Am sad geek.

[taimatsu]

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal...along with these instructions.

"Node: A place of power where Quintessence flows freely and strongly."

Comments

[raggedhalo.livejournal.com]

Mine was from the MET Book of the Wyrm, so y'ain't alone in this!

[imc.livejournal.com]

I did that (1–3 anyway) and it said "Why don't you stop reading now, and come back fresh tomorrow?"

Of course, the other book near me says the rather less interesting "To avoid condensation formation, place the CF card in a sealed plastic bag before moving it into a different temperature zone and allow it to adjust slowly to the new temperature."

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

'The trunk then resembled a semicircular wall, although new spray and a few young branches were growing to a height of up to 30 feet (9 metres)'.

It's describing the Fortingall Yew, which is some utterly ridiculous age.

[teknostatik.livejournal.com]

*grin*

Hey, I work in a library, and can't even reach a book from where I'm sitting.

[omentide.livejournal.com]

"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it".

[diffrentcolours]

"By definition, chars are just small integers, so char variables and constants are identical to ints in arithmetic expressions."

- Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, "The C Programming Language" (Second Edition)

[jenneebee.livejournal.com]

'*The bears snuffles'.

Woo for syntax books and the examples they give!

[ewx.livejournal.com]

The nearest book is supporting Ian's monitor, making it hard to tell what it is, never mind what it might say on page 23!

[aendr.livejournal.com]

My nearest book only has three sentences on the 23rd page, though they are ludicrously long sentences!