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fluffybunny		2012-03-07 08:03:41 PM

23 votes:

Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast of Champions
Now the heat was all gone, too - into outer space, Trout supposed. It had boiled
water, and the steam had made steel windmills whiz around and around. The windmills
had made rotors in generators whiz around and around. America was jazzed with
electricity for a while.

kashari		2012-03-07 08:14:38 PM

14 votes:

"Spirit of the Horse"
(Arabian chapter)

"His action is a joy to behold - he moves freely and lightly, as though on springs - as he appears to float."

Ranger Joe		2012-03-07 08:46:36 PM

13 votes:

"The black rectangular slab that suddenly appeared before him was like an old friend..."

"2010: Odyssey Two" by Arthur C. Clarke, pg. 173.

kashari		2012-03-07 10:11:23 PM

12 votes:

"The Tao of Equus"

"As I researched the Tao of Equus, I was continually impressed with the powerful bonds women and horses instinctually develop, relationships that emphasize the potent healing qualities inherent in respectful interactions between the two species."

Elsinore		2012-03-07 08:17:59 PM

12 votes:

"Through the Ground Glass"

"The film plane is in the position of the film during exposure, or of the front surface of the ground glass without the film holder in place." --pg 18, _A User's Guide to the View Camera_ by Jim Stone

orionid		2012-03-07 08:06:04 PM

12 votes:

"Pray for sex"
~Carl Sagan, Contact

Clickr for Flickr

/Aisle seat, please.

kestrana		2012-03-07 08:03:53 PM

12 votes:

And lo, an arm and hand came forth and caught the sword, and brandished it three times, and vanished."
Sir James Knowles' "The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights"

Ranger Joe		2012-03-07 08:38:04 PM

11 votes:

"General Bradley was of the opinion that the Third Army was getting too much spread out, and would not be in a position to make what he called a "power drive" on Coblentz. He was assured that, owing to the road net, no power drive bigger than two divisions coujld be made, and that those drives were under way: in the VIII Corps the 11th and 90th; in the XII Corps the 4th Armored and 5th Divisions; in the XX Corps the 10th Armored and part of the 76th Division..."

"War as I Knew It" by General George S. Patton, Jr., pg. 238.

Mopsy		2012-03-07 08:11:02 PM

11 votes:

An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
"Do you want some tea?" "Only if there's a good deal of whisky in it." P.333

fluffybunny		2012-03-07 08:06:58 PM

11 votes:

Magnus Troilius
Chemistry of Iron, 1889
The solution is then evaporated with excess of strong hydrochloric acid by rapid boiling
on a large iron plate heated by one or more Fletcher's solid flame burners.

kestrana		2012-03-07 08:05:01 PM

11 votes:

"If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say this or that even, it never happened-that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death."
George Orwell's "1984"

orionid		2012-03-07 08:02:47 PM

11 votes:

"What's he saying?" asked Trillian.
"Nothing," said Zaphod, "he just phoned to wash his head at us."
~Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Ranger Joe		2012-03-07 08:51:14 PM

10 votes:

"General Taylor had wanted to carry on the January 9 attack right into Noville, but for that he needed tank support, and as the tanks could only operate on the road, he had to have Foy. The village had already changed hands four times..."

"Band of Brothers" by Stephen E. Ambrose, pg. 209.

sleeping		2012-03-07 08:05:55 PM

9 votes:

"Wonderful things, buses"
Hosts, F Paul Wilson

sleeping		2012-03-07 08:04:35 PM

9 votes:

"like the hamon, the grain of a sword can be mesmerizing"
Japanese Swords, Colin M Roach

kashari		2012-03-07 08:29:03 PM

8 votes:

"Chihuahua Kennel Club Book"

"Chihuahuas are sun-worshippers and will bask in the sun for hours. They will find that little pool of warm sun, even if indoors."

