From Maggie
grab the book closest to you.
open to page 123, go down to the fifth sentence.
post the text of next 3 sentences, the name of the book, and the author on your blog.
tag three people.
"Oh...yes...yes," he said. "This terrible war. When will it end?"
-Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
I tag Duncan, Jo, Robbie, and anyone else who feels like playing.
posted by Toby @ 1:23:00 AM
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8 Comments:
All right. Here's mine:
"Because it appeals to the interests of the larger society, it cannot explain why minorities should be able to decide for themselves whether or how to maintain their culture.
So it seems to me that the diversity argument is insufficient, by itself, to justify the rights of national minorities. Protecting minorities does provide benefits to the majority, and these are worth pointing out."
Multicultural Citizenship - Will Kymlicka
Sigh, I can’t believe this is the book closest to me…
“He wasn’t sure – and that frightened him as well. “So,” Rolamee said, “there he is, the very human you warned us about. A dangerous individual who is largely responsible for the six-score casualties inflicted in this raid alone, not to mention the loss of a valuable prisoner, and six Shades which the enemy managed to steal.”
William C. Dietz – Halo: The Flood
Ummm is that a book based on a video game? And here I was worried about seeming too geeky with Kymlicka.... hmm....
Yes, I'm afraid it is.
aryepiglotic muscle. The fibers of the oblique arytenoid muscle that extend from the summit of the arytenoid cartilage to the side of the epiglottis; action, constricts the laryngeal apeture. SYN musculus aryepiglottticus (TA).
-(no author) Stedman's medical dictionary.
Yah, a dictionary, does that count? Anywho thanks for the tips for the exam Toby!
-mag
hmm, okay not judging....
In other news, Toby is your brother dorkier than you - is that possible? Yikes, I mean... back to writing overdue papers and not judging...
Wow, who would have thought that Duncan and I would be the least dorky?...
HAHA! I was going to use MY Stedman's dictionary (yay medical terminology) but decided it didn't qualify as a "book", per se.
"This small city may well be a part of independent Manchuria, but it is instantly recognisable as a little chunk of the eternal Chinese nation. There are fewer cars here than in Ha Rebin, and there are no trams. Hundreds of rickshaw boys work in shifts day and night, and bicycles are the prized possessions of students from wealthy families."
Shan Sa - The Girl Who Played Go
Otherwise, I ditto Mag.
Kayla
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