Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: December 2009

  • Just for me!

  • The First Few Hours of My Day

    Gary Gets SassyFor some reason I was awake before Gary and I got to read the news, including a story about the Norwegian Spiral. When woke up, I told him, “There was the coolest story on the news this morning. There was a photo of a perfect giant spiral in the sky over Norway, because…

  • DISC Personality Analysis 2009

    Almost exactly a year ago, my team at TeddyJ did a little “DISC” personality analysis. Others on the team scored you on Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and Conscientious(ness). Here is my score: This year for festiivus, Anne concocted an Anti-DISC test, analyzing one Deviousness, Insanity, Sociopathy and Cluelessness. Click it to embiggen. (I had to annotate…

  • Just Good News

    I was curious when the Fingolimod trial nurse called and said I needed to talk with her before I started the extension phase of the trial. I’m going to complete my first 2-year phase in January, so now I go into the extension phase. Saint Louisans: they closed Highway Forty when I started this, that’s…

  • Whitey

    December 7th is Pearl Harbor Day, my Granceil’s birthday (damn Japanese ruining her birthday), and now the day Whitey Herzog, the baseball Cardinal’s manager, was finally tapped for the Baseball Hall of Fame. I wasn’t a big baseball fan growing up, but then I saw a game Whitey managed. Here’s a typical Whiteyball game. (I…

  • Cake Pie

    First, assemble your ingredients. It is important to understand no white sugar was used in making this cake. Powdered sugar was used, though, and I decided not to use the nuts or the flour. So, first “make” the pie crust by carefully unwrapping the Pillsbury pie crust and pressing it into a pan (see below…

  • Kill the Fatted Calf! Prodigal Socks Soon to Come Home and Other Bullets

    Here’s a message from the seller of the Prodigal Pantherella socks: Unfortunately due to a system error, the items you have ordered are currently out of stock. We will be receiving more stock of these by around Friday 4th December and can have these shipped then for you. As a gesture of goodwill, to apologize…

  • Sock Update

    To My Darling Quintuplets: Today my darling socks turn one week old. From left:Smartwool socks, adopted from the Far East. I call them “Leta.”Wigwam socks, from the U.S. These socks are named “Henry.” Misomething socks. These are my delicate Italian socks that I call “Mia.”Grocery Socks: These are No-nonsense socks. They are named “Noah.”The Prodigal…

  • What Would You Do?

    Twenty four and a half years of marriage and I have no idea how to deal with this situation. I’m looking to you for advice. To coax the dog back to health Gary began feeding him canned dog food. At some point he checked the tiny can of Premium dog food to see how much…

  • Thanksgiving Dinner, My Way

    First off, let me state I like Thanksgiving at my in-laws. I like the way my mother-in-law cooks a turkey, and I like cooking nothing but green bean casserole. That SAID, if I were to host a Thanksgiving dinner there would be some changes made. 1. Drinking. There would be drinking. All drinks would taste…