Rapid Eye Reality -- Home of Brad Willis' writing on family life, travel adventures, and life inside the poker world




About Rapid Eye Reality
Poker Papers
Up For Poker Blog
Up For Sports Blog
PokerStars Blog
Twitter
Flickr
Buzznet



Currently reading:





2007 Reading List

Advertising
Aneurysms
Aging
Barack Obama
Books
Computers
Crime
Devon Epps
Drinking
Elections
Family
Film
Food
Gambling
Health
Hygiene
Mt. Otis
Music
Parenting
Physical
Pimping
Politics
Poker
Mental Massage
Tiffany Souers
Travel
TSA
TV News

Blogroll RER

www.flickr.com
This is a Flickr badge showing public photos from OT!S. Make your own badge here.

Saturday, September 16, 2006

My lawn has an erection

I'll be the first to admit, I have the hottest wife on the block. What's more, within the view of my home office, I haven't seen anything so arousing as what I can find inside. That said, there must be something going on around this place, because my lawn has wood. And I'm not talking about the sweetgum tree.

But, wait...yes, let's talk about the sweetgum tree. In fact, before I get all salacious on you, let's talk about the yard as a whole. Despite the fact I really don't like my property that much, there are some things about it that are endearing.

For instance, my wife is really a terrible keeper of flowers and plants. She loves them, as I do, but her green thumb is more of an attraction for the Irish than it is for the lawn and garden department. Still, she's done better this year and created a few beds that are quite pretty.





Beyond the old lady's ability to keep things alive for the duration of a South Carolina summer are the little eccentricities. For me, it's the little evergreen tree that's been growing under the big sweetgum for the past five years. It started as no more than a wild sprout that I refused to mow down. Now, it's grown to sapling size and it's captured a special little piece of my heart. I can't help but love it. I also can't help but wonder what kind of problems it's going to cause for the huge sweetgum. It has to be like a boil on the root system of the tree I love to hate (sweetgums drop spikey balls on the ground in the fall and break pretty easily under the weight of an ice storm).





Then there's the giant weed that looks like it is a real plant. It's not. It looks like a fern. It's not. It sprouted up last year between two hibiscous bushes. I chopped it down once. While I was gone this summer, it came back. I sort of like it. For a weed, anyway.



All of these things I can stomach and enjoy on my own time. Today, however, I noticed my lawn had a woody. I was doing some work at my computer and looked out the second floor window. That's where I saw the disgusing display. It was below the white oak and it was dirtier than anything I've seen on Cinemax.



Obviously, it is some sort of mushroom. I brief web search makes me believe it might be something called a stinkhorn (a name that would explain why I puked in my mouth a little bit while taking the above picture). That said, most of the stinkhorns I've seen online have looked a little more like a...well, a dog's penis.

So, for now, I've convinced myself that my lawn is hot for the lawn next door, a finely manicured, irrigated, and green carpet of suburban sexiness. My only worry will be if my wife decides to start spending more time "working outside."

Labels:

7 Comments:

Blogger BadBlood said...

I read this post, slowly scrolling down as I read.

I got an honest to goodness LOL when I saw the penishroom.

3:40 PM  
Blogger TripJax said...

The earth has an erection...in your backyard. I like it.

3:27 AM  
Blogger DrChako said...

And there is a fly on the head. Sweet!

2:52 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It looks like bad art. And it does nothing for me. Seriously.

Oh, and I'm talking about the 'shroom, not your lawn.

7:36 AM  
Blogger CC said...

I think a fly on your weiner is never a good sign.

9:28 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Has Mrs. Otis been roaming thru the yard naked to cause such uplifting foliage?

4:16 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How pissed are you gonna be when your ol lady falls in the yard and ends up pregnant?

10:48 PM  

Post a Comment

<< Home -- E-Mail Otis --

 NEW RER RSS feed


Advertisting inquiries to:
editor@pokerpapers.com
blackjack terminology
New canadian casino online poker web, which is owned by 888 casino announced launching before a few months. They are focusing only on Canadians and their specific needs (e.g. payment methods etc.),so you are able to play online games such as poker comfortably in your national background.
Google


    Creative Commons License

Rapid Eye Reality is the personal blog of writer Brad Willis, aka Otis.
All poker stories, travelogues, food writing, parenting and marriage advice, crime stories, and other writing should be taken with a grain of salt. It is also all protected under a Creative Commons license
.