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13 July 2009

Sleep! the deer is in his den; →[More:]Grab the book nearest you. Right now. Turn to page 56.... Find the fifth sentence. Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST book. Post your sentences here.

post by: redvixen at: 19:15 | 29 comments

After all, why even acknowledge sexuality that has nothing to do with traditional gender roles?

(The sentence afterwards, if we're being picky: It's not part of their goals for women, so they simply don't exist.)

posted by sperose 13 July | 19:27

Gills closely set, mature purple-brown.

posted by MonkeyButter 13 July | 19:36

The last day I resisted the requests of some of the students to bring in porno videos, and instead we did mass improvs featuring the entire class on camera: a tent revival led by a berserk preacher, a bratty kindergarten class and a 747 full of passengers about to crash were the most fun.

posted by ethylene 13 July | 19:39

So I went home again, more confused than ever.

posted by deborah 13 July | 19:45

Leconte de Lisle produces on me the effect of a walk through the new Law Courts, with a steady but not violent draught sweeping from end to end.

posted by mdonley 13 July | 20:00

"I beg your pardon?"

posted by steef 13 July | 20:09

Consider your granddad the closest you'll get to omniscience for quite some time.

posted by Wolfdog 13 July | 20:29

While he was dating Karla, he wasn't always faithful.

posted by Kangaroo 13 July | 20:29

Others may only implement part of the specification.

posted by octothorpe 13 July | 20:39

Indeed, when one considers the vast amount of food consumed either by the children or more probably by their attendants, one can see that in the royal nursery of France, wages, attendants, children and cost chased each other upwards in a spiral reminiscent of the economy of a modern state.

posted by notquitemaryann 13 July | 20:48

I was in a state of high nerves.

posted by muddgirl 13 July | 20:56

There was a sheet over the table, dragging almost to the floor.

posted by Susurration 13 July | 20:57

Deliberately concealing the harsh reality of assembly-line production, Sheeler emphasizes instead the mystery of the machine, dramatizing the abstract geometric shapes, the intricacy of overhead lines and conveyor belts, the massive shapes of huge presses, generators and rail carriers.

posted by Kronos_to_Earth 13 July | 21:09

Even without the speed I was unable to sleep.

posted by plinth 13 July | 21:14

"Darling," I sighed, employing my favorite term of endearment for the boy, "You'll be the ruin of me."

posted by rollick 13 July | 21:43

Being straight is gay! (err..)

posted by halonine 13 July | 21:46

But you can pronounce them, after a fashion.

posted by tangerine 13 July | 22:06

The Old One put down his rose and looked at the boy with his fierce blue eyes, a gaze that would make the most superior Denizen quail and tremble.

posted by gaspode 13 July | 22:23

Batters are almost incestuously linked to one another and show an exceptionally delicate balance between one another.

posted by special-k 13 July | 22:40

"'I have a show there, in Novenber,' said Alberto."

posted by arse_hat 13 July | 23:46

You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.

posted by kodama 14 July | 00:27

A gentle, clear soup might be served in a small, sculpted melon casing.

posted by ninazer0 14 July | 00:43

"The first engagement takes place entirely by moonlight," Brenda said. "The monster sinks every warship in the harbor, including the dreadnought Yamato, then wades ashore and devours an entire passenger train."

(5 & 6, 'cos 6 is more interesting :-P)

posted by TheophileEscargot 14 July | 01:21

And after that I'll organise my papers and my dictionaries and set up my typewriter.

posted by misteraitch 14 July | 02:21

Hard boiling results in a thick and muddy-looking liquid, instead of a semi-clear jelly.

posted by Specklet 14 July | 03:01

By combining individual-level data with demographic information, campaigns can discern the interests of subgroups.

posted by By the Grace of God 14 July | 08:04

Every European kingdom capable of building one of the new ships, the Caravel, was using it to search for Asia.

posted by danf 14 July | 09:03

Such, at least, was the assumption in the nineteenth century, when scientists began to study human fatigue.

The first book I picked had nothing but diagrams on page 56.

posted by chewatadistance 14 July | 09:17

"Kemban, I rather think, is a male human being."

posted by Hugh Janus 14 July | 09:35

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