23/5 book meme
The meme infecting the entire world of blogs is the following:
I've come across this everywhere and thought I might have a look at some of the transmission patterns. So here are a set of paths working from a particular instance of the meme going back through the quoted sources in a chain. The first sources I'm using are people who I have linked from this blog
Chain#1
tympan
caterina.net
David Chess
long story short pier
elkins
Amy's Journal (April 8th entry)
I'll gather all the stars each night as they appear (April 8th entry - this entry says that she forgot to credit the source as she had seen it in numerous livejournals - she then gives one of her sources as the next link)
pegkerr
Where are the monkeys of yesteryear? (April 7 entry)
Chris' Journal (April 7 entry)
Stonehead News (April 7 entry)
Bilmo's log (April 7 entry)
the sentimental curmudgeon (April 6 entry)
tully monster's fair and balanced fossil record (April 6 entry)
paintbrush sage (April 6 entry)
cyn (April 6)
Keats and Yeats are on your side (refers back to tully monster as the source in the comments! - there's some weird twisting of time going on here...)
Chain#2
Jen Crispin
????
Chain#3
Pharyngula
Unfogged
[Purse Lip Square Jaw]
Caterina.net
rest of entries as in Chain #1
Interesting the way in which the two chains converge. (We would expect them to converge, but I find where they converged interesting.)
Oh yeah, I suppose I better answer myself....
But I'm not telling where it comes from. Some hints though. I am pretty certain that you will find this same sentence in this place in all editions of the book. This sentence is the complete line on the page.
Any guesses?
[Link forward in time to poetic response to this meme.]
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.
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.
I've come across this everywhere and thought I might have a look at some of the transmission patterns. So here are a set of paths working from a particular instance of the meme going back through the quoted sources in a chain. The first sources I'm using are people who I have linked from this blog
Chain#1
tympan
caterina.net
David Chess
long story short pier
elkins
Amy's Journal (April 8th entry)
I'll gather all the stars each night as they appear (April 8th entry - this entry says that she forgot to credit the source as she had seen it in numerous livejournals - she then gives one of her sources as the next link)
pegkerr
Where are the monkeys of yesteryear? (April 7 entry)
Chris' Journal (April 7 entry)
Stonehead News (April 7 entry)
Bilmo's log (April 7 entry)
the sentimental curmudgeon (April 6 entry)
tully monster's fair and balanced fossil record (April 6 entry)
paintbrush sage (April 6 entry)
cyn (April 6)
Keats and Yeats are on your side (refers back to tully monster as the source in the comments! - there's some weird twisting of time going on here...)
Chain#2
Jen Crispin
????
Chain#3
Pharyngula
Unfogged
[Purse Lip Square Jaw]
Caterina.net
rest of entries as in Chain #1
Interesting the way in which the two chains converge. (We would expect them to converge, but I find where they converged interesting.)
Oh yeah, I suppose I better answer myself....
That evening she danced merengues with us.
But I'm not telling where it comes from. Some hints though. I am pretty certain that you will find this same sentence in this place in all editions of the book. This sentence is the complete line on the page.
Any guesses?
[Link forward in time to poetic response to this meme.]
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