Learned a valuable lesson today while walking home from school today…

When the wind is blowing vigorously on a January afternoon, avoid walking directly under palm trees. You see, they’ve got these little seeds that when accelerated by the aforementioned gusts of wind can darn well take your eye out. I got lucky and was only pelted on the chin with one of these little agents of death, but none the less my future career was in jeporday.

Here’s a shot of the projectile. Live in fear.