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Lucky lottery numbers 2002

Part 2 of The Spiders is up at e-sheep. E-sheep is also the home of Apocamon, which had a new episode not long ago.

I only knew how to make the bow tie, but here's a whole page of money origami.

Simpsons fans with too much time on their hands made this. The map is truly amazing, but the yellow pages aren't bad either. I saw the map elsewhere as one huge file, so I'm glad to have found the people who made it.

I've decided that Diane Duane needs to come to town for a book tour. I've taken the first steps toward getting tickets booked for my trip to London (and about time, too). I've bruised very prettily, and I've managed to sleep on my tremendously achy muscles. Also, I've changed the colors on my friends page, but that will interest no one.

Top ten books published in 2001

( With commentary, so I'll be nice )

The best of the other fiction I read this year

Just a list, I can keep this one reasonable. I think...

A College of Magics, Caroline Stevermer
The Arbitrary Placement of Walls, Martha Soukup
China Mountain Zhang Maureen McHugh
The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars, Steven Brust
Ash, Mary Gentle (four books in the US)
Little, Big, John Crowley
The Revenants, Sheri Tepper
God Stalk
Dark of the Moon
Seeker's Mask, all P.C. Hodgell
Use of Weapons, Ian M. Banks
The Innamorati, Midori Snyder
Ring of Swords, Eleanor Arnason
The Door Into (), Diane Duane
Freedom and Necessity, Steven Brust and Emma Bull
Aristoi
Metropolitan
City on Fire, all Walter Jon Williams
Beggars in Spain
Beggars and Choosers, both Nancy Kress
Humility Garden, Felicity Savage

Worst book read:
The Magnificent Wilf, Gordon Dickson
Good fuck, that was bad.

Favorite nonfiction read:
Woman: An Intimate Geography, Natalie Angier
(also read lots of Gould's essays, which are hard to rank one book above another)

Total books read, approximately -- some graphic novels and magazines included, some not, Ash counted as four -- 241

Low month: November, at 11 books
High month: January, at 31 books
Average month: May, at 21 books (average is 20.08, but I didn't ever do 20)

And now I think I shall curb my listing and go home. Good night!