Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: March 2010

  • Cats and Fats

    I. Cats I believe Dave at Blogography sent this out on Twitter: An Engineer’s Guide to Cats II. Fats I got a call from the clinical trial nurse. My triglycerides are 250. I must contact my primary physician, she said. Why? I thought. Aren’t I always 250? 250 sounds right. Quit snooping around in my…

  • What Your CD Choices Say About You

    Cheap Trick’s Authorized Greatest Hits CD was in my car CD player for all of February, with 9 Great Hits, and 7 Songs I Don’t Like All Lumped at The End Thank You Cheap Trick. At one point I went home and sang “If You Want My Love” to Mac the Dog. I got to…

  • PARTY! Party of Two in the Household.

    I’ve learned to love on-line shared experiences. Loved the Olympic Hockey game on Twitter. [Ellen from the future, 2025: I cannot find Tyler Stewart’s video with his reaction to the win. Rats.] And I followed the GFY women‘s live blog of the Boob Parade, and we all got together to watch the TsunamiNon wash over…

  • TiVo Limbo

    Due to some strange prioritizations and poor time management today, I am currently deep into Tivo time. And, the longer Gary stays in the bathroom, the deeper I get. In my time-space continuum, it is 11:30 Central time and Push* has just won best screen play and supporting actress. I have another hour or more…

  • Lent

    “So, Gary, I’ve never seen you give up anything for Lent. Didn’t you celebrate Lent when you were a kid?” “Well, you know the problem with Lent. It’s during my birthday month.” … “But it isn’t my birthday month. What should I give up for Lent?” “Control.”

  • Soon There Will Be A Dog Birthday Month Too

    Though it is Gary’s Birthday Month, I have a fever, and fever tops Birthday Month, unless it extends to a weekend, in which case only open wounds top Birthday Month. This explains why Gary brought home pre-cooked three-cheese pasta from the grocery. He let me eat it in bed, but I couldn’t eat all of…

  • FEVAH!

    Oh, this makes no sense to me, but I’ve been running a fever since last Friday. I take my temperature randomly and it always seems to be about 100, high above my usual 97. There has been a symphony of sneezing and coughing in my cube farm at TeddyJ. Iv’e been avoiding everyone, even to…

  • Where Are They Now and other bullets

    Where Are They Now: socks edition. The cashmere socks have been the first to pill. Pantherella is sturdy but artificial and rubbery, plus they collect dry skin AND do not even give it up when washed. Wigwam of course met an early demise, so it seems Smartwools are in the lead. Where Are They Now:…

  • Well Played Sir, Well Played

    I dialed up Gary this evening at work, because my work mates all have mushy conversations with their spouses, and they all know I eavesdrop. (If it’s a private conversation, go somewhere private, otherwise I won’t play that game where I pretend to be temporarily deaf.) So they deserve some payback. “Hi Sweetie.” “Hi. Ellen.”…