Sentience in a seed-pod

Beware the dangers of pork! No I haven't contracted a brain parasite (that I know of). But I did break a tooth on a pork chippolata. And now, due to my location, I am forced to wait until I return on Wednesday to have (HORROR!) my dentist's appointment. Erg! Perhaps my overuse of emphatic punctuation will illustrate my abject fear of any in the dental profession.

I'm starting to think this is Kathy Reimers doing. She had a dental appointment just the other day! Coincidence? You decide.