Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: December 2006

  • I Attempt to Emulate My Co-Workers

    Today, a co-worker related to me a conversation she’d had with her husband. She was telling me she’d warned him he’d be getting an economical Christmas gift. Except, as she repeated the conversation, she said: “Honey, I just want you to be aware that I’m not getting you a very big gift this year, since…

  • All the Cool Kids are Doing It (Updated)

    So. I have a photo for the strong of heart. (As they say on Snopes, Disturbing Image Warning.) This image shows in the clearest detail an approximation of the weird lesion on my leg. It showed up a few days before the croup. Yeah, and before you ask, it’s been spreading slowly. Now, just so…

  • Weeeee!

    Weeeee!

    What is cuter than Wee Dr. Pepper*? Yep. Wee Baby Butter! Or, alternatively, what is more wasteful than Wee Dr. Pepper? Because Wee Dr. P. seems like a waste of aluminum packaging. (Of course, the alternative is to waste the half can of Dr. Pepper that has bored Gary’s palate.) But, really, there are people…

  • Batters and Balls

    I’ve never had a nickname. When I was at Girl Scout camp I tried to secure “Doodles” We interrupt this blog entry for a public service announcement. We would like to remind all readers who are allergic to raw eggs that cake batter contains raw eggs. Even one lick of cake batter can race through…

  • Christmas Newsletters

    I don’t send Christmas cards, and after years of this anti-social behavior I don’t get Christmas cards either. I certainly don’t send out a Christmas newsletter, but I love getting them and reading them. “Our youngest, Amy, has proved to be a challenge, but we are sure she soon will find as much success in…

  • Weekend Update

    See, the thing about a blog is that it encourages you to have a life. And at times, say, on days when you don’t have a life, all you have is a sick day including sleeping until 3 pm, then there is not much to blog. Unless you would want to hear how that SaveDarfur…

  • It’s a Gift

    It’s a Gift

    One nice thing my brother Dave has always done for me that I never appreciated: he sends me emails spelling out exactly what he wants for Christmas. Such as : “Dear Ellen- Love, Dave” and “Dear Ellen – Have you heard about this new-fangled TiVo thing? I need one. Love, Dave” However some years he’s…

  • In Which I Briefly Sell Out

    When I was in my Psychology of Teaching and Learning Class, my excellent professor Dr. Margaret Cohen (so excellent she rates full name status) gave us a test that supposedly measured divergent thinking. “Apple. Bowling. What’s the answer?” she asked the class.I answered “green,” because it’s a word both “apple” and “bowling” have in common…

  • D’oh! Mess. Tic

    I need to dust. There are evidently no dusting robots. I’m not a big fan of dusting. In fact, I dust so rarely when Mom comes by she writes the date in the dust to commemorate her visit. When I was engaged to Gary we had a huge fight and I decided to make it…

  • Top Ten Movies I Have Never Seen

    Okay. I was skimming some list of Top Movies, and it occurred to me I’ve missed a significant number of “important” movies. Of even more concern to me, I seem to have missed several funny movies. I’ve never seen any of these movies: I’ve faked it through life without having seen these movies. I know…