Because, given the current contents of my desk, this one cracked me up

[naomikritzer]

From kaygo

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don’t search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what’s actually next to you.

"I was facing the door, holding the letter in my right hand." Freedom's Apprentice by Naomi Kritzer.

I had my own books out because of the copyedited manuscript. They're not normally on my desk.

Also on my desk is Freedom's Gate, two children's books, and the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.

Comments

[tjalorak.livejournal.com]

"Exploration ships have sought out the oceans' secrets." -- Sid Meier's Civilization IV manual

o.O

Right in line with the theme

[(Anonymous)]

Chicago Manual of Style, as it happens..."Blueprints 3.57 Blueprints ("blues"), vandykes (brown prints), and silver prints are all different forms of photographic prints made from the negatives that are to be used in offset printing.

--Pseudo

Re: Right in line with the theme

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, and I forgot the close quote: "

[malachitefer.livejournal.com]

"In order to use this utility you must have a backup of the primary domain's WPDOMAIN.DB file." - Tay Kratzer's Novell GroupWise 6.5 Administrator's Guide

Amusingly enough, the book was already on my desk in front of me, open to page 120, since I'm trying to figure out what went wrong with the WPDOMAIN.DB...

[(Anonymous)]

"Divide the class into groups of three or four to make more tongue-twisters."
- Intellitools Reading - Basic Literacy: Getting Started, Intellitools Inc. 2002

I'm a little shaken that manual that was the closest thing to a printed book at hand.

[devonbree.livejournal.com]

Whoops. That was me.

[(Anonymous)]

"I'm sorry I wasn't able to submit your resumes for these jobs - frankly, I'm not qualified to assess the scope of your skills beyond the warehousing area, but I'm sure there are some solid openings out there that will be a fit for you."
-- Jon Reed & Rachel Myers, Resumes from Hell (eCruiting Alternatives, Inc., 2004)

Sylvia Hunter

[orthoepy.livejournal.com]

MW now goes up to eleven! :-)