At 08:26 PM Monday 3/26/2007, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: >On 3/26/2007 8:05:39 PM, Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On 3/26/07, Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > . . . the bodies of 39 members of the > > Heaven's Gate techno-religious > > > cult who had committed suicide were found inside a mansion in > > > Rancho > > > Santa Fe, Calif. > > > > > > A few blocks from David Brin's > > house, for those who don't know that. > > > >Wierd subject for sure. >The guy who "discovered" the comet's companion (that started the >groups flipout) was a local radio personality who I used to listen to >every morning. Well...because I knew Chuck Schramek would have >something wierd to say.
And the story was spread [inter-?]nationally by another radio personality known for featuring weird topics . . . > He died of cancer a few years later and then I >ended up discovering that the writer of one of my all time favorite >books went to high school with him. > >I think that comet (Hale-Bopp?) was the only comet I've ever seen >naked eye. Not even Hyatuke almost exactly a year earlier? -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
