Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings tagged me as part of what's being called the 161 meme. Apparently, I'm supposed to go the 161st page of the book I'm reading and share the 6th sentence, so here goes . . .
I'm reading How Life Imitates Chess by Garry Kasparov, and the relevant sentence is:
"The media attention for the first game of the rematch was beyond that of a world championship."
It pertains to Kasparov's matches against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in 1996 and 1997. About the only parallel I can draw to genealogy is the amount of media attention genealogy has been getting of late -- especially in the realm of genetics.
So there you have it. I'm now supposed to tag 5 others, but it seems plenty of folks have already been tagged, so I'll let this particular meme-branch take a Sunday afternoon respite.
Comments (2)
My blog has been idle for over a year now, but I do still read, so I'll help you out here.
Page 161, sentence 6: "The black hats are outnumbered only by chickens."
More fun if I don't tell you the book don't you think?
~Sharon
Posted by Sharon Elliott | November 18, 2007 11:43 PM
Posted on November 18, 2007 23:43
Ok, enough suspense.
The sentence is from "The year of living biblically: one man's humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible" by A.J. Jacobs. The sentence describes the scene at a Hasidic chicken-killing ritual.
I know it's hard to imagine it with that scene in mind, but the book is really both funny and insightful.
Posted by Sharon Elliott | November 20, 2007 6:53 AM
Posted on November 20, 2007 06:53