Quick book meme
“And if that’s not enough of a good thing, consider this: Descartes liked to stay in bed till 11 A.M. - good ammunition the next time anyone gives me flak about sleeping late.”
in The Know-It-All - One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A. J. Jacobs
- Grab the nearest book.
- Open it to page 56.
- Find the fifth sentence.
- Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
- Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
Related posts:
- Bill Bryson’s “A Short History of Nearly Everything”
- A little belief can go a long way…
- Michael Crichton’s NEXT
- The Science Blog meme
- MBL on Wii
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E queres que a malta acredite que esse é o livro que estava mais perto?
English please.
And yes, I’m about a page away from finishing it. I highly recommend it. Fun and interesting read.
Since all Perl Subroutines can be called in a way that need a return value, it would be a bit wasteful to have to declare special syntax to return a particular value for the majority of the cases.