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.) If you can take it: click here. I deliberately picked out the picture that made my leg look fat. Why this sacrifice? Not just so that you can see every leg hair I have been accumulating since…

  • 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…

  • 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: This is Spinal Tap Godfather Parts 2 and 3 Office Space Chinatown…