Fall Season

You didn’t really think I wouldn’t write about this did you? Sometimes column fodder just falls in your lap— or something.

” All I know is one minute I was walking and talking and the next I was flying. Kind of. My takeoff was good, but my landing needs a bit of work.

When I described what happened, a young friend exclaimed, “Oh, not the run-fall!” Apparently, the run-fall, as opposed to the stumble-fall, slip-fall or windmill-arms-almost-fall, is the most embarrassing kind of public tumble. Who knew?

In the few seconds it took for me to launch myself from sidewalk to street I had time for one thought: I hope I don’t spill my coffee. It was good coffee.” More here: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/12/winter-might-just-worsen-fall-season/

Have you ever had a black-eye? How did you get it?