Crazy But Able

To steal an idea that’s bouncing around weblogs.asp.net at the moment:

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 23, and post the fifth sentence on the page. Instead of the nearest book, I’ll do all of the books I currently have by my bedside.

“Another part of that job is to make sure that organizations have policies, guidelines, and procedures in place so that the money spent is spent well.” — Practical Unix and Internet Security, 2nd edition, by Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford.

“What did that shitty deal have to do with my guilt or innocence?” — Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief, by Bill Mason.

[A picture of Tomato Pizza Grilled Cheese Sandwiches] — 101 Money Saving Meals, by BBC Worldwide Ltd.

“Finally he [Elijah] called on Ahab to send the prophets of Baal to meet him at Mt. Carmel for a definitive test to determine the identity of the true and living God.” — The Beauty of God’s Holiness, by Tom Trevethan.

[Figures 2.6 and 2.7, illustrating a point made in the chapter “Regenerative Schedule Disaster”] — The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, by Fredrick Brooks.

“Playboy: You make it sound almost simple.” — Excerpt from the Feb. 1973 Playboy interview with Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, as re-printed in the book “There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: Essays on Public Policy”, by Milton Friedman.

“‘There were too many variables if we flung open the door,’ said Suriyawong.” — Shadow Puppets, by Orson Scott Card.

“If two instincts are in conflict, and there is nothing in a creature’s mind except those two instincts, obviously the stronger of the two must win.” — Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis.

“Well… I would date you…” — From the first panel of a Dilbert cartoon in Shave the Whales, a Dilbert book by Scott Adams.

“For a programmer, these types of errors are common and are fairly easy to fix, as long as the programmer knows how big the expected input is going to be.” — Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, by Jon Erickson

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