Frank

[michaelgcasey]

Hello, I got over 500 people looking at my original post, in about 1 year. I'd like to multiply that by 1000000. So how can I do that? Well if you go to my site and use any made up email address THEN you can read the 1st 3 chapters of my book The Butcher, The Baker and The Undertaker by Michael Casey, thats me by the way. Its also available via Bookbutler on a whole host of other online book retailers. There are essays and plays too. So just get a hotmail account and login to http://groups.msn.com/michaelcasey and have a read. The book was originally written 20years ago, since then I'm a lot fatter and now am married with 2 girls.
Here's a serious piece though normal I write comedy.

Food For Thought
Think AS You Watch TV

By Michael Casey © --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As we sit in our armchairs watching the news , do we care what is going on over there , in some place hot , too hot to think about , or too cold to bear , ice and snow everywhere . Are we just waiting for the sports report , are we waiting to see was the battle hard or a walkover , did our favourite player score a home run , or 10 touchdowns , were the crowd , the audience behind him , did we win 100dollars from the bet we had on the side . In the interviews after the war was won , were we just watching to see the design on the teams shirt , is that a new logo , is that the same logo spruced up . Or is it a new logo entirely , does it make any difference in how the team played , or just another million dollars in the owners pocket , paid by us the audience , the fans , just so we can all look so identical . The reporters are screaming loudly , half excited and half in fear , they want to watch , they want to cover their eyes , but they are there so they must report . Are they in some arid desert , or in some cold cold place , pain and fear and hope etched on their face , are they in some war zone , or at the stadium , if all we heard were just their words , could we tell the difference , do we care , so long as we can switch it all off with our remote control .

Just a little food for thought , you can read my Betting On Disaster at http://groups.msn.com/MichaelCasey