(Stolen by a cadre of ninjas from Nat.)
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.
6. Tag another person.
He held it to the light. A single bit of sediment coiling in the jar on some slow hydraulic axis. He tipped the jar and drank and he drank slowly but still he drank nearly the whole jar.
Cormac McCarthy, The Road.
EDIT: I have decided to actually tag people, which Nat didn't do, making me a slightly better person than he is.
I hereby tag Bruce, Zeke, UnFreddy Jones, Rachel D, Rachel E, and Fred Jones (just because he won't respond).