March 19th, 2004

Catholic baseball fans want to eat meat on opening day

So it happens that Opening Day of the baseball season coincides with Good Friday, a day of “fasting and abstinence” according to Catholic tradition. (Then again, after Vatican II, the definition of “fasting and abstinence” weakened significantly. All that most people remember any more is “no meat”.) Catholics in Boston have applied to the archdiocese for a special dispensation so they can have a hot dog at the game. The Church said “Nice try“.

But at least you can still order a beer.

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Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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