I think it's a nice tradition to have the Bible in the drawer in the motel, but I wonder if they'll ever come up with a more recent translation. I read the Bible regularly, but I've rarely spent any time with a Gideon Bible. The Authorized Version (King James) may be a literary masterpiece, but it's more of a museum piece today. Still, there are some good stories in the Bible - excellent folklore for all you folkies out there, if you're not too politically correct to appreciate it. I like the Buddhist reading material better - you find that quite often in motels in California.

-Joe Offer-