Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: November 2006

  • The Next President of the United States

    The Next President of the United States

    I am probably the only person who did not hear Barak Obama’s speech to the Democratic Convention. But I did get to hear him speak at a rally Sunday night. We were not as close as this photo with its zoom suggests. In fact, even though we were the first ticket-holders there, we were not…

  • Art of the Early Storage Period

    Art of the Early Storage Period

    So I hiked to the Art Museum while waiting for the Democratic Rally at Forest Park (photos tomorrow). My intent was to take photos of my four favorite pieces. Turns out three of them are in storage. However, I was able to ask the nearest staff member questions like “Okay, so what happened to that…

  • The Way We Weren’t

    The Way We Weren’t

    Okay, so the deaths of the Clydesdales were greatly exaggerated. Now I am questioning everything I remember. For example, Friday night, Catherine the Red… … and I had dinner at the apartment of the nice young man above, Damon. Note Damon’s view, which isn’t just a bunch of lights, it’s a view of the river.…

  • Vindicated

    After weeks of ridicule, I have been vindicated. The ridicule mounted so high I was inspired to write a note to Bill McClellan, a columnist for the Post-Dispatch, to wit: Am I the only one who remembers in the late eighties/early nineties there was a string of Clydesdale murders? I distinctly recall a series of…

  • Baby Panda Has A Cold

    Turn on your speakers for the cutest video ever:

  • Book Update

    Here’s an update on the nightstand bookpile: 1. Marley and Me. Done. The dog DIES. I was sobbing at the end. 2. So, for something more cheery, I started Night. Note to self: don’t read books about the Holocaust before being evaluated by the Neuropsychiatrist. It did make me want to read Night II, or…

  • Why I Hate Halloween

    Why I Hate Halloween

    Five Reasons I Hate Halloween 1. You buy $60.00 worth of candy and then three kids show up. 2. Parents look at the sexual predator page and find that one lives across the street from you, so they avoid your entire street, espcially parents with the cute little ones. 3. All the cute little ones…