Great Mother of all Memes, please forgive me for ignoring Molly at Adventures in Mercy and Jemila at Quirky Grace who tagged me to do the following -
Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. No cheating!
Find Page 123.
Find the first 5 sentences.
Post the next 3 sentences.
Tag 5 people.
At the time, I was working on various other projects and was consumed by my mental health, so I neglected to follow up on these. Lo and behold, I became ill – not just mentally ill (as usual), but physically ill (which is rare). I didn’t feel like getting out of bed for almost a week. I ask for your pardon, Mother Meme, and plead for your mercy.
So, here goes, Holy Mother, Molly, and Jemila. I’m now doing exactly as you asked.
Here I am, reaching for the nearest book -
Here I am looking for page 123…
And here are sentences 6-8 on page 123 -
“The 39 books of the O.T. and the 27 of the N.T., which constitute the canon of Scripture, do not represent the entire literary activity of the Hebrews during the time embraced by the canon. There were, for example, the books of the Apocrypha. Later there were memoirs of Jesus (Luke 1:1).”
Can you guess the book? None other than that thrill-a-minute page-turner The New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible. One of my church members cleared it off her shelves and gave it to me. I haven’t bothered to do anything with it yet. Those 3 sentences are likely the only 3 I will read of this classic before it gets hauled away to some library book sale.
Okay, so now I have to tag 5 people. This is the part I really hate. But, to appease the Great Mother of All Memes…
C.A. from Got Fruit?
Wickle from A True Believer’s Weblog
Kathy from TMI
Bill from Modern-Day Thomas
You can choose to pass along this meme or not, but I’m just not responsible for what may happen should you choose to ignore it….
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Then, I get tagged by my friend at Looking for a Holiday at Sea who asks me to share 7 things about myself. Memes Mother, are you listening?
1) I have never owned, fired, or even touched a real gun.
2) My first job was towel drying at a car wash. I lasted one day.
3) I once threw up on a cheerleader.
4) I played Eeyore in a school production of “Winnie the Pooh”.
5) I beat Woody Harrelson’s top score at Ms. Pac-Man.
6) I campaigned for Gary Hart until he hooked up with Donna Rice.
7) I have never actually seen motion pictures of the Twin Towers collapsing.
So, there. 7 things about me. OK. Now, the tag didn’t specifically indicate that I tag others, but just to be on the safe side, I’ll tag -
Marcy at Becoming Three
Kurt at Just a Few Thoughts
My friend at Divine Graffiti
Hope at Hope Lounge
Victoria at Windows to My Soul
There. I have made my offering to the Great Mother. Now I can rest assured that all will be well. Well, until another meme comes along….
Pistol Pete,
Happy to hear that you are recovering from your bug and feeling more upbeat.
Well, at least you now have the monkey off of your back.
Seven things about me huh? I think that I should enroll and graduate from Workshop #4 (Mastering the Ambiguous), before taking on such a task, what with my shady past and all. ;) Oh, the pressure!! Gee, I don’t know, I may end up scaring away the few faithful visitors that I do have, without benefit of the Seminary Course(s) in my arsenal.
Grace and peace be with you.
The Pistol fires back: And also with you.
Fine. After four rough drafts (two for someone who tagged me before you did) I’ve gone and done it.
http://prochaskas.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/seven-things/
The Pistol fires back: Thanks for your participation.
I’m sorry Pistol Pete, but I am just cheating just a little (a smidge) but I tagged you.
The Pistol fires back: Eeee gads. Well, since this tags comes by way of a cheat, I’m going to let it pass. Please forgive me, Mother Memes.
Has anyone ever seen motion pictures of the twein towers copllapsing?
They were shown ad nauseam on TV on 9/11, but on 10/11 (or should that be 11/10, or 9/12 or something?) the footage was gone, never to be seen again.
That was scary, and none of the conspiracy theories has mentioned it yet. Shall I start a new one?
The Pistol fires back: I meant I’ve only seen still photos. I’ve never even seen it on TV. And yes, by all means, start another conspiracy. We can always use another one.
There’s plenty of footage of the collapses on YouTube. Plenty of conspiracy theory too.
The Pistol fires back: Yeah, I’m sure I could watch them. But then, what would be unique about me?
I was responding to Steve. But while I have your attention and not your email addey, I just wanted to say you’re in my prayers and hope your well-being is improving with the new shrink.
The Pistol fires back: Thank you for your prayers and for checking in. I’m not doing better as yet, but there is always hope. Thanks again for dropping by.
pistol: sorry I’ve been so absent lately–have read your posts but have been SLAMMED at work. As for tags–I know that I have dropped enough tags in my life on email that already my family is going to perish, all my money will be taken from me, my car will be wrecked (actually that already happened last week) and all (the restof) my hair will fall out.
Having said that, I grabbed a book, turned to 123 and here are sentences 6-8:
“That’s why we’re given a lifetime to learn it. Of course, God wants us to love everyone, but he is particularly concerned that we learn to love others in his family. As we’ve already seen, this is the second purpose for your life.”
I bet you can guess it.
The Pistol fires back: Great to hear from you, Murph. And sorry to hear about the accident. Hope you are well. I’m guessing the book is “Purpose-Driven Life”, huh? I’m doing a sermon this week on “Fellowship” and I may just use this quote.
Oh my, you are the second person to tag me with this meme. Guilt has motivated me to finally post something…tomorrow.
The Pistol fires back: Guilt is good. I’ll look forward to seeing what you develop.