The Bloggers Equivalent To A Chain Letter

Ok, so I got hit with this Literary Meme by Larry Litle at Simple Thoughts of a Complex Mind. My personal opinion is that this meme crap is like spam, or a chain letter. But I am a team player most of the time, so I 'll oblige then pass it on like a good blogger.

First of all...what is a meme you ask? Well, according to QuixtarBlog, in a post called Blogging 101 - The Blog Meme:

The Blog Meme
A blog meme is a type of Internet meme that requires active participation by the blogger and rarely traces back to an originating source. It's often a series of questions that a blogger answers to share some personal perspective or experience on random topics.

So there you have it. Now for my boring literary spooge...

Here is what I am tasked with:

1. look up page 123 in the nearest book
2. look for the fifth sentence
3. then post the three sentences that follow that fifth sentence on page 123.

I'm currently attempting to read Double-Digit Growth by Michael Tracy. I turn to page 123, go down five sentences and find:

There are industries where the sport is relatively gentlemanly--consumer packaged goods, for instance. Market share wars in that industry usually amount to a lot of pushing and shoving at the line of scrimmage, with not a lot of field gain to show for it. In a good year, Pepsi might take a point of market share from Coke. (Double-Digit Growth page 123)

So there you have it. I feel so dirty, I feel like I need to shower. However, to keep things rolling along in true spam...err meme fashion, I am going to tag:

1. Chris over at The World According to Chris Brewer - Because he's a new friend, and I want to share the love.
2. Jeff over at The Skinny Guru - Because he's been lazy, and I think he needs to post more.
3. Emily over at TV People Are People Too - Because she was tapped by Larry, but I figure a good double tap may actually make her prove my theory wrong...that is she is way too busy to read anything with 123 pages.