So about the accident. A couple of days ago, coming back from lunch, my friend and I were in an automobile accident. We were going through an intersection in his pickup truck when we were broadsided on the driver's side by a Ford Explorer. We fishtailed, then rolled over, spinning and sliding on the roof of the truck as glass shattered around us. We finally stopped about forty feet later, rotated almost 270 degrees. As I hung from my seat belt, I turned to my friend and asked him (stupidly), "What just happened?"

"We got hit." [Duh.]

And then we unlatched our seat belts, fell onto the roof, and crawled out through the broken windows. We were unbelievably lucky to have survived with as few injuries as we have (he broke his finger and has a bump on his head, I have some cuts and bruises) and I have no doubt that we would not have survived if we hadn't been wearing our seat belts.

So buckle up, please.