The Garden of Good and Evil

In my last Seattle garden, I had a wickedly evil plant called a Voodoo Lily.  It was beautiful and grotesque at the same time.  It would come up in the Spring and when the gigantic blossom finally opened it reeked of rotting flesh.  Apparently this flower pollinates not by attracting bees with a sweet smell, but by attracting flies with a horrific stench.  It was a volunteer plant on the south side of my house near the gate to my back garden, so I left it there to stand stinky guard against anyone who had evil intentions of entering my back yard.  (We didn't live in a very safe neighborhood.)  Ironically, it bloomed at the same time as my humongous star jasmine vine.  When you sat on the back porch the combination of smells was confusing.  At first you would feel like you'd entered a garden of paradise.  But if you sat there for too long you just wanted to hurl.

Voodoo Lily

Well, for some not completely explained reason, Google AdSense has terminated my account with them.  No warning, no clear explanation.  Perhaps they didn't like my content?  Too bad.  I used to really like Google.  Anyway, they say there was "invalid click activity" on my account.  When I talked about the ads on my page in a previous post, I didn't mean for everyone to click away like crazy!  Oh, well.  I submitted an appeal and they still terminated me.  Live and learn.  In the meantime, it looks like my Amazon Associates account is still in good standing, so let's see what we can buy today...

Oh, this looks good!  The Lucifer Effect - Understanding How Good People Turn Evil.

I will continue to write this blog and try to find other sponsors.  I have so much to tell you about and I'm really enjoying making you laugh!

(By the way, love love love John Cusack...

... but did you read the book???)

Is there still hope for us, John?

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Image of John Cusack in the film Serendipity directed by Peter Chelsom from www.imdb.com
Image of Voodoo Lily courtesy of Rural Ramblings blog:  http://www.ruralramblings.com/voodoo-lily-magic