eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

ew!

source of the unidentified smell: discovered.

my sweetie had apparently 'forgotten about' this cup of garlic cloves with a bit of water that he'd placed between the blinds and the window he was trying to coax into sprouting a few weeks ago.

it had, as you might imagine, long since given up on becoming anything alive and was decaying. there was a thick crust of something covering the top, which had actually sealed off much of the smell, which explained why the stench wasn't getting any stronger.

i'd been trying to convince him for days that the smell was still there and that i could smell it from the couch and not from the kitchen.

he did not believe me.

now he does.

rest assured, then, smorg and gerry (and possibly thomas later on), that the smell has been identified and thoroughly, thoroughly erradicated and your visit will not be compromised by rotting garlic.