This is for you, Janet of Lord Celery fame ~ does that make you Lady Celery? :) However, I have one slight little problem with fulfilling all your instructions for blog tag: Besides you, I have only one other friend with a blog, and this other friend would probably hurl me under a bus if I even tried to tag her. :) May I compensate by fulfilling your request twice?

My first contribution:
In 1956 Chamoun, unnerved by the Nasser phenomenon, dashed consensus politics and adopted a one-sided, pro-Western foreign policy. To the consternation of both the Muslim and the Lebanese nationalists, he refused to oppose the Baghdad Pact, a British-sponsored alliance formed to thwart Soviet moves along the USSR's southern flank. He refused to break off diplomatic relations with Britain and France in 1956, after the Europeans attacked Egypt along the Suez Canal to avenge Nasser's nationalization of the waterway. From Lebanon: A House Divided by Sandra Mackey ~ a book I'm really, truly reading for background material for my next novel ~ consequently it's on my desk now.

My other contribution ~ and PR for me:
“I will NOT!” Joe shouted. “I will pay for the baby and be a father to it, but I will not marry Claire Ella. I CAN’T marry Claire Ella.…” From my soon-to-be released novel, The Wading Place.

Since I have no one else to tag, am I *IT* forevermore? :) I'll post the directions here in case anyone else stumbles in and want wants to play ~ 'cause this is kinda fun! :)

1. Grab the nearest book.

2. Open the book to page 123.

3. Find the fifth sentence.

4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences 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.

6. Tag five people.

Am I the only one who has trouble uploading images to my blogger???