tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18669215.post5728863137702729627..comments2009-03-13T20:25:20.535-05:00Christopher Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041638059246049826noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18669215.post-39366842088621531712009-03-13T20:25:00.000-05:002009-03-13T20:25:00.000-05:00As perhaps your only reader who also possesses that book, I'd just like to thank you again for it.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732819755000554717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18669215.post-31247012530168017152008-11-24T17:16:00.000-05:002008-11-24T17:16:00.000-05:00Flour, which cost the government $570 a ton to get to Utah, was sold for $11 a ton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18669215.post-54478506303590003932008-11-24T00:31:00.000-05:002008-11-24T00:31:00.000-05:00OK, for me: <BR/><BR/>Eels are sliced down the back in Kanto, and down the belly in Kansai, further proof that these regions belong to very different culinary universes.<BR/><BR/>From "World Food: Japan", John Ashburne and Yoshi Abe. Sitting on my desk right next to my keyboard so it's pretty unambigously closest, though there are two other books within arm's reach.<BR/><BR/>(For context: I just got back from a 10-day Japan trip a couple days ago. Didn't bring the book on this trip but was looking to see if they had an intuitive way of sorting kanji for food words. I rarely end up ordering food that's only shown in kanji on the menu, 'cuz I can never be sure what I'm gonna get.)Colin Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04855733840903983867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18669215.post-68512552274194635892008-11-14T18:46:00.000-05:002008-11-14T18:46:00.000-05:00Several books were equally close to me; I chose the only one English, because readers of this blog might find it easier to understand than Dutch or German. :)<BR/><BR/>"It is, therefore, better to put aside the appearance, on which we all agree, and to use the power of reason either to confirm its reality of reveal its fallacy."<BR/><BR/>The book is <I>Against Method</I> by Paul Feyerabend, but he is quoting Galileo's <I>Dialogue</I>. (Galileo is attempting to refute the "tower argument" against Copernicanism.)Victor Gijsbershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770054233775973753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18669215.post-27847376001916867262008-11-14T17:46:00.000-05:002008-11-14T17:46:00.000-05:00Assuming I cam skip the atlas and dictionary that were closer, the closest book at the moment for me is The Spell of the Black Dagger by Lawrence Watt-Evans. Page 56, sentence 5 is:<BR/><BR/>They fed the father and son strength, drawing it from their own bodies--but to no avail.<BR/><BR/>-- DavidW from ifMudAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18669215.post-90223421013080263122008-11-14T14:00:00.000-05:002008-11-14T14:00:00.000-05:00"<I>Enterococcus columbae</I> is specific for pigeons (57) and <I>Enterococcus asini</I> for donkeys (54)."<BR/><BR/>Truly gripping! :-)<BR/><BR/>- Mike (random IF reader)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com