Don’t be fooled by roadside faux tubers

I had another blog post slated for today, but I fell asleep in my recliner last night and only finished about 75% of it.¹#oldpeopleproblems

So, in lieu of what I had originally planned, here’s a rock that looks like a potato.

It’s lying in a flower bed that I walk past each day when I go to and from the light rail station. There aren’t any other such rocks near it, so it always catches my eye.

Every day, I briefly think to myself that it’s weird that someone left a potato there. Why did they drop the potato? Why were they even carrying it in the first place? Why hasn’t one of the neighborhood raccoons or coyotes²This isn’t as stupid as it sounds. They’ll eat just about anything if they’re hungry. absconded with it? And then half a second later, I remember that it’s just a rock that looks like a potato.³I’m not proud of this, but the brain does what it wants.

When I’m coming home from a baseball game late at night, there’s usually a layer of dew on it and the combination of streetlights and fog enhance the potato effect even further.

That’s all I got for today. Remember: you’re not paying for this.

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  #oldpeopleproblems
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  This isn’t as stupid as it sounds. They’ll eat just about anything if they’re hungry.
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  I’m not proud of this, but the brain does what it wants.