Personally, I would have titled it "Hungry Games" – a little play on words that might attract readers with something sounding less interesting than my college thesis: "The Sex Life of the Canadian Hockey Puck". At least I got points for humor while not enough to rise above C level.

It's a safe bet – assuming the current public school 'reading for comprehension' rate – you're not going to invest 15 minutes of your life to read something as apparently boring as this. Who could blame you when the college football season isn't over yet? Isn't "Wheel of Fortune" on tonight? And what about the PA vote count? So there you have it.

But…

What if I told you Birsin's piece will scare the living crap out of you – as well it should? What if "The Hunger Games" wasn't all just books and movies, but more accurate than the last weather forecast?