Chris Erskine: Open mouth and insert a foot. Or food, whichever is handier

As we were saying at work the other day: It's fall; eat a little. You'll soon wrap yourself in coats and sweaters. No one will be the wiser.

So go ahead, eat up. Orally insulate. All happiness starts with the mouth ... a chicken wing, a bite of cheesecake, a sloppy kiss, a witty remark.

I am sadly short of those, even though I am in the business of witty remarks. In fact, I hosted another big benefit the other night, in