I'm glad you survived it all with your sense of humor Al. I'm glad you're okay though, a fall at our age usually results in broken bones. I recently took a spill on my E-bike and broke a rib. Just glad it wasn't a hip!

Your day sounded like something I would have happen to me. I've actually had the same type of "emergency" treatment experience. Glad you're ok.

We've just been rehashing everything over and over again here anyway. Yesterday, Corry did another good one about Jordan Love's contract situation, but I'm sure we'll go over that again soon, so you'll be able to catch up. Dusty's play work is about the closest thing we have to real football right now. Hope you can convince him to keep plugging along on those in his spare time. I learn so much from you guys.

Two more weeks till camp and I can't wait!

Al glad you are back and feeling better and that you enjoyed your vacation or at least made the most of it.

Do not worry I have had maybe 5 concussions (not all diagnosed because it was before they took them seriously) and I can find a few people that will say I am normal. No I do not pay them to say that.

So I believe the Packers have delayed signing Love to a new contract to make sure you were back from your vacation so you could write about it. So now they waited for you to tell the story of your mishap before they signed Love. So with the vacation and mishap over they will sign Love to a contract.

I hate painful learning experiences and appreciate your sharing of the mishap. I’ve had numerous “near misses” and vow never to do anything so careless after each one, only to court disaster in a slightly different way.
Training camp should expedite the healing process, but avoid face palms for now.

Glad to hear that you're (relatively) okay.

"The Boys in the Boat" is an excellent book.

I almost had a similar experience going down the basement stairs. The dog likes to explore down there while I'm doing laundry and I was heading down with a tall laundry basket in one hand and a tote bag with detergent and other sundries. The dog got excited and tried to beat me down the stairs and almost took me out. Like you my thought was toss the laundry basket and land on that but I'm glad it didn't come to that. My luck it would have been an elbow or a knee. Now I make sure the dog is aware I'm going into the basement and let him go 1st.

Glad to hear you survived reasonably intact Al! Head wounds are nasty and your fall could have been much worse. Just a reminder that we can't do all the things we used to do when we were young - make two trips with less luggage and one hand on the railing.

I really enjoyed "The Boys in the Boat", I hope you did too.

Al, I'm Happy to read that you are OK after your mishap and you were still able to enjoy your vacation. We all need to lighten the load as we get older. Looking forward to your upcoming articles as always. Thanks, Since '61

Sh*t, Al. That could have had a much different outcome. I'm relived to know Behnke won't be posting any future updates like "good news, Al pointed to a picture of a train today in therapy *and* made a sweet trivet in OT."

We're at the age where avoiding falls is best. Speedy recovery, friend.

Sorry you lost a day of vacation to the bad fall Al. Also very happy you made it through the experience with your newly validated brain and sense of humor intact. Stairs are the devil!

Remember Al - 🎼 you will be victorious 🎵 🎶

"She tells me it's not a cut and dried (no pun intended) stitch job and she would feel better having a plastic surgeon look at it."

Phew! It's nice to know that your career as a fuzzy-headed, scalp model isn't in jeopardy! ;)

" says she'll stitch it up, but first I should have a CAT scan. "

...and we wonder why our health care costs are so high...whether it's human or animal care, most simple manipulations require all these additional tests and consults.

Al, referencing the line in "Ground Hog Day", you took a doozy and it seem if a person lives long enough it's bound to happen.

I also did a doozy some years back walking in my brothers garage during a visit to Wisconsin. It was dark and required a slight right turn to enter his house and I made a slight left in the dark and walked straight off and down a flight of 13 steps which led to his basement. A nasty fall and a trip to the emergency room revealed a concussion and badly bruised body which to this day limits the time I can sit on a hard bench. Of course just like your spill, there is zero chance of that ever happening to us again, but in retrospect, once was one too many.

So you're saying the woman two doors down at the emergency room was full of crap? I'll see myself out, thank you.

one day you will be exceptionally happy that a plastic surgeon did those stitches. It's literally the difference between having your clothes repaired by a tailor or by hand stitching them yourself. I had a laceration clear through my ear that I was fortunate enough to have had an attending plastic surgeon do the work on - the scar is unnoticeable, the skin smooth.

also, this keeps up your family is going to put you in a home.

Ouch!!!
Sad for your mishap, Al, glad for your recovery.
We're putting you on the injured list for precautionary reasons, so that you can ease yourself into the lineup at your own pace.
We want you to be right for the first preseason game only one month from today against the Browns.
God bless!
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Haven't read it, but just saw an interesting book for consideration: "Third Down and a War to Go," by Terry Frei, which is about the 1942 Wisconsin Badgers football season (including "Crazylegs" Hirsch) and their subsequent transition to soldiers in World War II.
What I've been reading is about the Civil War, including "Victors in Blue" by Albert Castel.
Today I'm expecting for delivery a book entitled "Grant Under Fire" by Joseph Rose, which seems to question the famous general in both his integrity and ability.
It appears there are a few books of the past ten years or so by authors more or less critical of Grant (e.g., Frank Varney and David Moore), published coincidentally with books by authors with high praise of Grant (e.g., Ron Chernow and H. W. Brands).
It seems an intriguing dichotomy that isn't necessarily always contradictory -- and a fascinating topic for discussion that has relevancy in how we see history in general (including sports history), and even how we perceive current events.
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I hope other fans are finding good ways to make the most of our time during the offseason, in addition to some hanging out at CHTV.
Please be careful to stay safe in the weeks leading up to training camp.
My best to all.

