"The Emperor strode into the city on 14 February, 1540."
-description of the fall of the city of Ghent, from "Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet"
(What? When I have spare time at work, I read about work stuff...maps, I mean, not invading places...)
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"Smacking yourself with a thawed meat-hammer never has a desired effect." - Jinxted

"Life's too short to get wrapped around the axle about the little things." - SK

-The First Law of Geography: Everything is Connected to Everything Else.

"Vacuum them regularly with a brush attatchment, or use a dust mop with a disposable pad, working upward, since drips onto soiled areas can cause streaks that are hard to remove."

- Washable wallpaper and wallcoverings instructions from Consumer Reports' "How to Clean Practically Anything"

The other two on my desk are Consumer Reports Buying Guide 2005, and "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Bradbury, but it doesn't have 5 sentences on page 123...
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"Jesus... is NOT a zombie... I shouldn't have to tell you that."

- "Bones"

"Into the latter, you pour the contents of yesterday's bag, minus the stupid Nommo card, of course, which is now back in Q-Jo's deck where it belongs."

-- Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins

I really must re-read this one. Yay for this game making me pull a random book off my shelf.
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Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?

Butler nodded "Look. An overhang. Under the ridge. "

im not sure i did that right
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clowns are people too...people who want to hurt you.

girlEgirl wrote:

Butler nodded "Look. An overhang. Under the ridge. " im not sure i did that right ' '

Was that an ARTEMIS FOWL book?

Just curious...

"He saw the sense in undressing as soon as they were through: the room beyond was so full of steam he could barely see past arm's length, and he was dripping wet anyways."

I haven't started reading this book yet, I'm totally considering it now.

"Because it would be fun," Babd said.

yes, A Dirty Job was the closest book. why? b/c i just got it back from the person who borrowed it ::evil laughter:: and now he's a Mooreon too!
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it is my lot in life to meet every ass hole on the planet and admire them for some quality that they possess that most others do not see b/c they can not see beyond the ass holiness ~permanently perplexed

"The expression 'get laid' supposedly has its roots in the Everleigh bordello in Chicago ('I'm going to get Everleighed tonight')."

USELESS SEXUAL TRIVIA



Can you tell I went to the bookstore yesterday?

"No, really," our passenger would say. "She is my grandmother, I swear."


Naked - David Sedaris
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Mark it 8, Dude.

So I waked over to the Sony Metreon and watched the flat-screens until it started to get dark.

You Suck - Christopher Moore

Yeah, that book is exactly three inches from my left hand.
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Briefly reviving the thread cuz I'm bored
but we may have to start a new one if y'all wanna play again...

How do you know if a zombie likes you?

next line with answer: he takes another bite


Damn, this book is supposed to have a map in it, I gotta read it sometime...

"Linda," he says for the third time.


Flight -- Sherman Alexie
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Avoid being normal -- John Lennon

So Papa had achieved his first aim:
Poincare's Conjecture had been reduced to different, hopefully simpler conjectures in group theory.

Poincare's Prize



As it happens, I have a couple dozen books within easy reach...