Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Page 23, sentence 5
Tried-and-true blog post!
Grab the nearest book. Turn to page 23. Find the fifth full sentence. Type it in the comments. Source the book. Tell a little about why the book is the nearest book to you! Plain ol' bibliophilic fun! Feel free to start same at your place.
Here's mine:
"And although he was writing at a date when the benefit of hindsight gave him the appearance of wisdom, it might be granted that whether from foresight or daring, the shrewd Illinois lumberman was one of the early exponents of bois d'arc fencing."
-- from Henry D. and Frances T. McCallum, The Wire that Fenced the West (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965), referring to Jacob Haisch, an inventer and one early patent holder of barbed wire.
Got this book in 1995, when I was the farm-and-ranch editor of a Texas newspaper. I used it over the weekend with my blitz writing project, which had to do with the advent of barbed-wire fencing, among other things, in 1880s Indian Territory.
--ER
Grab the nearest book. Turn to page 23. Find the fifth full sentence. Type it in the comments. Source the book. Tell a little about why the book is the nearest book to you! Plain ol' bibliophilic fun! Feel free to start same at your place.
Here's mine:
"And although he was writing at a date when the benefit of hindsight gave him the appearance of wisdom, it might be granted that whether from foresight or daring, the shrewd Illinois lumberman was one of the early exponents of bois d'arc fencing."
-- from Henry D. and Frances T. McCallum, The Wire that Fenced the West (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965), referring to Jacob Haisch, an inventer and one early patent holder of barbed wire.
Got this book in 1995, when I was the farm-and-ranch editor of a Texas newspaper. I used it over the weekend with my blitz writing project, which had to do with the advent of barbed-wire fencing, among other things, in 1880s Indian Territory.
--ER
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First book I grabbed:
The Power of Prayer and Fasting
By: Ronnie D. Floyd
1997 Broadman & Holman Publishers
** And you say, "If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets."
Funny that I came up with this sentence. ELAshley quoted almost the exact scripture a few days ago on his blog. God is pretty amazing, ain't He?
The Power of Prayer and Fasting
By: Ronnie D. Floyd
1997 Broadman & Holman Publishers
** And you say, "If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets."
Funny that I came up with this sentence. ELAshley quoted almost the exact scripture a few days ago on his blog. God is pretty amazing, ain't He?
"And finally, the case statement makes clear that quantitative literacy and mathematics are really two quite different things."
Cohen, Patricia Cline. 2001. The case for quantitative literacy. In Mathematics and democracy: The case for quantitative literacy. Lynn Arthur Steen, ed. National Council on Education and the Disciplines.
This isn't a book I'm reading--it just arrived at the library with a big nasty sticker on it and is awaiting cleanup before being sent to cataloging.
Only other book to hand is the text for the reference class I'll be taking later this summer, and the 23rd page is a bibliography. Not too exciting.
Cohen, Patricia Cline. 2001. The case for quantitative literacy. In Mathematics and democracy: The case for quantitative literacy. Lynn Arthur Steen, ed. National Council on Education and the Disciplines.
This isn't a book I'm reading--it just arrived at the library with a big nasty sticker on it and is awaiting cleanup before being sent to cataloging.
Only other book to hand is the text for the reference class I'll be taking later this summer, and the 23rd page is a bibliography. Not too exciting.
No, dadgummit! You've already done this little exercise, and it's just going to be the AP Stylebook again.
:-)
:-)
D,dad, indeed He is. And that is a fine old publishing house, or a marriage of two fine old publishing houes, it looks like.
Kiki, whoa. I think I am a living example of what that article is about. I think I have quantitative literacy; I must, because I have to do timeses and gasentas and other fundamental kinds of cyperhing at work all the time. But I'm real leery of math.
Kiki, whoa. I think I am a living example of what that article is about. I think I have quantitative literacy; I must, because I have to do timeses and gasentas and other fundamental kinds of cyperhing at work all the time. But I'm real leery of math.
Nope. I'm on strike. I'm not posting anything until I get some traffic on my blog. I even put up a photo-laden post Saturday and not.one.comment. So I'm going back to my cave to pout. Hmph.
