March 27, 2002
"Christian" wedding music
Songs you won't be hearing at our wedding: rec.music.christian Wedding Song List.
Heaven's Gate 5-year anniversary
In honor of yesterday's five-year anniversary of the Heaven's Gate mass suicide, here is a collection of articles about the group (and related topics). A sample:
All 39 ordered exactly the same thing: turkey pot pie, house salad with tomato-vinagrette dressing, blueberry cheesecake and iced tea. They mowed through three tubs of lemon wedges during the 90-minute meal, more than the restaurant usually uses in a full day. They gave no explanation. Workers said the diners were pleasant but guarded, growing cryptic when they were asked where they were from. "From the car" and "from all over" they replied.
Derek Bell: Operation Shutdown
Rob Neyer on Derek Bell:
Upon reading the news that Derek Bell's "Operation Shutdown" will quite likely be delayed by a strained groin, I was reminded once again of a question posed by a number of readers last week: When Derek Bell shuts things down, how can you tell?
Reading about Derek Bell makes me want to go back and read Jim Bouton's Ball Four again.