X-Message-Number: 19470 From: Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 04:38:39 EDT Subject: Re: CryoNet #19434 - #19450 In a message dated 7/10/02 2:02:04 AM, writes: << FYI... As of 7:15 this evening, Alcor's web site has received 533502 hits today. >> Congratulations are due to everyone at ALCOR for Ted Williams. There could not have been a better choice for the first celebrity frozen, far far better than Tim Leary. Major sports figures are hugely important as cultural leaders and had a lot to do with the major cultural shift in America over the last 30 years, which was the acceptance of blacks as equally-entitled people. Ted Williams, particularly in the New England area and particularly among those now in their late fifties and sixties or older, was probably the most celebrated sports figure of their lives, witness the naming of the new Boston harbor tunnel for him. Half a million hits in one day speaks for itself but it is not over. I think this may be the breakthrough that so many of us have been waiting and wishing for for so many years. I noted tonight that Dave Letterman handled it skillfully for good laughs as did John Stewart on comedy central, even with a faked Scottsdale remote. Now we must really be on our toes and get our answers to all the questions sharply honed. I am inclined to agree that the daughter's legal battle will actually help us a lot in the long run, especially since it would appear that the son is holding the better cards from my reading of the Boston Globe article. I urge everyone to read that article to get a good picture of what is going on in the family and who the key players are likely to be. I have been asked to appear on a cable network interview program in Boston on July 22 for what was described as a 10 minute segment. I would be grateful for any suggestions. Ron Havelock, CI member. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19470