I don't like page 23. Why is it always page 23? Why not page 43 or page 100? Why pass them over? They're good pages. They deserve the traffic. Is this some sort of page profiling?
"Admission is free and group tours are offered with advance notice."
--From an ad for the Texas State Cemetery in the 2005 Edition of the Texas State Directory, 48th edition (The Comprehensive Guide to the Decision Makers in State Government), copyright 2005, Texas State Directory Inc.
Um, I'm at work. I reached just past the Stylebook, since I did that one before, and found this old friend. :-)
--From an ad for the Texas State Cemetery in the 2005 Edition of the Texas State Directory, 48th edition (The Comprehensive Guide to the Decision Makers in State Government), copyright 2005, Texas State Directory Inc.
Um, I'm at work. I reached just past the Stylebook, since I did that one before, and found this old friend. :-)
# posted by 
: 11:25 AM
: 11:25 AM
Here's mine from work
"Enron recorded the assets received and equity issued at estimated fair value."
-- from Michelle Leder, "Financial Fine Print: Uncovering a Company's True Value" (Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2003), quoting Enron's infamous Footnote 16 from its 1999 10-K.
"Enron recorded the assets received and equity issued at estimated fair value."
-- from Michelle Leder, "Financial Fine Print: Uncovering a Company's True Value" (Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2003), quoting Enron's infamous Footnote 16 from its 1999 10-K.
"The longer Creation Epic begins by telling how 'when on high the heavens had not been named', Apsu the Begetter and Mother Tiamat mingled chaotically and produced a brood of dragon-like monsters."
This is from the book The Hebrew Myths by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai. It was laying here by the computer because I had been checking some of the references in the footnotes on the web. The sentence is refering to the Babylonian and Assyrian Epic on the creation story: Enuma Elish (When on High).
The book analyses the first two books of the Old Testament in light of Hebrew myths & stories and myths of cultures surrounding the Hebrews over time. It is interesting how many single words that communicated to the Hebrew mind in these books takes three or four pages to explain to us lo these many years latter.
Right under that book was the graphic novel MAUS. Better this one was on top.
This is from the book The Hebrew Myths by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai. It was laying here by the computer because I had been checking some of the references in the footnotes on the web. The sentence is refering to the Babylonian and Assyrian Epic on the creation story: Enuma Elish (When on High).
The book analyses the first two books of the Old Testament in light of Hebrew myths & stories and myths of cultures surrounding the Hebrews over time. It is interesting how many single words that communicated to the Hebrew mind in these books takes three or four pages to explain to us lo these many years latter.
Right under that book was the graphic novel MAUS. Better this one was on top.
# posted by : 11:42 AM
: 11:42 AM
"He found his legal work rewarding and intellectually stimulating, reveled in his postiton as an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and loved nothing more than to while away the long winter nights in his treasured library."
That's Doris Kearns Goodwin, from "Team of Rivals". My stepdad loaned it to me last night. Edward Bates, a judge I've never heard of, is being discussed in that sentence.
That's Doris Kearns Goodwin, from "Team of Rivals". My stepdad loaned it to me last night. Edward Bates, a judge I've never heard of, is being discussed in that sentence.
"Even no we find it hard to pass up invitations to locales we've never visited."
From the Complete Book of Triathlons by Sally Edwards (Three Rivers Press), right here on top of a stack of 15 Sally Edwards titles.
From the Complete Book of Triathlons by Sally Edwards (Three Rivers Press), right here on top of a stack of 15 Sally Edwards titles.
# posted by : 12:31 PM
: 12:31 PM
Open my eyes and give me a refined and purified love for them all.
From "Prayers to Nourish a Woman's Heart" by Michele Howe. (Jossey-Bass 2003).
Passage is from a prayer from a mother having a difficult time loving all of her children as she would like.
From "Prayers to Nourish a Woman's Heart" by Michele Howe. (Jossey-Bass 2003).
Passage is from a prayer from a mother having a difficult time loving all of her children as she would like.
