Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: October 2010

  • Steve from Work: Living the Dream

    I fantasize about being able to keep my mouth shut. To keep a secret. Literally, when I have fantasies there’s always an scene in the epic plot when I get to say: “Friends! Relatives! You may think you are at a backyard barbecue, but in reality, it’s a surprise wedding! Because Lo I have fallen…

  • Halloween Approaches

    Granted, I heard this piece of news on Weekend Update on SNL, but evidently a town has passed a law prohibiting Pedophiles from decorating for halloween or giving out candy. (Punchline: “And you know those guys have the best candy.”) So, number one way to tell if your neighbors are pedophiles: they don’t give out…

  • Live Blogging the Miner Show 9:36 – 10:16

    9:36 – Eeeee! There it is! The capsule is in the mine shaft. Nice to have a video camera down there. 9:37 – Dumbass, stop honking your horn. 9:39 – Okay, I can see that puking might be fatal if a miner were positioned the wrong way, but they really want a camera trained on…

  • Live Blogging the Miner Show! 7:00 – 8:00

    Another episode of The Miner Show. Or, in this case, the Miner Miniseries. 6:59- Sanjay Gupta is talking about “miner concerns.” It was only when he countered that with “major concerns” that I understood how he was spelling it. 6:59 – TiVo wants to change to Glee. I’m still watching Glee? I don’t think so.…

  • Classique!

    We finish the Paris travelogue with a compendium of classy moments. Classy Moment at the Hotel Lancaster (A real photo of our room key showing depth of field that Gary took.) We were delighted with our Hotel, the Hotel Lancaster. Lovely people at the desk, lovely housekeeping staff. We were particularly impressed with the elevator…

  • BecsFest!

    Becs (NOT HER REAL NAME!) had a party at a park, and I went. A lovely day, a lovely event, and I enjoyed traveling without a companion. I love airports and my GPS. Gary didn’t go (“This is crazy!”), but that means he missed his favorite cheese: … and he missed an abundant spread he…

  • Guster Concert

    Guster! I feel almost as if I haven’t been to a real concert for ages. A friendly couple from either Iowa or Ohio had us watch their ping pong balls while they danced, and bought Gary a Bailey’s in appreciation. Very cool people. While they danced, an unfriendly threesome took their place, including a very…

  • Cheeseology review

    Okay, full disclosure, I grew up on kraft M@C with hot dogs cut up in it AUGMENTED by a small block of Velveeta, so the Cheeseology classic Mac and cheese was not my classic. Still, this was nice, though the cheese was not plastic and orange enough. Face it, Velveeta is good for Mac and…

  • Gary’s Mac and cheese

  • My classic