Tag
Somthing different, just 'cuz.
Via
Spacecat Rocketship.
The Rules of this tag game are:
1. Grab the book nearest to you...no cheating!
2. Open to page 123.
3. Scroll down to the fifth sentence.
4. Post text of next 3 sentences on to your blog.
Not the nearest book, because it didn't have 123 pages, but this.
Bill was no upstart with a chip on his shoulder and a pistol in his pocket. He was exactly who he had always sneeringly described himself to be: Church and Spy Establishment, with uncles who sat on Tory Party committees, and a rundown estate in Norfolk with tenant farmers who called him "Mr. William." He was a strand of the finely spun web of English influence of which we had perceived ourselves the centre.
-The Secret Pilgrim, John LeCarre.
If you review or recommend books on your blog, consider yourself tagged.
Via
Spacecat Rocketship.
The Rules of this tag game are:
1. Grab the book nearest to you...no cheating!
2. Open to page 123.
3. Scroll down to the fifth sentence.
4. Post text of next 3 sentences on to your blog.
Not the nearest book, because it didn't have 123 pages, but this.
Bill was no upstart with a chip on his shoulder and a pistol in his pocket. He was exactly who he had always sneeringly described himself to be: Church and Spy Establishment, with uncles who sat on Tory Party committees, and a rundown estate in Norfolk with tenant farmers who called him "Mr. William." He was a strand of the finely spun web of English influence of which we had perceived ourselves the centre.
-The Secret Pilgrim, John LeCarre.
If you review or recommend books on your blog, consider yourself tagged.
Labels: Meme
Posted by Zhoen on Wednesday, September 27, 2006
4 comments:
Wow, it's been ages since I read any LeCarre. Good meme, zhoen! And timely, since I was going to write about something I read anyhow, so I'm in.
From page 122 because 123 doesn't have enough sentences:
"So we stumbled through our loving, difficult readings and tiny speeches; then the button was pushed, and as the coffin advanced solemnly into the furnace, dysfunctional squawks came like a shower of arrows out of the sound system. The tape kept trying to play and its clicks and grindings were amplified very efficiently into the overhead speakers. The coffin was gone."
Bring Me the Rhinoceros by John Tarrant
"As the erosion and inflammation spread from joint surfaces to the adjoining ligaments and capsule, however, swelling increases and pain occurs with all jaw movements. Grafting sounds and the 'gravel in the joint' sound become apparent. These occur as the jawbone shifts due to erosion and loss of its height, or when the shock-absorbing articular disc is eventually worn through and breaks and pieces override each other." -- Coping with TMJ Arthritis by John Taddey, D.D.S. (I'm working in the library today. Apparently my cube is in the health section.)
C-love,
I am laughing so hard. It took me a minute, since I get comments in my email, to figure out exactly what this referred to. Very glad it was not a bit of self diagnosis, for instance.
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