in spikey news.

it seems in a strange colliding of news and real life, both me and Steve Irwin (rest him) have suffered similar injuries. I came off better anyway. The top of my big toe is chock full of sea urchin spikes that no amount of fingernail pinching, pin prodding or tweezer shenanigans will remove. They're stuck. But sure I'm here to tell the tale. My Croat colleague tells me they were par for the course when he were a wee lad, but that I should maybe get them out all the same.

the offending creature