Construction site O.R., Malibu, CA

These are the little guys I pulled out of my finger. The top one had to come all the way through with pliers--just like in the movies when the guy pulls an arrow out of the guy's back. The other one was longer but subtler. You can see the end of it protruding just under the point of the top one, but the entry site is way over on the left of the finger.
I will say I felt rather rough and ready after the ordeal. Perhaps just a notch or two under the poor sap who had to cut his arm off with a pocket knife so he could get down out of the mountains.
Well, almost a notch or two.