Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: May 2008

  • This is Great News

    An excerpt from a diabetes news story: “Researchers have known for some time that fat that collects in the abdomen — known as visceral fat — can raise a person’s risk of diabetes and heart disease, while people with pear-shaped bodies, with fat deposits in the buttocks and hips, are less prone to these disorders.”…

  • The Fog

    The weather was beautiful last weekend. I suffer greatly from my own strain of Spring Fever: when it’s an absolutely gorgeous day I am filled with guilt and inadequacy. “Look at this,” I think, “The grass is that luminous spring green. The sky is perfect. The world is all beauty, why aren’t you doing your…

  • Look! You Got Monkeys Yesterday. Today You Get Snot.

    Updated: I woke up today and thought, “Look! You Got Ejaculate Yesterday, Today You Got Snot.” Sorry for the delay, but I’m snot-stupid. My head is full of snot. So full that I have taken to putting a towel on the bed and laying the most snot-filled nostril on it and just letting my nose…

  • In Which I Observe Some Monkeys Being Spanked

    I just did something fun that I think every woman should do. It’s not something the faint of heart would want to read. That’s why it’s below the link.

  • Stress Kills

    One question neurologists ask when you come in to report an exacerbation is, “Have you had any stressful events recently?” I used to think, “Who wants to know? Not your business.” Twenty years ago I would have been the first to roll my eyes at the thought that stress could influence your immune system. But…

  • The Deed Is Done

    Our backyard has two gardens by the back patio. They were originally vegetable gardens, eight feet by 2.5 feet. After we slaved over them, and bound them in with wood ties, and mounded up the dirt, we stood back to survey our work, and said, “Damn! We just built graves!” Often we refer to them…

  • Lush and the Loss Leaders

    Gary was at the Big Lush Store at the Galleria tonight, buying some more Mother’s Day / Birthday presents for his Mom. Her birthday was in mid-April, and has been postponed for so many reasons that it’s now merging with Mother’s Day. (On the topic of Mother’s Day, I was just on the phone with…

  • Hitler is On the History Channel! No Way!

    Here it is, Blogging Against Disability Day, and … and … I got nothing to say. Aren’t healthy people a minority? There are in my world. Mom, Dad, Gary, Me, Dave, all disabled. Well, two disability-related things happened to me today: 1. I was all tickled that TeddyJ offered me Long-Term Care insurance without asking…