The Difference Between Me and Others

Today I was on the law school campus and I saw a lone foam packing peanut flit gracefully to the ground.

The average person would look at it and say to themselves, "Huh. That's a bit odd," before continuing on their way, the experience forever buried in their minds.

I, however, instantly envisioned a scenario where a top secret government cargo plane had been grievously attacked, and that moments later what was left of a pilot's burning corpse would hit the ground with a sickening thud. (It didn't, by the way.)

The thing is, however, is that it could have.