Nearest book, page 23, sentence 5

coverLet’s see how quickly this goes round the weblog world:


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

Couldn’t happen on a better day as I just came in with this big heavy bag of books, starting to move my tech library from home to office.

Here you go:

I said: maybe that is the right thing to do, but maybe not.

Fabulous quote, isn’t it? ;-)

From Lou Gerstner’s Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance? Inside IBM’s Historic Turnaround. I read this during a holiday last year and found it entertaining and in many ways enlightening.

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One Response to Nearest book, page 23, sentence 5

  1. DrBacchus' Journal says:
    April 24, 2004 at 3:26 pm

    Nearest book, page 23, sentence 5

    Nearest book, page 23, sentence 5 It is at its best when sprinkled over a salad just before serving. Wow. That was moving. (The Encyclopedia of Herbs, Spices & Flavorings, by Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz) If only I was sitting in some other room at the time…

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