Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: July 2012

  • Two Points in Search of a Bullet

    Downton Abbey Do the kids of today know they are watching Upstairs Downstairs? I never followed that show too closely back in the day, but I saw the episode when Prince Edward visited and the one with the servant showing up at the back door pregnant. Today I got far enough in Downton Abbey to…

  • UPDATED:Wag the Dog

    UPDATE: This was planned because his physical was scheduled for this month. I am not conniving to off my dog because he is blocking vacation. My poor boy, Mac, is an old old dog. Sixteen? Seventeen? Today, I took him in to test his kidney function. The kidney numbers are worse than ever before. In…

  • Ingrid Michaelson Concert 7-16-2012

    This is what I was expecting from the Ingrid Michaelson concert: A girl and her ukulele, warbling away with a plinky accompaniment that shows off her voice. Like this. However, the first third of the concert was this: See all those other people on stage? They are loud. I have no idea what the first…

  • TV Bottleneck

    I don’t know when the cable companies came up with this scheme. Every show I watch (or watched during the season) is on Sunday night. True Blood Mad Men The Killing The Newsroom Weeds Breaking Bad Dr. Who And then on top of all that I have thrown in the towel (sponge: UK) for Downton…

  • Vacation? NoWaycation.

    I have pinned Gary down about vacation plans. No vacation until the dog dies. No vacation for both of us, that is. I can go some place on my own, if I “must.” I’m afraid I must. Actually, Gary should go on vacation for his health, but the dog’s health is paramount. First off, in…

  • What? Seriously Mitt?

    This seems impossible. I just heard this on the Rachel Maddow Show. ” … Earlier today, you may have heard that Mitt Romney appeared at the annual convention of the NAACP in Houston, Texas, and he was booed loudly during his speech when he said he would end ObamaCare when he was president. … We…

  • Spunky, Like Madonna, Re-invents Herself

    Well, when last seen, Spunky Labia International Toe Porn Superstar had a gloriously matchy-matchy teal blue gel job to match the Pakistani ensemble. So fabulous that at least two Friends are now sporting the blue toenails. And of course, once a trend is set, a trend-setter must go against the trend. Spunky’s new look: Toenail-colored…

  • Gary Buys a Birdbath: The Director’s Cut

    Gary came home today and complained about my previous post. I left out part of the story. It was edited for time and content. Gary wants me to include the edited content. ============================================================== When Gary decided we would be getting the granite bird bath and the sandstone bird bath, he went out to get the…

  • Gary Buys a Birdbath

    Last Tuesday afternoon, Gary called from the bird store. “How am I supposed to pick out a bird bath without you here?” We’ve lived quite happily without a bird crap collector bird bath for over 20 years, but last Tuesday Gary decided that this must stop, it’s hot and our birds are smelly. So, I…

  • Lunch With Girls

    The lunch crowd included two new people yesterday. By “new people” I mean a) people unfamiliar with our coarse lunch conversation and b) people who were actually new to being people – they were both in their early 20’s. (I initially wrote “We had two new people for lunch yesterday” until I realized that might…