Cassilis

1. Pick up the nearest book
2. Open to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentence
4. Post the next three sentences
5. Tag five people and acknowledge who tagged you

Tom's also already used the one decent gag in response to this which, with a 2 year old around may have been a serious option for me. Still with my copy of The Gruffal0 elsewhere (ahem, sorry - Joseph's copy) I'll have to play this one straight. First one my hand hits is Robert Dallek's 'Nixon & Kissinger: Partners in Power' which I've been struggling through for a few weeks:

"When Nixon and Kissinger told Hoover that the May 9 and earlier leaks "were more than just damaging; they were potentially dangerous to National Security," Hoover began tapping the phons of three Nationl Security Officials identified by Henry - Daniel Davidson, Morton Halperin, and Hal Sonnenfeldt - and one defence department officer, Colonel Robert Pursley, a Laird assistant. Within days, two other NSC staff members came under scrutiny as well: Richard Moose and Richard Sneider. FBI agents also began listening to the conversations of four journalists - Beecher and Hendrick of the Times, an Elnglish correspondent based in Washington, Henry Brandon of the Sunday Times of London, and CBS newsman Marvin Kalb."

Not the most enlightening paragraph in the book but hey rules are rules and I've only got to page 142 anyway.

I'll tag Bob, Chris, Donal, Matt W and Hopi...