Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: April 2010

  • Miners, 2010

    It appears CNN is once again playing The Miner Show. This time they have as much as announced the four remaining missing miners are dead. Of course, I’ve been checking in on it hourly. 7.8 quake in Indonesia? Meh. Miners? Any news about the miners? Of course, I want my miners to be safe, but…

  • Judge Not

    I was followed across the Wal-Mart parking lot by a family of five. Mom, Dad, three kids, all under 10. Baby in Camo. Suddenly, the Dad cried, “WHAT the FUCK! What the FUCK! Look at that 2010 Corvette in a disabled parking spot! I work hard to earn a living and that fucking bastard is…

  • We Are Forever Stupid

    or… From the Files of The Stupid Years ago, Gary and I had our kitchen faucet replaced by a (butt-ugly) faucet / spray nozzle, and the previous spray nozzle replaced by a soap dispenser. At one point the plumber asked us for some hand soap. He filled up a little plastic bottle with soap and…

  • New BNL CD

    The new BNL CD is out! I don’t see myself as the BNL demographic. That demo is about ten years younger and they have kids. (“Dad rock.”) Still, I joined the new label-sponsored institutional fan club for access to the good seats, because I AM the “good seats” demographic. I’m the “Usher! These front-row velvet…

  • Ahhhhhh … April 1st at Last

    Happy April Fools, everyone. If there was an April Fools Story on Morning Edition this a.m., I completely fell for it. Of course, April 1 has another meaning for me. Last night at 11:45, the power went out. Gary had been watching tv and yelled in to the bedroom, “We lost power!” “I LOST POWER…