Book Meme and Other Thoughts (Subtitle: I am Still Here!)

As those of you who’ve read my darling husband’s last post may have noticed, I’ve been slightly absent from the blog.  I say slightly because, truly, I have been reading the blog.  And on several occasions, I thought about posting something (you didn’t see those?).  And at least once, I began a post but got distracted by something else.  No telling what, but I figured I’d show myself to alleviate any fears that I’d been whisked away in the night to join an underground baked goods liberation front.  (Get it?  Whisked away?  Baked goods?  Erm…never mind, sorry.) No, you weren’t really worried about that, were you?

So…first, an extremely belated response to the Book Meme.  Beth tagged me with this about three weeks ago.  Here’s what the book meme is:

    1. Grab the book closest to you
    2. Open to page 123, and go down to the fourth sentence
    3. Post the text of the following 3 sentences on your blog
    4. Name the author and book title
    5. Tag 3 people to do the same

Now, the book closest to me is Cook’s Illustrated, a marvelous periodical that, as the title suggests, is relevant to cooking and contains illustrations.  Actual drawings, quite nice, really.  At any rate, I don’t know that it counts for this exercise because a) it’s really a magazine and 2) it only has 32 pages. 

Next closest is the absolutely riveting Business Continuity Plan for my employer, authored by the Business Continuity Team.  The relevant sentences relate to what we are supposed to do with telecom resources in the event of service interruption.  I will spare you the insomnia-curing details of the actual text and move instead to the winner of the illustrious Third Closest Book Award, a Bible, NIV translation:

The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.  And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.  You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.

~Leviticus 11:6-8, Moses

I am sad to say that because I tarried so long in meming, I think everyone I know has already been memed or memified their blog.  So, if you are reading this and have not had the honor of being tagged by a memer, let me know and I will cheerfully tag you to be one of my official memees. (nb: I apologize to any readers who may be disturbed by my blatant verbitating and nounifying of the word “meme” in the previous sentences.)

Also, a note that I am thankful for not having to adhere to the dietary laws described above.  Mmm, bacon.  More posts on that later!

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