FaceBookMeme

I like how three four-letter words can come together in such intimidating synergy. Face. Book. Meme.

It might seem trivial to you, but these three words represent three of the most powerful concepts known to the ancients. I've written about face before, as in the Greek prosopon; books I've written about before, and the Greek biblion more or less carries the kind of connotations we want. And 'meme', a conflation first coined by the egregious Dawkins from the Greek mimesis ('presentation', 'representation' or 'stage-acting') and mneme ('memory'), is a modernised variant of the mind-viruses that swept the world after the coming of the Classical Greek era. (Note: Dawkins denies that he'd ever heard of mneme when he came up with meme. Philistine.)

But enough with the etymology already. Here's a FaceBookMeme:

Rules:

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 57.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post your sentence in a comment here as well, including the title of book and author.
5. Post that sentence along with these instructions in a note to your wall (or on your blog).

That's it!

Here's mine:

"After 6 d4 b5 7 Bb3 d5 8 dxe5 Be6 the most fashionable move is 9 Nbd2 (columns 43-45), immediately contesting the strong Black knight on e4." Modern Chess Openings (6th Ed), Nick de Firmian.