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Post by billswoman on Nov 26, 2005 11:58:58 GMT -5
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the third sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your own LJ...along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the "coolest" book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.
My entry:
"This is the real meaning of the Buddhist way of life."
from "The Meditation Handbook" by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
It was the nearest book to hand, no kidding.
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Post by Ms Boku on Nov 26, 2005 12:32:54 GMT -5
Andy, who has replaced Lucy, while she's visiting her sister calls for the test results on his sperm count.
from "Twin Peaks" behind the scenes. (episode description)
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Post by MyTatuo on Nov 26, 2005 12:42:18 GMT -5
"Choose smaller portions, and ask for a diet soda or club soda in leiu of an alcoholic drink."
The Ultimate Weight Solution by Phillip C McGraw PhD (I refuse to call him by his screen-name.)
(Sorry, I have no LJ.)
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Post by billswoman on Nov 26, 2005 13:27:02 GMT -5
oops, my b, i forgot to edit that part out.
Speaking of which, if any of y'all DO have an LJ, and haven't done so already, go join the GAH LJ community. It's not nearly as busy as this one, and we can work BOTH of them, no? And add me as friend too, under trek_grrl.
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Post by Sayscalled on Nov 27, 2005 0:52:36 GMT -5
"Your life flashes before your eyes"
- The World's Dumbest Criminals
by Daniel Butler & Alan Ray
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Post by Lauren on Nov 27, 2005 1:03:07 GMT -5
"Okay, let's be honest: There will be days in this wild escapade when you're just not feeling it."
from: "No Plot, No Problem: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide To Writing A Novel In 30 Days" by Chris Baty
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Post by MelMac on Nov 27, 2005 1:06:54 GMT -5
"Ornamentals such as the weeping willow can be pruned after the catkins go by in the spring." - The Old Farmer's Almanac 2003 — Southern Edition, by Robert B. Thomas. (What can I say, I get all sorts of books (some very strange, BTW) in the mail with my job. Have a whole collection of them. They want a review for others to read, and this was the first one I grabbed.  ) I'll try to grab a better one next time. I sound too old-fashioned. |
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Post by silverhammer on Nov 27, 2005 3:53:10 GMT -5
"Kimble REFUSES to believe that the detectives (ANTAGONISTS) suspect him, and demands they find the real VILLAIN, the one-armed man." Myth and the Movies,
Stuart VoytillaI picked up Vol 1 of "The Babylon 5 Sripts of J Michael Straczynski" first, but the pages aren't numbered sequentially and I didn't feel like counting to 123 |
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Post by billswoman on Nov 27, 2005 5:18:43 GMT -5
I'm fainting here, another B5 fan?? Sadly, I missed the entire fifth season  since at the time, I had no cable TV. WHEN I watch it someday, I'll of course have to watch up to it, because I've totally lost track of the entire arc JMS planned out, it's so complex (and I LOVE IT), as you well know. I'm glad I grabbed what I did, The Meditation Handbook. The next book on the stack was a poetry book, and had no page numbers. The third book was also a poetry book but didn't have 123 pages in it. So that worked out well. And the fact I went RIGHT to page 123 still amazes me. (silverhammer, you DO know about the Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5, right? At www.midwinter.com/lurk/lurker.html ) |
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Post by silverhammer on Nov 28, 2005 4:13:35 GMT -5
Yes, but thanks for mentioning it - I haven't been there in a while. I've been kinda passive about my love of B5 since the show ended, but recently JMS started releasing all of his show scripts in bound form (with a ton of extras like backstage memos and plot outlines) on Cafe Press. Hence the book, close at hand... Completely OT: my husband loves to tell people how after each of the final five episodes aired I stayed up all night transcribing the dialogue so I could send it to friends in Australia/NZ who wouldn't be able to see the shows for months. Me=Geek. |
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Post by jasonrobertyates on Nov 28, 2005 5:24:20 GMT -5
"Han pounded his fist on the console."- star wars champions of the force by kevin j anderson
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Post by billswoman on Nov 28, 2005 7:42:52 GMT -5
Yea, another self-confessed girl geek! GG's unite!
Hey, it's the off-topic area, you can go OT anytime you wanna!
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Post by ZiggyChaos on Nov 28, 2005 14:14:53 GMT -5
"Reason, however, led me to the inescapable suspicion that Danny had shared with her the secret of my gift." Forever Odd , Dean Koontz (I work at a library and this is the next book I'm supposed to catalog after I finish with lunch) |
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 19, 2005 17:11:12 GMT -5
Finally had a book on the computer desk. "Absolute voting power conveyed by membership is tiny for any reasonable majority quota." from POWER AND SATISFACTION IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL by Barry O'Neill in the compilation THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL GOVERANCE 2nd edition as edited by Paul F. Diehl.  |
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Post by billswoman on Dec 19, 2005 22:39:46 GMT -5
"POWER AND SATISFACTION IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL by Barry O'Neill in the compilation THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL GOVERANCE 2nd edition as edited by Paul F. Diehl."
holy crap.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 19, 2005 22:40:54 GMT -5
I had to read it for one of my many degrees. And hey, it was YOUR test. |
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Post by MelMac on Dec 20, 2005 1:54:11 GMT -5
"cap*sule /kap-sel, -sül/ n 1: a membrane or sac enclosing a body part (as of a joint). The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 1997. (Hmm, maybe I need more interesting books on my desk at home, but it's the first one I grabbed. ) |
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 20, 2005 13:29:23 GMT -5
Gee, MelMac...how many times are you going to do this game anyway? Maybe I should try it every day...to go and grab a random book from the bookshelf and see what I come up with. |
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 20, 2005 14:32:42 GMT -5
Since MelMac is working her way through her home library, I thought I would do the same. This time though I am using the book that I was actually reading, even though it was not on my desk when I did this before. "Half Moscow seems to be here tonight!" from THE MASTER AND MARGARITA by Mikhail Bulgakov. |
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Post by MelMac on Dec 20, 2005 16:33:42 GMT -5
Since MelMac is working her way through her home library, I thought I would do the same. This time though I am using the book that I was actually reading, even though it was not on my desk when I did this before. "Half Moscow seems to be here tonight!" from THE MASTER AND MARGARITA by Mikhail Bulgakov. Very funny. I think I'm going to have to try a little better at the grab bag book scenario. Otherwise, the next book I grab might be my Media Law book or AP Stylebook. (The college wouldn't accept a lot of my communications books, so a good portion of my library is non-fiction college books.)  |
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) I'll try to grab a better one next time. I sound too old-fashioned.
since at the time, I had no cable TV. WHEN I watch it someday, I'll of course have to watch up to it, because I've totally lost track of the entire arc JMS planned out, it's so complex (and I LOVE IT), as you well know.
