MOTHERS' DAY
I couldn't connect to the e-card site I've been using to e-mail you and I remembered someone telling me about a web based e-mail service called "Hotmail" so I tried www.hotmail.com and here I am. You can e-mail me at johnmcq@hotmail.com. Sundays we do an extended sportscast called "Sunday Sports Extra" which, if you sat through the entire tape I sent you, you've seen two editions of. Before the show begins the news anchors finish the news, do their little happy anchor banter, then introduce me over on the Sports Extra set, which isn't really a set, it's just me standing in front of a blue wall over which they can superimpose all the fancy stuff you see on the screen. Anyway, this past Sunday the news ended with a cutesy kicker story about Mother's Day. During the ensuing anchor banter the female anchor Diane tells people that the male anchor Steve wants everybody to know that Father's Day is a mere five weeks away. They laugh at their hilarity and Steve then leads into me by saying, "John, I hope you're a father real soon." That's when I start laughing as I say, "I hope not because I'm not even married yet!" Oh, yeah. Happy anchor banter. You can't do a newscast without it. Too bad. I began the Sunday show by saying that I had called my mom and told her, "I love you mom, but this is a bogus holiday. Speaking of holidays," I continued, "the Chicago Bulls seem intent on sending the Atlanta Hawks onto one." OK, so it was weak but I got to express my feeling that Mother's Day and Father's Day and Grandparent's Day and all other related relatives' days were the most fraudulent excuses for holidays in this hemisphere. I believe that mothers should be honored on their children's birthdays. After all, who did all the work that day? As I recall, all I did was cry and demand to be fed. I think there was a request to be put back inside my cozy little cave but my memory of the day is a little hazy. Why should anyone throw a party for that? Plus, this way, mothers of more children would get more recognition. If Mother's Day is a celebration of motherhood, shouldn't the women who have the most children get to celebrate the most? I don't know but I do know that if I am ever lucky/unlucky/dumb (circle one) enough to become a father, Father's Day will not be celebrated in my house. Gosh, I sound like a dad already. If I could just find a willing woman.... Oh, well. A boy can dream, can't he? Take care -- and write me!
John McQ
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