I WAS JUST ATTACKED IN THE HEAD BY A BIRD

all Hitchcock style. They've posted these signs around the fountain in Levi's Plaza that there are birds nesting there and that they're aggressive protectors, but I didn't think anything of them since I'm not the type to splash around in a fountain with a DOWN WITH DUCKS T-shirt on or swinging I EAT DUCK BABIES PEKING STYLE sign.

Anyway, I walked along the back walkway to Il Fornaio and saw a duck splashing and shaking its tail feathers and thought, "Aw, duckie!" Then I felt something bump into my head. I thought I had perhaps walked under some low branches, but the pecking-like sensation continued. I realized that there were no trees around and I stole a glance behind me and I saw a flurry of feathers.

I swatted blindly a few times behind me! I remembered that I should continue walking forward! The pecking followed me! It was all really funny and scary at the same time! Hey man, I was just looking, no need to get all up in my grill!

It was all over in a few seconds, and I got my salami sandwich okay, and I was very careful to walk back to the office far, far away from the fountain.