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I’ve just finished reading ‘Y The Last Man‘.  It’s a comic book series from about ten years ago from Vertigo.

I’ll not give a proper review, as it’s just the second comic I’ve ever read (with ‘Watchmen’ being the first).  But I’ll say this–I enjoyed it as much as any book I’ve read since college and I cannot recommend it highly enough.

The best comp I can come up with is modern-day ‘Catch-22′, though obviously I’m doing ‘Y’ a disservice comparing it to such a literary heavyweight.  The ending especially reminded me of Heller’s masterwork, as Yorick and Yossarian…well…I don’t want to be a spoiler.  But it was hard not to think of my old pal from Catch-22 after closing the back cover.

It’s a funny, moving, questioning work with an awesome premise and a cast of well-realized characters.

It gets the official Rocco DeMaro Seal of Approval.

 

–Following another fun day of Tuesday hoops, here’s a little a lot of physics on how to learn the ultimate jumpshot.  Caution, equations ahead.

 

–Staying with Sport, I found this inside look at a baseball trade altogether interesting.

Astros: 10:30 a.m. Wade text message – Do you have interest in Michael Bourn?

Braves: Wren text message – A little.

–What is a wren?  A bird.  When isn’t it?  When it is.

 

–We opened today’s post with a few words on a really good book.  Here are some recommendations from Wired.com on some more, tailored especially for the geeks among us.  I’ve read two on the list.  Regrettably, the First Edition D & D guide is not one of them.

 

–Ending with a pair of military snafus regarding aircraft:  The military still isn’t sure how their drones became infected with a virus; Our fancy F-22′s have been grounded…again.

Considering the Raptor’s ongoing safety woes and continuing delays, cost overruns, maintenance woesand production cuts in the F-35 stealth fighter program, the Pentagon’s next-generation air arsenal is looking more and more like history’s most expensive hangar decoration. With many of the latest fighters unflyable, old-school F-15s and F-16s dating from the 1980s could be forced to hold the line for years to come.

Some estimates have the F-22 costing $350 million per plane.  Yeah.

 


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