the weirdest tag ever

This is from Scott (Animal). Freak. Here is the thing I am tagged to do:

1. Find the nearest book.
2. Name the book & the author.
3. Turn to page 123.
4. Go to the fifth sentence on the page. (Aside: Fifth full sentence? That's what I'm assuming.) Copy out the next three sentences and post to your blog.
5. Tag three more folks.

OK.

The Book: The Body and the Book: Writing from a Mennonite Life by Julia Kasdorf. It was sitting on my scanner.

The sentences: "I now have reason to believe that H.S. Bender did not announce Marilyn Monroe's suicide, but the image is striking, and its mythic possibilities persist. How to reconcile those symbols: Bender in black, Marilyn in white; a man of the book, a woman reduced to the body--which was aligned with some of the most powerful men of her day. Mennonite intellectual authority and female allure."

(This actually goes onto page 124 because there is a picture of a group of pasty, black-clad intellectual Mennonite men on page 123.)

I tag Joe, Gade, and Mary. They are all rather infrequent bloggers, but likely to have books lying around.

I promise one of these days I'll write a real post. But most likely not before January. I'll be on the road off and on for the next week, seeing friends and family and looking after the folks' house a bit. I'll try to write something next week, though, even if it's just a short one. Happy holidays, all.