Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: April 2011

  • And Now I Can’t Sleep

    There is an oak tree in our backyard. It is not my fault, it was there on the lot when we built the house. (I would never purchase an oak tree. Who would? Who would purchase fifty bags of leaves that drop after the first snowfall? Leaves that never decompose: there are leaves wedged in…

  • Divergent Thinking at Work!

    Gary’s doing some specialized support at work and gets calls at 2:30, 4:30 am. I’m the one who picks up those phone calls. The caller hears: “muhblllo.” (Silence) “Muhbloooo” Silence, then, “I need to speak with Gary.” “Garrr… garr… wkup.” “Whaa! Wha! Whathufuh!” “kup!” (Throw phone at Gary.) It is interrupting my sleep, that is…

  • DYI Hat Parts. Assembly required

    Brim: That is 8 inches. I think the tulle will extend it an inch or so as well. Crown I’m going for this design: Only with ostrich feathers, a starburst of tulle , a wimple, and of course since mine is buckram I’ll have to cover it or spray it. Plan B $12! It looked…

  • The Commercials are Better Than the Latest Episode of Grey’s Anatomy

    Thursday Evening: As soon as the singing started on Grey’s Anatomy, Gary recoiled. “What is this? Why are they singing?” “It’s a gimmick.” I said. “They must have jumped the shark.” (Wouldn’t it be awful to be the writer who wrote the infamous episode of Happy Days that coined that phrase? Ah, the Internet. Here’s…

  • I’m Sure This Will Go The Way of the Stained Glass and the Watercolors and the …

    Martha Stewart shows how easy it is to make a hat from scratch! (You have to look on the right side and scroll past all thr boring segments to “Couture Millnery.” Then just jump to 2:22 – thats when the millner makes the hat.) Seriously. A steam iron? How hard can that be?