Glad you're okay, Al. I've had a number of falls (not having a left kneecap means you can't catch yourself) on stairs especially and know the feeling well. Hilarious comment about your wife "cleaning up the scene of the crime", LOL. I had a fall while installing a railing on my basement steps where I landed at the bottom of the steps, temporarily was knocked out, and came to with a drywall screw in each palm (my arms were spread out palms up) and crossed ankles with one ankle severely sprained. As an atheist it was amusing to me that I seemed to have a perfect crucifixion pose. The day included going to the hospital to have my ankle cast. While a neighbor was taking me there, I had to stop to check on my car (it was my birthday, a Saturday, and I had to get the keys back from the shop installing my new car stereo). Naturally, my parked car had by hit by another driver while I was having my basement accident! Glad they checked your head and found nothing, er, I mean no internal damage. Heal quickly, we need your "polluted" perspective to get through the days until training camp! Edit: It is kind of funny that this story is sub-headlined, "the weekly brain drain" don't you think?

Old people have to be more careful because falls can be serious. I took a fall a couple of years ago that put me in the hospital for a couple of days, and since then, I'm a lot more cautious. My advice is to spend as much time as you can floating in your pool, because if you fall off your floaty the water will cushion the fall.

The plastic surgeon should have given you a complimentary hat to wear to cover that wound until it heals up. Also a good time to be grateful for hair on your head instead of baldness. You still could have probably played around on the beach if you had worn a bathing cap (they do make them for men); but no wading out into the ocean as a nearby shark might sense a tasty meal.

Glad your recovering nicely. Looks like a nasty cut. Last year while one of the pack games was on, I poured a drink and headed down to the family room, looked at the tv, missed a step and fell flat on my face. My face was okay but I spilled a dam drink. Key words, pay attention to what your doing on steps and in our house with four levels we have lots of them.

As everyone knows I post here from time to time. What none know about is that I'm an award winning author of fiction. Not trying to start anything, just suggesting a book all football fans would enjoy and that is "Blood, Sweat, and Chalk". It gives a good history of the football innovations over the decades and how the defenses had to adjust to those innovations.
Also expect a great football book to be out next year that features a Packer QB....

Al, you didn’t have to go to such great lengths just to have a topic for this week’s “Confessions…”. A simple “the dog ate my homework” would’ve gotten you a bye this week. 😉

GPG!

Glad that you are ok. There is mounting evidence that growing old sucks.

"the test confirms that I do, in fact, have a brain (take that, haters!),"

Any picture proof on that?! :)

Glad to know you survived that. You almost but didn't quite make it to training camp. Hope yours is the last injury that we hear about for a long long time.

As I can understand from all your posts on this article, we are pretty similar age (we are or becoming old!).

Also, most of us had similar experience with different outcome, Al. Some had bad wounds, some pass with luck.

What I learned from my experiences is that is hard to adjust state of our bodies with state of our minds. Our minds are always "younger" and we still feel we can do things as we did them always. The hardest is to accept that we can not do the things as we used to. The very ordinary small things in our life. I had similar experience, more than once. After some stupid events I went through, I found that one of the proverbs is very clever: "Own experience is the teacher of fools!"

So, what I did. Before I claim to myself that I can do somethin I did in the past so many times, I stop and remind myself of my age. Than I reconsider my decision. At the beggining I was not so succesful in fullfiling my decision, but, by time, I establish that pronciple. For example, I adore to drive, and in the past I had no problem to drive distances more than 650 or more miles at once, stopping just to refill the car with fuel, w/o any substantial resting time. Today, at my age (64 yo), I stop at least for 30 to 45 minutes every 110 to 130 miles to rest my body, despite my brain telling me that I can go further. I started to respect changes in my body because of the age. Every stairs I respect, going up or dowm. I have no problems, but, again, respect my age.

After all, I still make mistakes in assessments of some situations, but I can say not so often.

You may be younger than I am, Al, but father time catches everyone, rarely at first, later more often with more serious consequences. As one of my favorite writer on this web page and community, I hope you learned your lesson that went well, as it could be.

I wish you the best in future and hope described event will have no consequences on your private or professional life.

Since you had a plastic surgeon attend you, I expect a scar in the shape of a "G."

Pro tip: Tell them you feel nauseous. Cuts the ER time in half.

Heal fast, Al. You got this!