Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 3/6/2010

After being eliminated at the French Open and hooted off the court by a Parisian gallery forced to endure her screeches and shrieks with every ball she struck, Maria Sharapova rationalized: "I can't please everyone. It's not part of my job description."

Birthdays:
Willie Stargell b. 1940
Dick Fosbury b. 1947
Sleepy Floyd b. 1960
Shaquille O'Neal b. 1972
Erik Bedard b. 1979

Packers Fact
Don Hutson caught 14 passes in a game against the New York Giants in 1942. That still stood as the club record heading into 2008.

http://jeremymayer.com

Carriage Trade
No, they're not robots from the future, they're sculptures created from technology of the past. At this site you can marvel at the fantastic creatures artist Jeremy Mayer fashioned using dismantled manual typewriter parts.

CYBERPUNKS IN LOVE

Computer programmer L. Roxanne Zaborovsky has two men chasing her, distorting her reality field, trying to steal her code, and generally keeping her off-balance. But she’s a canny one and, happily for the reader, knows how to tell her own story. This sizzling mix of sci-fi, cyberpunk, and romance is designed to pull you in from the first page.

WIRED, by Liz Maverick (Dorchester Shomi, 2007)

MONTANA TROUT SLAYER ALE

Big Sky Brewing Co., Missoula, Montana

The aroma of this bright golden ale begins with malt, deep, mellow, with shades of the classically British Maris-Otter variety. Carbonation and lacework are appropriately light. In the taste, hops begin to betray the difference—this is as an American craft beer. They balance, without overwhelming the delicious malt. No bitter, astringent finish in this big, bold ale with plenty going on, and all of it good. Another fine effort from Big Sky Brewing.