To the Manual.

I used to read fiction books in my work breaks and other spare moments. I found myself at one point so deep into The Dark Tower I thought I was in there with Roland. It felt like I had lost a friend when I closed the rear cover of book seven and had to awake into, ‘My World’. Now I find myself more often than not reading some kind of manual or ‘how to’ book. These books have enabled me to give an entertaining Best Man speech for a friend, eat a healthy diet, change the focus area on my Nikon and get around in the problematic world of Microsoft Vista.

On my bookshelves reside many useful manuals and books but as I look along them there is one missing…. It would be such a help to me… If only I could find it…. If only it had been there in the first place. The ‘Manual for Me’ that’s what I need. In the Index it would tell me where to find the settings and adjustments that I require. I could start with the default settings. Envy, set to zero. Anger, set to only when really required. Jealousy, set to min. Love, set to Max. I could then move on to the more advanced options for the more experienced user of ‘Me’. Introspective Thinking, adjusted to a level as to not interfere with basic operation. Procrastination, set to holiday periods only.

I guess none of this would really be suited to a man as most of us tend to try and bumble along with the attitude of, ‘I don’t need that’. Me however…. I think I need ‘The Manual’.

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