Writer's profile for 'Michael Gates'
Email address	gatesmichael@verizon.net
City	Jersey City
State	NJ
Country	USA
Sex	Male
Interests	current events, media, literature, hiking, woods, photography, fish, surrealism
Short bio	Writer, editor, blogger. I'm working on a book!
Comments	Visit my website: http://michaelgates.blogspot.com/

The Towers (standard:non fiction, 1881 words)
Author: Michael Gates	Added: Jan 19 2002	Views/Reads: 3951/2504	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
This is an essay about my experience on September 11th, 2001, and my "relationship" with the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
Time for a Bath? (standard:non fiction, 406 words)
Author: Michael Gates	Added: Mar 08 2002	Views/Reads: 4043/1	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Some thoughts on the bath vs. shower issue.
Cool: A Character Sketch (standard:humor, 528 words)
Author: Michael Gates	Added: May 19 2002	Views/Reads: 3888/1	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Smoking is bad, but Hollywood keeps telling us that cigarettes are sexy. Here's a guy who thinks he's solved that dilemma.
Behind the Eight Ball (standard:other, 474 words)
Author: Michael Gates	Added: Mar 11 2003	Views/Reads: 5505/2682	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A dialogue with an Eight Ball proves revealing.
A Visit to Madame Claude's (standard:humor, 567 words)
Author: Michael Gates	Added: Oct 06 2003	Views/Reads: 3975/1	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A 12-year-old Burger King fan visits a French restaurant.
The Night I Joined the "Cirkus" (standard:non fiction, 898 words)
Author: Michael Gates	Added: Feb 16 2004	Views/Reads: 3754/4	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
"I was beginning to realize that this would be no ordinary circus . . . My spouse insisted on sitting in the front row, which I knew could be trouble. I had a strong premonition that this was going to be one of those audience-participation spectacles
Would YOU Make a Good 'Manger'? (standard:Satire, 340 words)
Author: Michael Gates	Added: Jul 17 2012	Views/Reads: 6937/0	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Thoughts on typos. Those little slips of the mind or the typing fingers are easy to spot -- as long as they are made by other people.