Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: April 2009

  • End of the World!

    Or least it looked like the End of the World when I drove home tonight. Those were the weirdest clouds I have ever seen. Ever. Saint Louisans, back me up. At about 6:00 I was headed over the river and was a little freaked out by the cloud combinations. On one hand, there were finely…

  • Susan Boyle / Paul Potts

    Last year, the big internet sensation from Britain’s Got Talent was Paul Potts, the cellphone salesman who sang opera. If you didn’t see it last year, go see Paul Pott’s performance on YouTube. Or, if you really liked Susan Boyle, this year’s big internet sensation, go see Paul Potts, because it’s the same story. It’s…

  • Trivia Night

    Went and played trivia with work friends to support the local PTA. Everyone at our table made me belly laugh at least once. Karla learned a third language: pig latin. The joy on her face when she said, “Y-may? Ame-nay? Is-ay? Arla-Kay!” was precious. Kelly also knew the name of the most popular coffee chain…

  • I Can Always Find Drama

    The bright spot of my day? I was watching Mystery Diagnosis and I totally called it. I knew the patient had hemochromatosis the minute the guy got a winter tan. I did a little couch dance when the doctor made his big reveal. “Wooo! Hemochromatosis! I win!” Of course, the Big H runs in Gary’s…

  • My Meme Maybe

    There are no new memes. I’m sure someone’s created this already, but after I heard Gary shriek “The COUNTER was BLACK with ANTS” three times tonight I realized he never says “covered with ants” or “more ants than you could roll over with a rolling pin” or “a constellation of ants.” I started to think…

  • Feeling Fiesty and Japanese

    I correspond by email with someone who overuses the Urgent flag. Her messages are never, ever urgent, no more urgent than anyone else’s, anyway. So today I had a bit of bad news for her. And I marked it Urgent. It felt so good. So good it needs an haiku. Your urgent emailsRicocheting back on…

  • UnderDog

    Mac the dog gets me out of bed every night so I can let him go outside. I have found I can do this and not actually interrupt my REM cycles, and even go a little “outside” myself if I am so inclined. He has a particular bark he uses to summon me. He jumps…

  • Warning: Eight Lobsters Were Harmed In the Making of This Post

    Before LobSlau, Gary ran to the store like he always does at the last minute before guests come. If he had been invited to the Last Supper, he would have been panicking at the grocery. “How many guests? 13? 16? 20? 20 fish then. Do we have enough wine? Jesus might not want to make…

  • Keep your eyes on the Lord

  • Skeleton and exoskeleton