Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: February 2011

  • Oscar Night

    People in Libya, hold your horses. Union in Wisconsin: stand your ground. Nobody DO anything, because the Oscars are on. The devotion to the Oscars runs deep in my family. For example, right now my brother has realized that the oozy sores scattered over his torso might be chicken pox. Since he’s in Albuquerque New…

  • You Be the Judge

    Gary’s kept quiet last few days, since I’m not such a good listener when I’m asleep. Well, I’m awake now. He’s said two things today that I think are questionable. On salted chocolate caramels: “The dark ones are better, because the salt flavor ‘matches’ better with the dark chocolate. Plus, the dark ones are smaller,…

  • Do You Like Space Liftoffs? And Holst’s ‘The Planets?’

    In honor of the space shuttle liftoff today, here is the slow-motion liftoff of Apollo 11, set to music.

  • Siiiiiick

    I feel like dehydrated poo.

  • Buddhist Monks. Crazy? You Decide.

    I’m still thinking about Jared Loughner, the crazy guy who shot Congresswoman Giffords. (By the way, the Federal Marshalls released a new, more neutral mugshot. Old Mugshot: Crazy eyes! New Mugshot: Bratty Eyes He’s less slappable in the new mugshot. Or maybe more? I can’t decide.) At any rate, what brought him back to mind…

  • New Favorite Show: Shameless

    Gary on why he never watched The Sopranos: “All the characters are bad. There’s no hero. No one to root for.” Gary on why he never watched Rescue Me: “All the characters are bad. There’s no hero. No one to root for.” Gary on why he never watched Boardwalk Empire: All the characters are bad.…

  • Muammar al-Gaddafi

    Ah, so that’s how WIkipedia is spelling Mo’s name. Muammar Khaddafi is the spelling I remember, though I think one news outlet went with the Q. I was amazed to hear he’s been ruling 40 plus years. I think it was the “Libyan Hit Squads” that brought him international press attention, back in the early…

  • Issue

    Wednesday before the cruise: I hear a scritching in the wall. Is it a squirrel? I ignore it. Thursday before the cruise: I find mouse droppings in the broiler pan which is stored under the oven. I delude myself and say, oh, I haven’t used that pan in years,so that mouse must be dead. So,…

  • Foo-foo Dogs

    This happened the day we left for the cruise. We dropped Mac off to be boarded, and came back home to pick up some things before we left for the airport. We pulled into the driveway, and there was a foo-foo girly little white dog peeing on our mailbox. Thought 1: “Right now our house…

  • New Music on the Cruise

    The nicest thing about the cruise is discovering new music, usually new music Canadians have known about for decades, like Jason Plumb. There’s never enough time to hear all the bands, so you discover new music by walking past their venue on the way to the bathroom. Gary and I both picked up new favorites…