Join me for an open dinner in Torrance, CA, next Monday, 10/12 [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ] — Note the time is changing to 7 pm! Chris Hsiang at io9 reviews Madness of Flowers [ Night Shade Books ] — He liked it a lot. Only The Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy reviews Mainspring [ Powell's | Amazon thb | Barnes & Noble | Borders | Audible ] Drabblecast features my short story, "Over the Walls of Eden" Hyperdrive Propulsion Could Be Tested at the Large Hadron Collider — The headline is rather misleading, but this is still quite cool. In Surprise, Obama Wins Nobel for Diplomacy — Wow. The American Right is going to explode. ?otD: Who invented dynamite? 10/9/2009 Body movement: n/a (up late due to travelfail) Hours slept: 6.0 This morning's weigh-in: 229.0 Currently reading: Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman; Unseen Academics by Terry Pratchett