What? This wasn't a game of "blogtag"???
"Four years later he had a degree from the University of Akron and a job next door as a Firestone trainee."
OK...mine is from Maverick, by Ricardo Semler (next month's recommended reading on my blog, by the way). Warner Business Books, published 1993
Why? Because it is the first book on my bookshelf behind my desk in my office. It's a great book and explains in great detail how the American capitalist system, while great, can be better.
"Four years later he had a degree from the University of Akron and a job next door as a Firestone trainee."
OK...mine is from Maverick, by Ricardo Semler (next month's recommended reading on my blog, by the way). Warner Business Books, published 1993
Why? Because it is the first book on my bookshelf behind my desk in my office. It's a great book and explains in great detail how the American capitalist system, while great, can be better.
“Later, he used his contacts in the media, to advance the political career of his second son.”
— Description of the role that Joe Kennedy played in promoting JFK’s career.
John F. Kennedy – A Biography, by Michael O’Brien (2005 – Thomas Dunne Books)
My sweet daughter sent this book to me as a birthday present.
— Description of the role that Joe Kennedy played in promoting JFK’s career.
John F. Kennedy – A Biography, by Michael O’Brien (2005 – Thomas Dunne Books)
My sweet daughter sent this book to me as a birthday present.
# posted by : 7:43 PM
: 7:43 PM
ER,
Howdy! I was gone and so the comments were totally confusing, then I read your Ghost Comment entry and it all made more sense.
Congrats on getting the paper writ. I knew you could do it!
I can't play the book game because I am at work and any of the books I might pick up would reveal more about what I do than I like to talk about on the internets.
That makes my job sound way more interesting than it is. Just assume I am a super hero for the fun of it.
SuperB
Howdy! I was gone and so the comments were totally confusing, then I read your Ghost Comment entry and it all made more sense.
Congrats on getting the paper writ. I knew you could do it!
I can't play the book game because I am at work and any of the books I might pick up would reveal more about what I do than I like to talk about on the internets.
That makes my job sound way more interesting than it is. Just assume I am a super hero for the fun of it.
SuperB
# posted by : 11:48 AM
: 11:48 AM
"Although not in gret favor in local markets, eels support one of the more important Chesapeake fisheries."
Lost Woods: The Discovered Writings of Rachel Carson
Lost Woods: The Discovered Writings of Rachel Carson
Hi ER,
More than a bit off-topic (such as it is) but I wanted to let you know that the Savic article we talked about last week was indeed in yesterday's edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Just sent a copy of the full text to Dr. ER, for her perusal.
More than a bit off-topic (such as it is) but I wanted to let you know that the Savic article we talked about last week was indeed in yesterday's edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Just sent a copy of the full text to Dr. ER, for her perusal.
Making sense of Data, Donald Wheeler.
"Systems and processes have to be defined by your own needs."
I could go on about all sorts of data stuff, but really, why?
"Systems and processes have to be defined by your own needs."
I could go on about all sorts of data stuff, but really, why?
"In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat."
The True Believer
by Eric Hoffer
I was actually reaching for The World of Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse, but couldn't get it off the bookshelf because True Believer was on top.
The True Believer
by Eric Hoffer
I was actually reaching for The World of Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse, but couldn't get it off the bookshelf because True Believer was on top.
body of truth, by david lindsey. never read the book. recieved a box of old books from my mom, and that was one of them. i use it as a mouse pad.
pg. 23, sentence 5:
"You, barely. You spoke to him?"
no idea what it may mean....
KEvron
pg. 23, sentence 5:
"You, barely. You spoke to him?"
no idea what it may mean....
KEvron
Kev, I'm surprised no one has made some crack about you havin' a certain work by A.S. LeVay* handy.
Oh, wait. Did I just make a crack? Or was that a snipe? Ar ar.
(*Joking reference to said work in no way reflects a dismissal of the power of eeeeee-villll on ER's part.)
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Oh, wait. Did I just make a crack? Or was that a snipe? Ar ar.
(*Joking reference to said work in no way reflects a dismissal of the power of eeeeee-villll on ER's part.)
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