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Saturday, August 22, 2009

A not-so Elegant Stinkhorn; or There's a fungus among us

As I went to our backyard Saturday morning to "pick up the dog doo, hope that it's hard" in preparation for cutting grass, I spied something strange sticking out of the ground just at the base of our steps.

It looked like a carrot growing the wrong way. I touched it and it felt spongy. Figured it was some sort of fungus, and it definitely looked, well, phallic-like.

At the very least, it looked silly.

Or, maybe the backyard was flipping me off.

Anyway, I did what any other normal, adult male with a juvenile mind would do. I called out my wife, Amy, and our kids to have them have a look at it.

This evening, while searching for "carrot orange fungus," I found that the odd thing sticking out of my yard was an Elegant Stinkhorn. Neither Amy nor I had seen anything like it before.

Being that it gave us a bit of a chuckle this morning, thought I'd share it with you.



-Michael

Friday, February 22, 2008

If this doesn't bring tears to your eyes....

then you're not a parent or you're heartless.

It's a brief clip from Military.com (from NBC's Nightly News) of a young boy being surprised by his dad in school -- after his dad arrives home after being away for seven months on duty in Iraq.

Can you just imagine the joy and love in that son's heart when he saw his dad?!

May God bless the military men and women -- and their families.
--Michael