Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:53:44 -0500 From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu> To: <wsfalist at keithlynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] The Rich Are Different... Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> from various news sources: "An online casino has a piece of Captain Kirk. The actor William Shatner has sold his kidney stone for $25,000, with the money going to a housing charity. Shatner agreed this week to sell the stone to the casino, GoldenPalace.com. "This takes organ donors to a new height, to a new low, maybe," he said. GoldenPalace.com is noted for its collection of oddities, which includes a partly eaten cheese sandwich thought to contain the image of the Virgin Mary. The money will go to Habitat for Humanity, which builds houses for the needy. Shatner, who played Kirk on the original "Star Trek" television show and won an Emmy for his role on "Boston Legal," passed the stone in autumn.(AP)" <http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/18/features/peepthu.php> Hmmm, what other bodily ejecta next? mjw