George Orwell wrote about a dystopian future in his book, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984). 1984 was Orwell’s last novel and it was published in the year 1949. Seventy-five (75) years later, in 2024, 1984 doesn’t seem far off. In the novel, an authoritarian government led by a character named Big Brother monitors its country’s people viaContinue reading “It’s 2024, and 1984 is Not Far Off”
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Two Kinds of Customers
Two (2) occupants of two (2) condominium residences were refusing to pay their share of association and water bills. They, in fact, haven’t paid for over a year despite repeated follow-ups from the condominium’s treasurer. The rationale of both occupants (who happen to be sisters, by the way) was that the condominium association wasn’t legal,Continue reading “Two Kinds of Customers”
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