That place-kicking story was my choice of "Feel-Good Story of the Day" yesterday on my yahoogroup. Here's the best paragraph:
Gizmo went flying into the air in a high arc. The man
and two friends with him laughed, and then ran away,
Lewis said. For a moment, Lewis stood still, his eyes
following Gizmo's body until it smacked onto the
pavement and then rolled a couple of feet beneath a
parked car.
That is a high fucking slow-motion arc!