What's that smell?

Due to years of allergies and sinus infections, my sense of smell comes and goes.  The last few years or so it has mostly been gone.

HOWEVER... it has come back in a big way the last week or so.

...And everything smells horrible to me.

Right now, my brain is overwhelmed.  It's like I've forgotten how to filter out these things.

Late spring moisture and early summer heat is combining to make everything kinda earthy - funky.

"Oh Gawd... The dog smells AW-FUL."

"What the hell is that?  Is that the compost pile?  Yikes."

(Also, my poor wife is probably getting sick of me listing the things I can smell.)

Tonight I will attempt to dull my overloaded senses with a good strong beverage.

Married Life

"So I looked up the Todd character from "Boogie Nights".  I was wondering why everyone else went on to have big careers but not him.  It turns out it was Thomas Jane."

"I don't know who Todd is."

"You know the firecracker scene toward the end of the movie where they're about to rip the guy off?"

"No."

"With the Chinese kid throwing firecrackers as the tension builds?  As "Sister Christian" plays?  It's kind of an iconic scene."

"I haven't seen that movie as many times as you have."

"We watched it last night."

"Oh.  I must have been asleep."