Meme from aberwyn

* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.


"My favorite of all historic goblets was a glowing red cup, six and a half inches high (16.5 centimeters), constructed around the year three hundred and something A.D. (a fair time ago, when one looked back from two thousand)."

Dick Francis: Shattered .

Wow

Today I heard the most interesting advertisement on KFOG, my local rock station. It was for, um, employment.

At the CIA.

I wish I had not been driving and had been able to transcribe the text of the ad; it was fascinating. According to the website,

The CIA is the premier agency responsible for providing global intelligence on the ever-changing political, social, economic, technological and military environment. Here, your paramount goal and mission will be to protect the national security of the United States. Virtually any job you can imagine is available at the CIA — plus, some you can’t even imagine.

Oh, I dunno about that. I have a vivid imagination.