1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your blog along with these instructions.
Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
5. Tag five other people to do the same.

Well, here goes:

How about this? Scientists raised dogs in complete isolation for their first eight months, then reported that the dogs were frightened of nearly everything. Shoc... read more

I was raised by parents who weren't racist. I was told many times that we weren't racists. Everyone is the same, God doesn't see color.

I knew that God lobed all of is children equally when I was 12 years old and preparing to become a Deacon. It was that summer that God told the Prophet Kimball that black men could hold the Mormon priesthood. God was finished punishing black men for Cain's murder of Abel. You see, what I learned when I was studying the Gospel was that there was a war ... read more

Frank Miller's graphic novel come to life on the big screen doesn't live up to the promise of Sin City.

The art direction is phenomenal and the Spartans, led by King Leonidas (Gerard Butler), are imposing physical specimens of perfection - ripped abs, blazing scars, and piercing eyes. The scenes where the Spartans line up like models at a fitness photo shoot are imposing. The scenes of brilliantly choreographed combat are equally memorable, filling the screen with beautiful brutality, and ... read more

It's snowing outside tonight - beautiful big crystal flakes of snow that reflect all the light and turn the street into a shadowless white canvas. While walking, I talked to one of my neighbors who happens to teach English at the nearest college. The conversation turned to books and the ways she engages her students. This in turn got me thinking about my own English classes in college. I didn't learn anything in them. Seriously, not a thing. I wrote some mediocre pieces of half-effort dr... read more