Sheriff’s deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Motel 6 in Hagerstown, Maryland, asked James Jackson why he had a car key embedded in his temple, just above his right ear. Jackson explained—before being admitted for key-removal surgery at Washington County Hospital—that he had been having an argument with his girlfriend, Rana Momen-Kinnard, when she attempted to ignite his brain. We could have told her, from years of couples counseling, that a male brain in that situation will not turn over.