it's that kind of a neighborhood

I don't know how long I'll survive living in my grandfathers neighborhood.  I was jogging and came across this scene.

Not only did they feel the need to split the sidewalk around a tree but then they also had to put in a sign to direct traffic.  And you can tell it's a heavily trafficked area.

This is the same neighborhood where my brother once got a ticket for parking his truck in my grandfather's driveway overnight.  Apparently work vehicles are to be kept out of sight.

Living here is a far cry from my old apartment overlooking the parking lot where the garbage trucks are kept.

gremlin

The citrus on the right all came from trees in the backyard so I can vouch for their organicness and whatnot.  I did a lemon, an orange, and a grapefruit to show normal sizes.  The item on the left is some weirdo fruit that my brothers friend brought home.  It looks and feels like a grapefruit but is clearly gargantuan.  He thinks it's a cross between a grapefruit and a melon, thus he named it the gremlin.

We were both too scared to cut it open, but had many theories about what it's like inside.  The real issue is why is this necessary?  What is wrong with the fruits of nature?  Why must we mess with perfection.  I'd rather just have a delicious grapefruit followed by a juicy melon, not some sort of freak fruit.

Oh no, all this talking about grapefruit makes me want a greyhound.  I better go do yoga now otherwise it'll be a lost cause.

this makes me uncomfortable

I found a whole stack of these in the walmart garden center and was quite disturbed.

It reminds me of the "invention" that my brother texted me about the other day.  He was like, "whoa, I thought of the craziest thing, what if I made like a chair that had wheels attached to it?!"

When I went over to his house the other night I saw this invention.  It was basically just a lawn chair with a bike wheel leaning against it.  I'm not really sure how it's different than a wheelchair but my brother seems to think it's revolutionary.

I suggest he names it the hosemobile regardless.