"The Thwack of God" is a humorous monologue suitable for presentation at High School Speech Competitions. This monologue tells the story of a "funniest home videos" boyhood event which happened while playing baseball. "The Thwack of God" handles a delicate subject with a deft touch, allowing the humor to emerge without making the audience uncomfortable. When you add your acting and speech skills to this monologue, you will have a dynamite performance that will have your audience listening to every word, learning about physics, and laughing as they do it. High School students are winning competitions with this monologue. Buy it before this monologue becomes common knowledge.
About the Author: Martin Keech resides in Olmsted County, Minnesota - The Land of 10,000 Lakes. Ironically, Olmsted County is the only county in Minnesota to not have a natural lake. This omission gives Martin plenty of time indoors with which to write. If Martin was better looking he would be a professional actor, and if Martin was a better writer, he would be a professional writer. Alas, he is neither of these things, and so Martin has been forced to make a living as a computer programmer specializing in web programming. As such Martin has survived IBM, and he has been seen haunting the halls of Mayo Clinic, the State of Illinois, and other otherwise reputable companies in the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Martin admits to fathering four children, each of which has survived the ordeal and has gone his/her separate ways. Martin refuses to use the word "their" as the singular pronoun of indeterminate gender. Martin has been seen shamelessly exposing the public to his thespian acts in and around Rochester, MN. While local law enforcement classifies Martin as being generally benign and harmless, his choice in outerwear has been known to startle skittish children, so beware of that. Martin keeps piranhas and he refuses to say why. There are rumors that Martin is the superhero Major Rick Talon, but these rumors have never been confirmed. Martin thinks that he can sing. Martin cannot sing. Martin notices people who use the word "can" when they should use the word "may." Martin thinks that French Horn players are the best kissers, and that people who are left handed are the next step in human evolution. Martin plays the French Horn and Martin is left handed. Martin admires people who read the documentation, all the way to the end.