Thursday, December 09, 2004
Gotta book handy?
Dudes and dudettes. I'm just passin' through between work and homework. Let's do that book thing again, shall we?
Grab the nearest book and in the comments section below write, oh, the second sentence on Page 23, and cite the book. And feel free to do the same on yer own blogs! This is a fun way to get a glimpse into what's important to each of us.
I'll start:
"Hank had a real kick-ass street rod that he was always working on in his garage: a 1932 Ford three-window coupe with a Mercury flathead V-8, lots of chromed engine parts, and great big racing slicks for rear wheels."
-- Fixin' to Git: One Fan's Love Affair with NASCAR's Winston Cup (2002), by Jim Wright.
--ER
Grab the nearest book and in the comments section below write, oh, the second sentence on Page 23, and cite the book. And feel free to do the same on yer own blogs! This is a fun way to get a glimpse into what's important to each of us.
I'll start:
"Hank had a real kick-ass street rod that he was always working on in his garage: a 1932 Ford three-window coupe with a Mercury flathead V-8, lots of chromed engine parts, and great big racing slicks for rear wheels."
-- Fixin' to Git: One Fan's Love Affair with NASCAR's Winston Cup (2002), by Jim Wright.
--ER
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And if'n this don't redeem me for tryin' to subject y'all to my zillion-word essay on the Ottoman-Divan-Futon Wars, I don't know what will! ;-)
--ER
--ER
"Against the background of the two Indian criminals secured in the St. Louis jail, Lieutenant Governor Cruzat sent a surgeon to conduct an inquest."
--Slavery and Crime in Missouri, 1773-1865 (2001) by Harriet C. Frazier.
Yeah, this might be better than fighting furniture. But I had $5 on the ottoman.
--Slavery and Crime in Missouri, 1773-1865 (2001) by Harriet C. Frazier.
Yeah, this might be better than fighting furniture. But I had $5 on the ottoman.
"Assuming an average cover price of $22 and a typical 10 percent royalty escalating to 15 percent after the first 10,000 copies, each of these books' lucky authors can expect to rake in at the very least $297,000 for first year royalties alone."
"Damn! Why Didn't I Write That? How ordinary people are raking in $100,000 ..or more Writing Nonfiction Books & How You Can Too!" by Marc McCutcheon
"Damn! Why Didn't I Write That? How ordinary people are raking in $100,000 ..or more Writing Nonfiction Books & How You Can Too!" by Marc McCutcheon
"It should be emphasized that most of our everyday generalizations concerning matters which pertain to more than a limited number of individuals or specific circumstances are based upon some sort of sampling, since it is usually impossible to measure each and every individual in a large group before one attempts to generalize concerning the characteristics of the group."
--Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, 1953, Kinsey, et. al.
--Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, 1953, Kinsey, et. al.
Excellent! CD, I NEED to own that book! And thanks, um, brainhell, fer droppin' by and leavin' yer quote!
"Someone donated a painting to the church and we haven't even had it appraised."
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
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"The life-and-death struggle of rebellious autonomy with the powers of religious suppression has left a deep scar in the 'collective unconscious.'"
-Paul Tillich, Dynamics of Faith
-Paul Tillich, Dynamics of Faith
"He was just under six feet tall with a physique that resembled, well, a silo: everything was thick -- chest, waist, legs, arms."
Bleachers by John Grisham.
Bleachers by John Grisham.
"There were enough idiots out there who couldn't drive well in broad daylight without making things more problematic for them." Good Morning, Midnight (Reginald Hill)
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