Linguine		2012-03-07 08:04:49 PM

8 votes:

"From this point on, those who accepted His message knew that we were to live a certain way-on the water in great wooden ships, loaded with grog, swag, and, hopefully, wenches." - The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

orionid		2012-03-07 08:04:21 PM

8 votes:

"Lothario said nothing to her the first three days"
~Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (Translation 1950 Peter Motteux)

Clickr for Flickr

Barracuda		2012-03-07 09:53:23 PM

7 votes:

"SunTour derailleur" - from "The Complete Book of Bicycling" 4th ed. by Eugene A. Sloane (circa mid 1980's)
Link to Big (new window)

Barracuda		2012-03-07 09:49:47 PM

7 votes:

"Photographing the Moon" - from "The complete guide to digital Night & Low-Light Photography by Tony Worobiec.
Link to Big (new window)

Mopsy		2012-03-07 08:20:00 PM

7 votes:

Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
"Burn it all! Burn it all!" p. 44
"...an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated mountain village." Back Cover

fluffybunny		2012-03-07 08:13:07 PM

7 votes:

The Foxfire Book Volume 1
Eliot Wiggington
Get something like a penny that someone would want to pick up.
Put some blood from the wart on it and throw it into the road.
When someone picks it up, the wart will go away.

Linguine		2012-03-07 08:03:56 PM

7 votes:

"Binky dropped until his hooves grazed the tops of the pine trees, which bent in his wake." - The Hogfather

Yugoboy		2012-03-07 08:02:44 PM

7 votes:

from 101 Damnations^
pg.106 "ribbony network of cement known as your city's sidewalks"

Linguine		2012-03-07 08:02:55 PM

6 votes:

"The first minifigure" - Standing Small
/yes, I own a lego book too

Yugoboy		2012-03-07 08:01:59 PM

6 votes:

from 101 Damnations^
pg. 94 "...a few hundred parking spots (all of which are marked "compact" while we drive SUVs with names that approximate their size..."

kestrana		2012-03-07 08:01:51 PM

6 votes:

"No wine is half so intoxicating as your beauty"
George R.R. Martin's "A Dance with Dragons"

Mopsy		2012-03-07 08:15:13 PM

5 votes:

Roland Martin's 101 Bass Catching Secrets
"Night Jitterbugging requires clear water, just as regular night fishing does, because this is topwater fishing." p.316

sleeping		2012-03-07 08:02:31 PM

5 votes:

"the front pocket of the bag"
Sixty-one of Nails, Mike Shevdon

Ennuipoet		2012-03-07 08:01:05 PM

4 votes:

Click for Flickr^
"Easiest. Theme. Evar."

predle		2012-03-08 08:55:26 AM

3 votes:

Best Hikes Near Denver and Boulder (my bible)
Partway up Creek Bottom Trail there is a picnic table at an overlook of a waterfall.
/not sure if this is kosher but I have two pictures for the same quote from two different times of year

oddmind		2012-03-07 11:50:31 PM

3 votes:

National Geographic, March 2012, Page 38

"They were unlikely leaders."
(I blurred the kids' faces because I think they were under age, and certainly cutting school.)

Yoyo		2012-03-08 01:00:59 AM

2 votes:

HOW YOUR GARDEN GROWS
As the season shift and change, you'll have limitless possibilities for
imaginative and stunning photographs. But each new season will present
fresh challenges, as well as new blooms and fauna.
from Digital Photography Made Easy

oddmind		2012-03-07 11:55:47 PM

2 votes:

National Geographic, March 2012, Page 128

"We built in The City."
(Capitalization of "The City" added by me.)

geom_00		2012-03-07 08:39:57 PM

2 votes:

(3/3)

When the Moon is Full

/Bigger (new window)

geom_00		2012-03-07 08:37:06 PM

2 votes:

(2/3)

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader

/Bigger (new window)

Ennuipoet		2012-03-07 08:02:32 PM

2 votes:

Click For Flickr^
"This idea is either brilliantly off beat or there will be dozens of similar entries in this thread."

Ennuipoet		2012-03-07 08:01:51 PM

2 votes:

Click For Flickr^
"Clearly, I failed my Saving Throw vs Inspiration"

Yugoboy		2012-03-07 08:01:15 PM

2 votes:

from 101 Damnations^
pg. 117 "Golf spelled backwards is flog"

Yoyo		2012-03-08 12:55:44 AM

1 votes:

Notation

oddmind		2012-03-07 11:52:32 PM

1 votes:

National Geographic, March 2012, Page 93

"Rock"

geom_00		2012-03-07 08:34:38 PM

1 votes:

(1/3)

Dracula

/Bigger (new window)
//I'm doing these wrong, but I don't have time to retake my pictures. I like these though..so...oh well.

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