This is not the post I was intending to write this evening, but ... I need to write things down to sort them out in my head as best as possible. At approximately 2:50PM on my walk home from the metro station, I was attacked from behind. I have walked down Wayne Avenue at least twice a day for 5 years, at all hours of the day and night. I have always felt perfectly safe doing so. Even today didn't seem out of the ordinary. As I approached the intersection of Dale and Wayne, I passed a young black man in his early 20s. I made eye contact and nodded. I crossed Dale and heard a noise. I turned and saw someone running up Dale. That's when I noticed someone following me. I turned off my iPod and reached for my phone. And he jumped me, putting me in a chokehold and trying to pull me to the ground. I began hitting him over my shoulder with my large umbrella (which, sadly, is now in pieces). I hit myself in the head a couple times, too, and have a few lumps. He pulled me to the ...
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ReplyDeleteI haven't had a drink in DAYS . . . all is well.
This sounds fishy.
Good to see evidence of your alivedness. Are you still with the parental units? I eagerly await the return to normalcy here at VUBOQ.
ReplyDeleteAfter this past month, I am pretty sure that I will go through the DT's when I visit my own parents.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Earl, something smells fishy.
ReplyDeleteI am studiously avoiding tequila.
ReplyDeleteI am missing my daily vuboq libation.
ReplyDeleteNo drink? Are you sure you're alive?
So you are barely alive?
ReplyDeleteNo boozage? That sucketh.
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