Apr 13
This afternoon I finished the genre-blending book “Jennifer Government” by Max Barry.
I am getting lazy in writing exactly what the book is about. So I am going to use the same write-up at Amazon.Com that got me interested in it.
In the horrifying, satirical near future of Max Barry’s Jennifer Government, American corporations literally rule the world. Everyone takes his employer’s name as his last name; once-autonomous nations as far-flung as Australia belong to the USA; and the National Rifle Association is not just a worldwide corporation, it’s a hot, publicly traded stock. Hack Nike, a hapless...
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Apr 13
OK, I know David is going to laugh at me for this post. But I am having fun with my “new toy” so to speak.
I had mentioned a while back in another post that I had joined a couple of fantasy league through a sports logo forum. Given my interest in “obscure sports” it should not have surprise anyone that knows me that one was an Australian rule football fantasy league based of the AFL. The league started three weeks ago and has been rather fun. (I really wish ESPN would broadcast AFL games again.) My team is doing OK. I have three players in the top ten scorers of the real league. One of them has been our fantasy league’s player of the week for two weeks running. But my team overall is lagging,...
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