife Better Than Real One</title><dc:creator>Heather McPherson</dc:creator><description>&lt;img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=18692&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401033254' border='0' /&gt;A man who spends up to 20 hours a day playing the virtual-reality video game Second Life may be getting more fulfillment from his online wife than his real one—and his non-cyber-spouse isn't feeling fulfilled at all. Ric Hoogestraat, a 53-year-old ex-teacher, says his virtual matrimony is only a...</description><media:content url="http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=18692&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401033254" type="image/jpg" medium="image"><media:description type="plain">An example of the level of detail and humanity that some artists put into the crafting of avatars for their "Second Life".</media:description></media:content><link>http://www.newser.com/story/5652/man-treats-virtual-wife-better-than-real-one.html</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:49:24 CDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
