Monday, March 19, 2007

Grab the nearest book . . . .

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that “cool” or “intellectual” book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.

Here's a meme I saw on someone's knitting blog, from a post in February. I can't remember the blog, though.

So, here I go, from "Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball" (This is a lesson manual for this year in the LDS Church.) Twas the nearest thing (After a Barbie hardcover called Sea of Friends, but that book only has pages in the double digits.)

Page 123 is the footnote references for the chapter/lesson, referring to sources of various quotes used in the lesson, so I went to its facing page, page 122. These Notes weren't sentences.

Here's the 3 sentences:
"Consider these ideas as you study the chapter or as you prepare to teach. For additional help, see pages v-ix.

Given that our lives are connected with family, friends, the Church, and the community, what do you think it means to be self-reliant and independent?"
Well, there you go. Lol. It's a good question, though! I guess I'll do some thinking on it, read the chapter/lesson, and maybe post more on it this week.

Who shall I tag for this meme? How about Crafting Jen, Tea, Annegb, and Dr. Anonymous.

Please, everyone else play along as well if you like! I'm curious! This was fun to do, although the first coupla books my eyes fell upon were that Barbie one, a Magic Treehouse one, A Cam Jansen one, and other short books of my daughter's.

4 comments:

bettyrae said...

Something I am browsing to help with genealogy...
"Chicago and Cook County A Guide to Research"
This reference provides information about officers in all branches of military service, including the volunteer staff, as well as inlisted men. Includes state where born (if known), state where appointment was made,brief listing of apromotions and appointments, and date of death.A second edition, compiled by Francis Bernard Heitman, covering the years 1789 - 1903, is part of the Special Collections Department on the 9th floor.

Thanks for inviting us to play.

Dr. A said...

From "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown. The end of Chapter 27- "Hedging his bets, he ordered half of his men to the Louvre perimeter. The other half he sent to guard the only location in Paris where Robert Langdon could find safe harbor."

Anonymous said...

Snoppy says, "It was a dark and stormy night.... Just kidding, I may post the real mccoy later. :) I think this a fun idea!

Stephen said...

?power and money are important, but must be kept in their place. I reevaluated my life ..."

Interesting, maybe I need to read the books nearest me when I blog ;)