book meme

"It is a pity we know so little about the way in which bimetalism and trimetalism operated in the Ancient Period." ~ The History of Foreign Exchange, Paul Einzig (McMillan, London, 1962)

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open it to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

My source: book meme by ~eokyere.

Some contributions on Soup.io:

"Er stellte sich in Positur, die Arme über der Brust gefaltet."
aus: "Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui" von Bertolt Brecht.

"Il s'appelait Cacombo, et aimait fort son maître, parce que son maître était un fort bon homme."
Voltaire: Candide ou l'Optimisme

"Dieser Abschnitt behandelt die SQL-Befehle FLUSH, KILL und SHOW und deren Ausgaben." – MySQL GE-PACKT von Stefan Hinz

"Ob marginale Magie, gewöhnlicher Verstand oder hohe Philosophie, stets gelangen wir zu demselben Ergebnis: daß pan den Panoptes überwindet."
Michel Serres - Die fünf Sinne

"Der Diener ging nach Hause und überlegte die ganze Nacht."
Osho - Das Feuer der Meditation

"wahrscheinlich ist mir nichts eingefallen, was erklären würde, warum ich am ende des traums irgendwo runtergefallen bin."
"deutsches theater" - benjamin v. stuckrad-barre

"Like the Investigators I had never had any trouble passing as a native, if I wanted to; among all the Karhidish dialects my accent went unnoticed and my sexual anomalies were hidden by the heavy clothing."
~ The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. LeGuin

image meme

Image Meme

1. Answer the questions below.
2. Take each answer and type it into Photobucket (I used Google Images).
3. Take any picture from the first page of results and post.
4. You can't copy the persons answers who posted this before you!

1. The age you will be on your next birthday?


2. A place you’d like to travel?


3. Your favorite place?


4. Your favorite object?


5. Your favorite food?


6. Your favorite animal?


7. Your favorite color?


8. The town in which you were born?


9. The town in which you live?


10. The name of a past pet?


11. The first name of a past love?


12. Your nickname/screen name?


13. Your middle name?


14. A bad habit of yours?


15. Your first job?


16. Your grandmother’s name?