Two examples of how my life goes sometimes.

1. On Monday, I gave the campus life presentation to a group of incoming students here for the Freshman Assessment Program (at least that's what I think it's called; nope, it's the Foundation Assessment Program). It's a fun filled day of testing and getting talked to by administrators. It's not even an overnight, taking away some of the zaniness that some orientation programs present.

In any case, the usual m.o. was to get to the FAP lunch location early, spread out, and wait for the kids to show and eat with them and answer their questions (the one time students actually talked to me, we wound up talking about hideous sports injuries). Past lunches included a teriyaki chicken and lasagne. What is it on my day? Tacos.

You may be thinking, "So?" Consider this: I was wearing a white shirt. And have a tendency to spill.

But the expected catastrophe didn't occur. O happy day! The talk went fine, the tour only marred by my forgetting my ID to get into one of the buildings, and some of the students were actually engaging as we walked.

So I dodged one there, but fate will undoubtedly get me back when I least expect it.

2. Germany beat South Korea yesterday to get into the World Cup final. I did predict this (not the score, but the result), so what's the problem?

In my World Cup Challenge group on ESPN.com, I originally picked Germany to win it all. I then read more about the groups and saw what others picked, and changed my finals selection to Italy. You see how well that worked out.

At least I didn't have any money on it.

I also have an unrelated question for you, my public. Has anyone out there ever been to Normandy? I'm thinking about trying to get over to the D-Day sites while I'm over there, and could use some suggestions as to how to get there from Britain, the best places to go, and so on. I'd like to fit in Mont St. Michel and the Bayeux Tapestry as well, but will take what I can get. Write me if you've got pointers!