Book meme...
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kismatt:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
"Cradoc, a sailor in the Elizabethan tradition who was determined not to repeate Milne's mistake during the Goeben and Breslau episode of letting any German opponent escape, pushed ahead with his collection of weap ships, leaving Canopus to limp along 300 miles behind."
-- From Intelligence in War, by John Keegan, page 123, para. 1, 5th sentence.
Yes, this is within reach on my desk.
Why, yes, I am a geek, thank you. And a NAVY geek at that! ;)
kismatt:1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
"Cradoc, a sailor in the Elizabethan tradition who was determined not to repeate Milne's mistake during the Goeben and Breslau episode of letting any German opponent escape, pushed ahead with his collection of weap ships, leaving Canopus to limp along 300 miles behind."
-- From Intelligence in War, by John Keegan, page 123, para. 1, 5th sentence.
Yes, this is within reach on my desk.
Why, yes, I am a geek, thank you. And a NAVY geek at that! ;)