That random book meme I love so well

[msmcknittington]

* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

Comments

[gardentraveler]

Interesting selection of books you have hanging around there. Mine is much...tamer.

[msmcknittington]

I think I freak my mom out sometimes with how random my book collection is. I think she wonders how one person can have a collection that ranges from baby name books to the history of food in Western culture to 19th century agriculture guides to romance novels and . . . blah blah blah. It's a well-rounded library.

[crazycatlady76]

Bring broth, water, lentils, and 1/2 teaspoon salt to boil, covered, in large saucepan. Reduce to simmer and continue to cook, covered, until needed in step 3.

Yes, it's actually pretty normal for my nearest book to be a cookbook.

[msmcknittington]

My cookbook had a recipe for sugar cookies on page 56. Which makes sense since it's Taste of Home's Complete Guide to Baking.

[sora50]

And what possible point could there be in punishing an innocent person instead? None at all that I can see, if you are thinking of punishment in the police-court sense. On the other hand, if you think of a debt, there is plenty of point in a person who has some assets paying it on behalf of someone who has not. Or if you take "paying the penalty," not in the sense of being punished, but in the more general sense of "standing the racket" or "footing the bill," then, of course, it is a matter of common experience that, when one person has go himself into a hole, the trouble of getting him out usually falls on a kind friend.

C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity