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One of those books that I wasn’t too impressed with when I was reading it, but now I keep thinking about it… Probably going to contribute to my ongoing slide into socialism. “Jennifer Government” (Max Barry)

Why being offered 400 channels of TV, 39 mobile phone payments plans and 100 item on the menu of your local curry house doesn’t actually make you feel any better. I’ve always suspected that the cult of “increased choice” is part of a pernicious memeplex that is making us a lot more miserable than we realize. “Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less” (Barry Schwartz)

Quick trip day-trip on the Eurostar. Very peculiar taking the train from Oxford to Paris. I had to shoot a few horrible pix with my phone in order to convince myself it was all real. [See Photos] ...

But I keep trying… “The Bluffer’s Guide to Cricket” (Nick Yapp)

Washington DC March 2004