Sooz,
Mike has his own web site with a link to his email address, I just typed Mike Silver in either Google or MSN search engines,

Harvey,
I too thought "But he's five cans down a six pack, he's not listening anymore" was a wondeful piece of writing, but the one that set my imagination is "in this lovers search and rescue, will they find what they might keep"
I just thought of a love being in peril on the sea of life and as earch and rescue operation was a brilliant ides